A Texas sized Bowie - aka the Frambo

Wild Rose

Wild Rose

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This one is WildGoo 17 - Wild Rose in collaboration with Tai Goo -

The 5160 blade as received - hand forged and hand shaped with files by mi compadre Tai Goo alone is 12 1/4" x 2 1/2" - OAL is a hair under 19" and scary sharp :eek: like all of Tai's blades!
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Ek crown courtesy of Ray Richard
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In the hand shot.....my hand is a little larger than normal........this one is a Handfull!!
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The butt cap carved into a Texas star with poured lead/pewter inlays to bring it into balance.....
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A closeup of the back side of the guard - I fluted it on both sides to reduce weight.....
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The sheath is elk rawhide over a bark tan core with a beaded braintan cuff and bark tan belt loop with a rawhide overlay.......

Some might "question" the somewhat rough overall finish, but that's the aesthetic I'm going for - a piece built on the frontier by a blacksmith with minimal tools rather than by a trained cutler and then used but not abused for several years....

Fram = Frontier Rambo - customer wanted a blade profile along the lines of the original Rambo blade but in a frontier style so Tai in is own inimiatble fashion named her the "frambo"
 
Picture dosnt seem to be working. for me atleast

I shall imagine and admire its innovative massive grandeur, and cute name.
 
+1 on that! What a knife. You guys sure pulled that off, and it's sure nice to see some of your work again. Should you get an opportunity I'd like to see how you sewed, presumably, the leather around the handle. That's a cool approach. Was it also attached with any kind of adhesive? Just curious. The sixgun sure gives it some scale! :D
 
Great collaboration. I've always been stunned by yours and Tai's art, individually and in collaboration. :thumbup:

And of course we can't forget the handle material supplied by Ray Richards :cool:

By the way, could you tell us what is the guard material?
 
Skilldust here;
The other day posted [Whats the deal] NOW I know the deal.
I don't know what to say--feel like it's like 35 to zip and I'm the zip.
That is beautiful, what color cordination--what period cordination---that REALLY beats my drum
How long did it take you to plan this out?
I can understand all the work, but the c & p cordination would bogg my brain
one beautiful piece
Jerry
 
looks spectacular....my wild goo bowie is one of my most prized posessions.....ryan
 
Glad ya'll enjoyed the look see - it went on hunting trip last week and I'll hear back soon how it performed - the gent carries a 14 lb Sharps so this should feel light in his hand by comparison......

Dave for the rawhide wrap..
1) It's rawhide and not leather - Rawhide must be worked wet to get it soft enough to use
2) I use a couple of spots of glue to hold it in place while sewing - dependent on the customer and/or my desire to be as historically "correct" as possible I use hot hide glue or if feeling lazy or when not feeling so "historical" a couple of drops of CA will work.
3) To sew up I use the baseball stitch.....http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/tutorials/_baseball.html
4) Once the rawhide is dry I seal with eitehr spar varnish or my own homemade historically correct real linseed oil based varnish
 
Wild Rose said:
Dave for the rawhide wrap..
1) It's rawhide and not leather - Rawhide must be worked wet to get it soft enough to use
2) I use a couple of spots of glue to hold it in place while sewing - dependent on the customer and/or my desire to be as historically "correct" as possible I use hot hide glue or if feeling lazy or when not feeling so "historical" a couple of drops of CA will work.
3) To sew up I use the baseball stitch.....http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/tutorials/_baseball.html
4) Once the rawhide is dry I seal with eitehr spar varnish or my own homemade historically correct real linseed oil based varnish
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Thanks a million Chuck! Every time I go to your site I get lost in reverie... The baseball stitch instruction is great! I can use that, it's something I've wanted to know for years but didn't know what I wanted to know. :) I was looking for my copy of your DVD a few weeks ago and danged if I could find it - I guess I'm going to have to ask for another for Christmas. That's one of the most valuable references I've ever had, and I always watched it before I started any serious leather projects - and I really noticed its lack when I didn't have it this time.

One of these days I'll ask about your historically correct linseed oil varnish, but that's a conversation for another day. Thanks for all you do.
 
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