A VERY special frame handle bowie...

J. Doyle

J. Doyle

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This knife means more to me than any other so far. I recently married the love of my life. We had a very nice, small, and quiet ceremony and reception here in Michigan. I made this knife for us to cut our wedding cake with. The handle represents our wedding colors, black and white. I used white g-10 for the handles. I don't know that white g-10 will ever have another application for me as a knifemaker again, but it worked well here. :) The inlay in the handle form two joined and twisted J's, which are the first initials of our names; John and Jennifer. The 'Twisted' filework on the blade and handle frame is one of my wife's favorite details and I thought it fitting as marriage 'twists' two lives into one.

Here are the specs:
Hand forged from 1075 steel, clay quenched and etched
Dimensions are from memory, 12 1/2" overall with a 7 1/2" blade, .210" thick at the ricasso
Twisted filework on the blade and handle frame
Black g-10 fittings with german silver spacers
Black g-10 frame
White g-10 scales
black carbon pin inlay

Thanks so much to Coop for the WONDERFUL images!

All comments are welcome.



 
Congratulations for your marriage, and also for the exquisite knife you made...really exceptionally beautiful!!
 
Beautiful knife and story!

Congratulations and thanks for posting your pictures and account of that fine knife.

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Congratulations! Beautiful knife. I usually dislike file work, but the technique you used on this knife is equisite.
 
Thanks for the comments guys. I appreciate it.
 
Congratulations on your marriage !! You have incredible skill my friend !! That is one heck of a knife .
 
Congratulations! You did a very fancy, beautiful and well designed knife! The details are totally amazing!
 
See what a man in love can do? Congratulations on your marraige, and your knife. It definitly has a WOW factor!
 
Congratulations for you both, one great story to share and pass down, with the knife too of course, to your family.
 
Congrats and well done on the knife! That should make for a great heirloom to be passed down the generations for weddings. VERY cool!

Best of luck to you both!
 
Beautiful and very fitting for a marriage. Congratulations on both.
 
Thanks for posting guys. I appreciate the words.
 
Ok, it looks great, but how did it do with cutting the cake?? We need action photos to truly appreciate the knife as a whole:D

Great looking knife, and congrats on the wedding.:thumbup:
 
I love it. That hamon is outstanding, I haven't seen one quite like it. I like how you included meaning into each detail. Congratulations.
 
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