A Long Pointy Bowie

Tai Goo

Tai Goo

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Here’s a new one,… 17-½ inches OAL, 1065 blade with a bronze guard, reticulated sterling silver ferrule, sterling silver fittings and butt cap, AZ mesquite wood handle core, with woven cotton cord wrappings sealed with natural orange flake shellac.

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Wow!

I like your neotribal style, and I think it is wonderful that a knife taken to this level of finish and refinement doesn't lose that characteristically Tai Goo energy. It takes me a moment of pause, but then it hits me, that is a Bowie. How seldom does one see a fresh interpretation like this.
 
Beautiful knife.

What type of bronze is that on the guard? Hard to see any color on my screen with all that silver.
 
Thanks! :)

Mike, I believe it is "naval bronze". It hot forges nice, with good color, whatever it is... That's what the guy I got it from said it was anyway. I have a great big 3/8 inch thick plate of it I've been using... real tough and pretty stuff!
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Wow!

I like your neotribal style, and I think it is wonderful that a knife taken to this level of finish and refinement doesn't lose that characteristically Tai Goo energy. It takes me a moment of pause, but then it hits me, that is a Bowie. How seldom does one see a fresh interpretation like this.
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Thanks Nathan! Coming from a fellow "designoholic" that means something! I was trying to tie together the rhythm, textures and colors of the reticulated ferrule and fittings with the contrapuntal rhythm and textures of the woven handle,… and get a nice overall flow and thrust to the piece.
 
Mr. Goo that is absolutly stunning. :eek:
Question: Do you forge in those bevels or grind them?

I set down the other night to watch "The Woodsmaster Vol 9 w/ you and Ron Hood and Tim Lively in it :thumbup::D but the buddy I got it off of has watched it so much that it kept skippin :mad::thumbdn: I'll have to get a better copy and try it again:rolleyes: anyway that is one killer knife
 
Great knife! "Naval bronze" uses zinc the primary alloy metal in addition to copper, it has excellent forging characteristics. Silicone bronze is mostly used for foundry work.
 
J.S. Carter said:
Mr. Goo that is absolutly stunning. :eek:
Question: Do you forge in those bevels or grind them?

I set down the other night to watch "The Woodsmaster Vol 9 w/ you and Ron Hood and Tim Lively in it :thumbup::D but the buddy I got it off of has watched it so much that it kept skippin :mad::thumbdn: I'll have to get a better copy and try it again:rolleyes: anyway that is one killer knife
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Thanks.

The bevels are forged in with the radii plunges. The stock reduction was done primarily with files. I do own a small abrasive wheel type bench grinder that I use a little on the profiles.
 
Thanks guys!

The finish is a layered finish with different grits overlapping and running at different angles, and different planes are finished to different grits and angles. It's then etched and polished over the top with finishing pads, powders and polishing compounds. It's something I've been experimenting with for a while now. It does some cool stuff with the reflection of light off the surface. It creates sort of primitive "diffraction gratings", which also work in conjunction with the different microstructures created by the quench line and on either side of it.

Diffraction grating:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_grating
 
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