Mike Snody is a Southern Texas knife maker who is known for his use of exotic materials in his custom knives.

[2] Snody worked as a Quality Control Inspector in the petroleum industry before making custom knives.

The handle construction of his knives are simply wrapped in parachute cord also known as paracord or be embellished with exotic materials such as petrified dinosaur bone, giraffe bone, and Hippopotamus tooth.

Snody often uses Timascus in his handle construction, which is a Titanium-based Damascus that anodizes at a different rate giving contrasting color in the pattern.

[1] One of his latest designs called the "Money Friction Folder" incorporates a hole in the handle and a stop pin to convert a folding knife into a fixed blade knife.