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I named this one "The Ferrous of Them All," as the dagger is made of all ferrous materials and furthermore has a sort of fairy tale vibe to me. Also, “the Ferrous of Them All” was Grant Sarver’s byline on another forum, which I always thought was clever, so it’s a small homage too, I suppose.
The blade is a 324 layer twist laminate of 15n20 and CruForgeV steels, with a double 4” hollow grind. The guard was forged, pierced and shaped out of a bar of old wrought iron, and then given a fairly heavy etch to expose the fascinating grain of this metal. The grip is a forge welded spiral basket of six ¼” mild steel rods with a forge finish. The pommel is shaped of the same wrought iron as the guard, and etched. The grip’s tenons fit into mortises on the fittings.
The knife can be fully taken down for maintenance. As a metal take-down tool did not figure into this design, I made a micarta wrench that non-marringly enhances grip when unscrewing the pommel.
Observe that the tang is etched for most of its length so that the pattern can be seen through the grip. The threaded tang end was brazed on and the neat brass v-joint can be seen on the tang end flats. I guess that’s the only non-ferrous part!
Specs are as follows:
Blade length: 11”
Blade at widest: 1-1/4”
Blade thickness at ricasso: .200”
Guard at widest: 6-1/8”
Overall length: 16-5/8”
Weight: 14.5oz.
Balance point is right at face of guard.
The blade is a 324 layer twist laminate of 15n20 and CruForgeV steels, with a double 4” hollow grind. The guard was forged, pierced and shaped out of a bar of old wrought iron, and then given a fairly heavy etch to expose the fascinating grain of this metal. The grip is a forge welded spiral basket of six ¼” mild steel rods with a forge finish. The pommel is shaped of the same wrought iron as the guard, and etched. The grip’s tenons fit into mortises on the fittings.
The knife can be fully taken down for maintenance. As a metal take-down tool did not figure into this design, I made a micarta wrench that non-marringly enhances grip when unscrewing the pommel.
Observe that the tang is etched for most of its length so that the pattern can be seen through the grip. The threaded tang end was brazed on and the neat brass v-joint can be seen on the tang end flats. I guess that’s the only non-ferrous part!
Specs are as follows:
Blade length: 11”
Blade at widest: 1-1/4”
Blade thickness at ricasso: .200”
Guard at widest: 6-1/8”
Overall length: 16-5/8”
Weight: 14.5oz.
Balance point is right at face of guard.
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