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Hi everyone!
Here is a new knife I have had finished for about a month and a half, I didn't have time to make the sheath until now.
This is my one hundredth knife and my forty ninth sheath. The idea for the rear clam shell was inspired from Elmer Keith knives. The 12 1/4 inch re-curve blade is "W" Feather Pattern Damascus as are all the fittings. This is the longest feather pattern blade I have made to date with the previous being 9 inches long. The handle is premium Alaskan Mammoth Ivory. The domed pins on the clam shells and the handle are 18K gold. The frame on top and bottom have 24K gold inlays as do the front and rear spacers. There is a total of 25 inches of 24K gold in the fittings which is the most I have done on a knife. There are German Silver liners with file-work on them surrounding the handle frame and damascus spacers.
My customer wanted a sheath that would go along with the theme of this knife so he asked me if I would do a damascus inlay in the sheath instead of an exotic skin. It was a lot of extra work, in fact I had to make a new billet of damascus for it. I really like how it came out. The damascus inlay is just under 1/16" thick so it didn't add any weight to speak of. The clam shell stud matches the clam shell guards. The leather parts of the sheath have been tooled and stamped.
I would like to thank my brother (Caleb of Caleb Royer Studios) for the great pictures. There are a lot of things going on with this knife and I think he captured them well. I better stop rambling on and show the knife.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks for looking!
On a bit of a side note; I just did an unsanctioned MS Performance Test a few hours ago and the knife did great. I am going to do another knife and do the unsanctioned test again. If the second one goes well I'll make a third knife and do the test officially. Caleb and I are making a few WIP videos of the whole process one of which I'll post tomorrow.
Edit to add a new picture Caleb took. This is a landscape photo. Thanks for looking.
Here is a new knife I have had finished for about a month and a half, I didn't have time to make the sheath until now.
This is my one hundredth knife and my forty ninth sheath. The idea for the rear clam shell was inspired from Elmer Keith knives. The 12 1/4 inch re-curve blade is "W" Feather Pattern Damascus as are all the fittings. This is the longest feather pattern blade I have made to date with the previous being 9 inches long. The handle is premium Alaskan Mammoth Ivory. The domed pins on the clam shells and the handle are 18K gold. The frame on top and bottom have 24K gold inlays as do the front and rear spacers. There is a total of 25 inches of 24K gold in the fittings which is the most I have done on a knife. There are German Silver liners with file-work on them surrounding the handle frame and damascus spacers.
My customer wanted a sheath that would go along with the theme of this knife so he asked me if I would do a damascus inlay in the sheath instead of an exotic skin. It was a lot of extra work, in fact I had to make a new billet of damascus for it. I really like how it came out. The damascus inlay is just under 1/16" thick so it didn't add any weight to speak of. The clam shell stud matches the clam shell guards. The leather parts of the sheath have been tooled and stamped.
I would like to thank my brother (Caleb of Caleb Royer Studios) for the great pictures. There are a lot of things going on with this knife and I think he captured them well. I better stop rambling on and show the knife.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks for looking!
On a bit of a side note; I just did an unsanctioned MS Performance Test a few hours ago and the knife did great. I am going to do another knife and do the unsanctioned test again. If the second one goes well I'll make a third knife and do the test officially. Caleb and I are making a few WIP videos of the whole process one of which I'll post tomorrow.
Edit to add a new picture Caleb took. This is a landscape photo. Thanks for looking.
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:thumbup: I'm glad I got to handle it a little bit in Texas! 
Nobody your age, has a right to be this good yet! 
