Another Scalper......

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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This is one I just finished up. 6" hand forged L-6 blade, wrought iron fittings with a Euro crown stag handle. Overall its 11".

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Love the handle, Ray! Your blade is perfect - as always. Hey did you do your usual treatment to the pommel? Hard to see in that photo.
 
Jeff, Here's a picture of the otherside before I finished off this knife, it should answer your question. I don't think I could go back to doing knives anyother way anymore......
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Very, very nice. That might be one of my favorite blades from you! And that's saying something. :)
 
Beautiful piece Ray. I love the way it flows. How is the pommel done? I can see you've got something going all the way through, but not exactly what.
Ed
 
I went ahead and took a picture to show you what is going on. The cap is inset into the crown, the nut is inset into the cap.

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I've been way to busy, this one almost got by without me getting to see it. Another nice job Ray, what are you going to do when you run out of wrought iron. LOL it sure does look good.

Bill
 
Bill, I'll drop dead before I run out of wrought iron. I bought 6 rather large anchor chain links a couple weeks ago along with somemore wagon wheel. I feel quite blessed living where I do for my supplies, everything is close by. Being at the end of the Oregon Trail there's a number of wagon wheels to be found......
 
Ray, if I was lucky enough to be in your shoes, I wouldn't want to do them any other way, either! REALLY NICE! How did you color the stag, bro?
 
John, Haven't got much time this morning, if you go back to some of the older knives that I've posted the coloring process has been mentioned almost everytime. I going to work at a soup kitchen for a few hours today so shop time is cut short.
 
Great work as always Ray, you've got a style to your knives that's undeniably beautiful. I've never worked with wrought iron but, I'm inspired to try it out from your work with it. Where's a good place to look for wrought iron? Also, how do you work/finish it? Is it the same as working other furniture materials like brass, N-S, etc.?
 
J, Where to look? Junk stores, old farms, and the neighbors front yard. Once I flatten it out it can be used like anyother fitting material. I normally do a number of etches and then I may cold blue it and then wax it. I did the picture to help you identify wrought iron, you want to look for the layers in it that are quite easy to spot. You should be able to spot the layers on the wagon wheel on the edges, just have to look harder for them. On the lower right of the two chain links you can see where the weld was made to form the link.
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Since I live on an old farm I went poking around and came across some links of big old chain in the barn (I've got too much stuff in there) about 3-4" per link. These don't have the lines and such yours do Ray but, they are pretty rough. What do you think? I hit the one with a wire wheel.
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