Another Bug Knife - Ironwood Scarab...

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Ironwood Scarab...
RWL-34 is the steel. The dagger blade is approximately 3 1/2" long, over all length is a little over 8". The dagger is hollow ground on one side to the edge (chisel grind) to give it a more depth. The ironwood is secured by hidden pins to the top layer of steel. The middle spacer and base is ebony and secured by screws. I did the heat and cryo on this one. Since it is a chisel grind, the edge is 1/2 the degrees of a typical edge, so it is delicate but very sharp. This one has already seen first blood drawn by those pointy 'mandibles' during construction. A few more bugs to go and I can get back to 'normal' knives. Thanks for looking...


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Edited to add this photo, I'm working on learning Photoshop...
 
That would make an awsome gent's sheath knife. I wonder if the mandibles might be turned to some useful function, bottle opentne maybe. I like it a lot.
 
You are one talented individual! Kudos for going a different direction in fusing knives and art. Very nice stuff!!
 
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