BC "Templar" push dagger

bccustomknives

bccustomknives

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Hi good people,
My latest,straight off the bench ;) 145mm (5 3/4") from tip to butt, gorgeous Randy Haas "explosion" pattern dama,hidden pins frame handle construction,Gaboon Ebony, warthog Ivory, Copper, antique sterling Silver ,Gold MM, Ruby ...everything is inlayed ,including the Sigil plate, even if it doesn't look so (on purpose)...Deer lined,tooled and hand laced leather sheath double inlayed with Copper inlayed warthog Ivory,as usual,100% handmade (hand held tools only) and an original one of a kind,sole author yours truly ...hope you'll like ;)
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Fantastic work my friend....as always!


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I'm struggling to find words for this knife but here's a few that might work: outstanding, amazing, magnificent, incredible, unbelievable, meritorious, stunning
 
I agree with every complimentary post above with one caveat. I personally score you 99 out of a possible 100 for perfection. Being sole authorship, I'm sure is of the utmost importance to you, and I appreciate that. Your one point of perfection loss was due to the very amateurish engraving of the two Crusaders and the lettering around the circle, and the unevenness the lacing produced around the edge of the sheath. Neither fits with a package that is of this very high calibre. As I looked at the impeccable style, fit and finish, and general extra fine workman ship involved, these two things kept commanding my attention.

Let me follow up with the fact that I could never do what you have accomplished, and it is spectacular just as is. Please take my simple critique in the good spirit in which it is intended.

Paul
 
sheathmaker said:
I agree with every complimentary post above with one caveat. I personally score you 99 out of a possible 100 for perfection. Being sole authorship, I'm sure is of the utmost importance to you, and I appreciate that. Your one point of perfection loss was due to the very amateurish engraving of the two Crusaders and the lettering around the circle, and the unevenness the lacing produced around the edge of the sheath. Neither fits with a package that is of this very high calibre. As I looked at the impeccable style, fit and finish, and general extra fine workman ship involved, these two things kept commanding my attention.

Let me follow up with the fact that I could never do what you have accomplished, and it is spectacular just as is. Please take my simple critique in the good spirit in which it is intended.

Paul
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Hi Paul,thanks for the kind words and critique ,much appreciated ... as to the engraving and it being amateurish,well that's for several reasons...one,I suck at engraving lol...but that obvious fact aside,to my defence,the engraving is a pretty close copy of a period example of sigil I've found on the net (I would attach a pic of it,but unfortunately it's in my phone which went down the toilet last night...literally :( ) ...another thing,that sigil is smaller than the fingernail on your pinkie and I don't have a microscope and doubt they had one then neither lol...but basically,what I'm trying to say is that I wasn't after a sterile look with this piece anyway,to give it that medieval ,"made on the knee by candlelight " feel ...so I wasn't overly concerned with the engraving being a masterpiece...not that I could even if I tried lol ...as for the lacing,I can see how that could bother you, with you being a sheathmaker/leather worker and all,but I personally am not too concerned with it,it's a leather strapped around the edges and I can't see the Templar being too concerned about it being sterile...once again,I was after that "doing it tough in hard times" medieval period feel ,actually there are few other subtle hints (on purpose) to accent that feel ...like for example,if you look closely on the neck,you will notice that that one piece of the stacked silver and copper is actually thicker than the other piece...on purpose,I could've easily grind them the same thickness,but chose not to,to hint at that "doing it tough,use what's on hand" feel...there are other little hints like that,some more subtle than others ,whether it was a good idea is hard to tell,certainly felt like one at the time lol...you know,the artistic licence and all that lol...but ,in the hand it has a ton of character and soul ,and to me at least ,it does feel like something that could've come from that age...hopefully it will to its new owner too ;)
 
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