an explorers scandi

[fishfish]

heres a new scandi i made, the blade is 440 stanless ,the handle is Local oak with red deer antler,brass and red and black fiber spacers.

here it is part made:

and here i decorated with some scrimshaw:

finally finished ,after a major cock up it was re-handled with a better piece of oak,the knife has been antiqued using a trade secret method:

thanks for looking!

 

[nifegrinder]

very nice traditional look. I can almost smell salt water and herring . Got any more work you can show?

 

[Lorien]

sweet.

 

[jgkelly]

Nice knife. I love that style.

 

[ADD]

Wow!

Very nice piece of stylized work... :thumbup:

Did you use brass and copper or is that the lighting from the pics?

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I love this style of knife. You did a great job.