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I went digging through the rafters and found some clues hinting that I have had a fondness for daggers for a LONG time. These two objects are about 30 years old now, and were among the first knives I bought as a young adult, acquired when I lived in Texas. The first is a brass "arthame" that was purchased at the Texas Renaissance Festival from the "Arms and Armor" stall. It's obviously for show only, and totally stylized and fanciful.
You can see in this one the upswept guard I put on my last couple of daggers (never actually remembering that I'd first seen that style on this thing). And for those of you that have followed my earliest work, you may or may not recall I once attempted a Kris blade (unsuccessfully). Here is a clue why I did so.
This next one I bought at a gun store, I think, as a survival type knife. It has a hollow handle and a compass for the butt cap. Though this one is a "real knife", I know now that it isn't really a particularly good survival tool. Good thing my life never depended on it.
In this knife you can see the blade grinding style I now prefer, with a sharply defined ridge line and the angled in plunges. Obviously, I do my plunges differently, but the visual effect is somewhat similar. Again here you see hints of the upswept guard with forward facing points I like.
I still can't say why the dagger form appeals to me so much, but clearly it's been doing so for a long time.
Do any of you have pictures of the early knives you bought that might give some insights into your current style?
You can see in this one the upswept guard I put on my last couple of daggers (never actually remembering that I'd first seen that style on this thing). And for those of you that have followed my earliest work, you may or may not recall I once attempted a Kris blade (unsuccessfully). Here is a clue why I did so.
This next one I bought at a gun store, I think, as a survival type knife. It has a hollow handle and a compass for the butt cap. Though this one is a "real knife", I know now that it isn't really a particularly good survival tool. Good thing my life never depended on it.
In this knife you can see the blade grinding style I now prefer, with a sharply defined ridge line and the angled in plunges. Obviously, I do my plunges differently, but the visual effect is somewhat similar. Again here you see hints of the upswept guard with forward facing points I like.
I still can't say why the dagger form appeals to me so much, but clearly it's been doing so for a long time.
Do any of you have pictures of the early knives you bought that might give some insights into your current style?
