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Here's my latest bowie knife. I make maybe one bowie a year or so- I am not always drawn to the form, but I enjoy it when it happens.
I tried to put some kinda radical lines into this one- similar in a way to some Lurquin or even Axelson lines but a little less overtly masculine. Make no mistake, it’s a dude, but more of a wolf than a bear… if that makes sense. There’s a little bit of kopesh/kopis in it as well.
So, the blade is forged of W2 with a hamon. An integral bolster becomes a hidden tang that passes through the coined copper spacers and stainless file-bordered guard, and into a one-piece tapered frame handle made to simulate a continuation of the integral bolster. Think “faux tapered-tang integral.” The scales have a tapered mortise milled into the inside, to allow a tang of full thickness through its length.
All three pins pass through the tang- and the scales are held on as well by hidden pins inside the frame. The handle wood is “Insanity” dyed burl, a gift to me from Mr. Bill Akers. The handle frame is forged of mild steel.
A long sweeping main grind line (I thought of it as a “shinogi” when grinding this) flows along the recurve section of the forte, blending into the flat and paralleling a harpoon clip to the point. For once, a hamon pretty nearly did exactly what I wanted in terms of shape and layout, giving me some bonus activity as well… the long saw-tooth gunome along the clip made me quite happy upon finishing it out. The blade is hand sanded to 1000, then hybrid polished.
Specs are as follows:
Overall length: 17”
Blade, tip to bolster: 12”
Blade width at heel: 1-1/2”
Spine thickness at bolster: .210”
Total weight: 16-1/4 oz.
Enough yakking, here’s 24 pics and a vid with meandering narrative! Enjoy! Thanks for looking. Also, I'll most likely be carrying this around at the Seattle show...
[video=youtube;uk85k-n403k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uk85k-n403k[/video]
I tried to put some kinda radical lines into this one- similar in a way to some Lurquin or even Axelson lines but a little less overtly masculine. Make no mistake, it’s a dude, but more of a wolf than a bear… if that makes sense. There’s a little bit of kopesh/kopis in it as well.
So, the blade is forged of W2 with a hamon. An integral bolster becomes a hidden tang that passes through the coined copper spacers and stainless file-bordered guard, and into a one-piece tapered frame handle made to simulate a continuation of the integral bolster. Think “faux tapered-tang integral.” The scales have a tapered mortise milled into the inside, to allow a tang of full thickness through its length.
All three pins pass through the tang- and the scales are held on as well by hidden pins inside the frame. The handle wood is “Insanity” dyed burl, a gift to me from Mr. Bill Akers. The handle frame is forged of mild steel.
A long sweeping main grind line (I thought of it as a “shinogi” when grinding this) flows along the recurve section of the forte, blending into the flat and paralleling a harpoon clip to the point. For once, a hamon pretty nearly did exactly what I wanted in terms of shape and layout, giving me some bonus activity as well… the long saw-tooth gunome along the clip made me quite happy upon finishing it out. The blade is hand sanded to 1000, then hybrid polished.
Specs are as follows:
Overall length: 17”
Blade, tip to bolster: 12”
Blade width at heel: 1-1/2”
Spine thickness at bolster: .210”
Total weight: 16-1/4 oz.
Enough yakking, here’s 24 pics and a vid with meandering narrative! Enjoy! Thanks for looking. Also, I'll most likely be carrying this around at the Seattle show...
[video=youtube;uk85k-n403k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uk85k-n403k[/video]
