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Dog....bone that is.
I have been wanting to do one like this for a few years now after seeing a similar Bowie in Bagwell's book.
This one has an 11" blade of cable damascus with a few 1/8" O1 drill rods mixed in. I did the cable a bit different this time. When I cut the cable it unwound itself, so to took all the individual sub-bundles and bound them together with wire....then added some drill rods. The press squares a messy bundle like this up in a hurry. It was drawn out and folded once. Couple little pinprick inclusions but not bad at all. The blade is 5/16" at the spine. the hamon, visible in a few of the pics was kind of a surprise. I fully quenched the blade and then after tempering, I torch drew the spine out to the tip with the edge in water.
The dogbone handle is osage orange with brass and steel fittings. The nameplate and pommel cover are recycled bandsaw blade. The guard is gun blued mild steel and the octogonal ferrule is collared onto the osage, made using a trick that Bagwell himself taught me.
I blade finished up incredibly sharp! I mean "skeer the heer" right off you arm sharp!
I am not sure about sheath yet....I thought about a wood sheath made from osage to match....but it will also get a Southern Comfort from Sastre.
Here are the pics:
I have been wanting to do one like this for a few years now after seeing a similar Bowie in Bagwell's book.
This one has an 11" blade of cable damascus with a few 1/8" O1 drill rods mixed in. I did the cable a bit different this time. When I cut the cable it unwound itself, so to took all the individual sub-bundles and bound them together with wire....then added some drill rods. The press squares a messy bundle like this up in a hurry. It was drawn out and folded once. Couple little pinprick inclusions but not bad at all. The blade is 5/16" at the spine. the hamon, visible in a few of the pics was kind of a surprise. I fully quenched the blade and then after tempering, I torch drew the spine out to the tip with the edge in water.
The dogbone handle is osage orange with brass and steel fittings. The nameplate and pommel cover are recycled bandsaw blade. The guard is gun blued mild steel and the octogonal ferrule is collared onto the osage, made using a trick that Bagwell himself taught me.
I blade finished up incredibly sharp! I mean "skeer the heer" right off you arm sharp!
I am not sure about sheath yet....I thought about a wood sheath made from osage to match....but it will also get a Southern Comfort from Sastre.
Here are the pics:
