01 Bowie recently finished. New Sheath Pics Added!

[i4Marc]

Hey folks, notice anything different about me? I got a big boy membership! I'm legit now. To celebrate I'm sharing with you my latest knife. Let me know what you think.

Blade Steel: 01 from my friend and yours Aldo, finished to 1200X
Blade Length: 9.75" to the guard, 9" edge
Guard: Antique wrought iron with black G10 and stainless spacers, As time passes and the iron darkens the spacers will start to pop.
Handle: Stabilized, figured Claro Walnut from Mark at Burl Source with 316SS pin.
OAL: 15.25"

I still need to make the sheath.

Finally made a sheath for it!

 

[Tom Lewis]

Beautiful knife. Excellent workmanship!

 

[R.C.Reichert]

It's beautiful. Looks like it should be on the cover of a magazine!

 

[Josh Rider]

You're Bowies are outstanding. I'm no wood afficianado or anything, but that's some beautiful walnut. I thought it was koa at first.

 

[AVigil]

Nice!

 

[mitch4ging]

Beautiful! Looks like it would be real comfortable in the hand!

 

[Barry Clodfelter]

Very nice Marc!

 

[BKT]

Pretty darn close to perfect right there.

 

[nickandersonart]

Beautiful piece of work!

 

[john april]

extremely pro looking. looks like you have been doing it your whole life !

 

[kuraki]

That is one good looking blade!

 

[Alan Davis Knives]

Exceptional workmanship & absolutely stunning!!

 

[coldsteelburns]

I'm always exited to see a new knife post from you as I know I can expect very clean, quality work. Well this is no exception, beautiful work!

I really like the idea of letting the WI naturally patina over time allowing for a bit of a "surprise" when those SS spacers pop, for some reason the idea makes me think back about a little toy "hot wheels" car I used to have that would change color under warm/cool water...

Glad to see you with a legit membership, hope it means we'll being seeing more frequent knife posts from ya! :thumbup:

~Paul

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[i4Marc]

Thanks everybody for your kind remarks.

John, I haven't been doing it my whole life but I sure hope I can do it for the rest of it. This is only my 25th knife I've finished. I have a long way to go!

Paul, Thanks. I tried etching the guard so the contrast would show with the spacers. But the acid blew out my fit up tolerances with the tang. So I had to re-fit and re-surface the guard. That's when I decided to just let it patina over time. It'll get there. I don't know how frequent the posts will be. I'm pretty slow. But I have some things in the works. Stay tuned.

 

[Fish30114]

Marc, I really like this knife--I love the way you ground the top edge. Your handle shaping is also just right IMO--blade finish is awesome as well.

Is it for sale?

Nice Sitka deer hide also!!

 

[samuraistuart]

Simply awesome! I love it, every bit of it.

 

[Daado]

Beautiful knife. Nice touch with letting wrought iron catch patina in time.

 

[AussieBosun]

very nice !!

 

[Jonathans]

That's very impressive

 

[i4Marc]

Thanks everybody!