A big Wharncliff

DanGraves

DanGraves

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This is a knife a customer ordered. This knife is a handful. Over a 1/4" thick blade he will use for killing pigs. I thought you did that with a gun? 9 1/2" blade and Damascus guard, ferrule is layered with Damascus, bronze and nickel silver. I would think you would use a dagger if you were going to stick one. Thanks to Darrin Sanders for giving me the bronze. Cool stuff to work with. Handle is Sambar stag and blade is my Damascus that is San Mia but the core is Damascus rather than one piece of steel. The steel for the outer layer has nickel in it which seems to help on the rusting but not the cutting Damascus core. It is 1080 and 15n20. It took 2 large billets to make this knife but was fun. Sticking pigs, I don't know just does not seem like a good idea to me but I am 58 yrs old and he is 32. I did some pretty crazy things back then too. Oh well, here is the knife.





 
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That blade will cut that throat like butter!

Great knife.
 
Dang, Ive killed a lot of pigs in my life but never used a knife like that to do it with...Ive got a stinky ol' Ontario Buthcer knife for that :D
Thats super nice!!
 
Seems a shame to use a piece of art for that purpose... It should never get dirty :P Very nice knife!
 
Wow, that is an awesome knife! I guess he's either gonna chop their heads off or cut their throats. Most pig knives are long straight pointed daggers or bowie type knives. I'd like to see him break this one in!!!
 
mgysgthath said:
Seems a shame to use a piece of art for that purpose... It should never get dirty :P Very nice knife!
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Beautiful knives cut better! I'm a big fan of using knives. Even lovely knives like this one.

That's gotta be my favorite Wharncliff I've seen! It looks like a talon ready to slash anything in it's way. Nice looking stag as well!
 
I agree that thing is way too beautiful to get hog blood all over it.But the customers always right i guess.Thats nice work!
 
Thanks guys. Yes it does seem a shame to get it bloody but it is sealed and I hope he washes it well. I went over the process of caring for it and I know this customer well. He does take care of his equipment. personally, I would just shoot it and take it to the butcher. Then grill the hell out of it.
 
Really nice looking knife! I love the damascus/damascus san mai. Also the fittings are quite amazing...Great knife!
 
Dan, I would sure love to see your stag collection. Every stag handled knife you make, seems to have the nicest stag on it. :)
 
That is a fine looking knife Dan! Functionality engulfed in beauty! I hope he shoots the pig first...I would sure hate to see a pig running into the thick underbrush with that nice hunk of stag sticking out of him.
Jim
 
So one hog says to the other, "he ain't gonna stick nobody up in here with that purty thang..." Personally I hope the customer uses as intended over the years, but somehow it still seems a shame...even if our hogs are not as well groomed and stylish as this man's.

Killer design as a whole and a handful of elegant details to mull over end to end. Nice work Dan!

Seems Darrin strikes again with the unusual stock. How did that bronze behave during milling/grinding? Is it gummy or brittle, or crazy hard? Did you run an anneal before or during? (OK - you know what I'm really asking - could a guy work the stuff with files?) I'll try to give you a call from the road Thurs afternoon; last cow haul of the season!

Good unusual stuff there my friend. Thanks for posting it. awl
 
Andy, don't you remember that Dan doesn't receive compliments well. You've got to tell him that it looks like a piece of crap and that he's a jerk for making it. Then he might accept it better.

Good job Dan... I mean JERK! Get some orders done and the shop cleaned up so we can come over and play again.
Jason
 
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