#1 For 2005 - Persian Fighter

[Jason Cutter]

I purposely made this one across 30th, 31st December, 1st, 2nd January to mark the coming of the New Year. Sort of symbolic for me. It was also supposed to be an integral based on the Brazilian Bladesmiths tutorial, but I kept mucking it up - you can see its not an integral.

Specs - 13inch OAL. 8inch blade, hand forged Silver Steel, edge hardened witn hamon. Unsharpened clip on one side. 416SS bolsters. Tapered tang. Antiqued bone handles. Black leather hand tooled sheath with a bleached seasnake skin inlay. (Padded inlay too !! - Thanks to Chuck Burrows for the prompt !) Balances just 1/2inch in front of the index finger.

Pardon me - lotsa pictures.

Comments appreciated. Thanks for looking. Jason.

 

[joeshredd]

Let's see... bullet101 and you making some awesome modern interpretations of very old styles... okay, which way is my collection gonna start turning if you guys keep ganging up on me!?!?!? LOL!!!!!
Nice work again Jason!

 

[Dawkind]

Truly outstanding, Jason!!! Absolutely LOVE that blade-grind and tappered-tang that you do so well.

The sheath is a knockout, too.......

 

[Stephen F]

My favourite of yours so far jason - Quite different for you from what I have seen. Congrats.


Stephen

 

[bullet101]

Damn that's a really fine looking knife. I also thinks it's my favourite so far.

I think I have to start tapering my tangs too .
You achieve some great results with the clip grinding technique you explained to me, looks really crisp and clean.

That sheath is awesome too, also my favourite of yours. The padding of the inlay makes it look much more "alive". I really like that.

Overall great job and good start into the new year .

Regards Marcus

 

[RogerP]

The knife is merely awesome but that sheath is freakin' unreal. Great work Jason. Slim, elegant guardless fighters always appeal to me.

Roger

P.S. - Don't give up on those integrals.

 

[Dawkind]

Fantastic, Jason!!!!!!!!!!!! What a way to go for the New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!