A big camp chopper and a Persian (final knife pictures)

ScottRoush

ScottRoush

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I'm just finishing up this big camp chopper.. forged from 1095/pure nickel/1095. Wrought iron guard and stabilized redwood burl handle. The handle is my first attempt at such sculpting and I must give credit to Claudio's work for inspiring me thus! Still have some things to learn with that though! The knife is 14" over all. Blade shows auto-hamon activity.

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I'm also getting down to the line on this Persian fighter. The handle is Icelandic ram's horn, ebony.. and in the picture you can see the wax carving that will be cast in silver pewter.

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The blade on the persian looks great with the sandwich and the hamon both visible.
 
Both have boat loads of character but that Persian fighter has a raw organic power that I dig very much

Great knife

I really like it
 
I'm pretty sure that's the nicest looking handle I've ever seen, on the chopper. That is my dream knife. It's beautiful!
 
Thanks a lot folks.

And I forgot to mention my wood guru Mark Farley (ItsaBurl) for sending me that exquisite piece of redwood.
 
Nice Persian. Great materials, and nicely played design.
 
That Persian's a great design in progress. The composite blade with hamon ,the Ram's horn, and the pewter detail are all powerful elements.

This is going to be a fine one. Looking forward to the rest.

John
 
My thoughts are exactly the same as Mr. John White's. :cool:

When I saw the first photo, I thought, "What the heck is that white stuff in the photo? Is that borax on a workbench?"

Then I saw the third photo and was quickly reminded that you're in Wisconsin!!! :eek: :D LMAO We have that all over the ground here in WA too, it's just not frozen here. ;)
 
Love the camp chopper - just loads of character in all aspects of that blade.

Love the blade of that Persian - quite stunning in design, materials and execution. But I'm kind of lukewarm on the handle. I guess I'd prefer something with a little less drop - just a nice downward curve to complete the gentle "S" started by the blade, rather than the abrupt drop into a pistol grip horn. Just my preferences - not a statement of right and wrong.

Really enjoying how your work is progressing, Scott.
 
The persian struck me also. Really like the look of it. Do you think you'll have that at the Little Rock show in Feb?
 
Thanks so much folks!

Nick... Snow is actually a bit late for us this year. It's been so mild. But now it looks like it's here to stay. We now live a couple hundred feet higher in elevation... which means more wind AND snow. It will be an interesting winter. Nice to have wood heat in the shop!

Roger.... The Persian style handle can be a bit of a shock to some folk's eyes. As soon as I saw this horn though it reminded me of traditional Persian knives.. which have that extreme type of handle. I really struggled with whether or not to use it and was planning on changing it if it didn't have good 'hand-feel' when assembled. But I changed my mind immediately when I had together the first time. It just feels 'right'.

This brings up a strange story that I've already forgotten about regarding this knife. I originally got this horn from a guy in my living history group a couple of months ago. His name is Ken Schaar. As soon as he gave it to me I knew that I would use it for a Persian style knife. I then posted some pictures of the progress on Facebook and somebody asked if I was being a smart ass when I thanked Ken Schaar for giving me the horn. I asked why.. and he showed me links of the Moran Kenshar knife! Nobody believes me.. but I had no idea!
 
What I like about this Persian is its raw elemental look

Truly a blade for the ages

Persians are one of my favorite blade styles and this one really speaks to me

So much it's coming my way :)
 
Really enamored with the Persian, if it were mine I'd ask to keep the bolster green with some kind of semi-precious stone and top it with silver---looks great with the black white and grey tones.!
Superb knife.
 
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Well it's coming together well. The carvings didn't translate well in the casting.. but I just re-carved them. Now I have to decide how to treat the pewter. I want to patinate... but not too heavy as the silver pewter matches the nickel layer in the blade....

russamurai... I've been wondering what I could use for a green spacer! I also like the look of that. One of these days I will try a green patina on bronze for fittings.. but I'm not sure it would be a sustainable patina.

Glad you are getting it Joe. I can't wait to hear your impression of how it feels in the hand.

More pictures tomorrow...
 
I am very pleased

Please keep us updated with pics as it comes together

This piece really is a stand out piece

Thank you again
 
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