BLADE SHOW ’08 – Show us what you got; Please!

[shadowknives]

Mr. Ruth! How gorgeous is that! Hope to see you at the show.

all of yall, holy cow. just, just REALLY nice stuff here. how in the heck are we gonna stay at the table AND mill around everywhere??

 

[RogerP]

That is an outstanding piece, Mike. Shazam!

Roger

 

[John White]

That is the Big Dawg, Mike, and as pretty a ladder as could be, as well.

See you and it at Blade.

John

 

[mike ruth]

Here is another one that I will be taking to blade. 1084 & 15n20 Dog Star pattern. The Blade is 9 1/2" long. 1 7/8" spine to cutting edge, Amber Stag Handle. The Guard, Ferrule, and butt cap are 416 Stainless.
Mike

 

[mike ruth]

And here is one more. 1084 & 15n20 Blade length is 6 5/8" 1 1/2" from Spine to cutting edge, West Texas Wind pattern, sheephorn Handle. 416 Stainless steel Guard and spacer.
Mike

 

[RogerP]

That's my kinda line-up Mike - one gorgeous bowie after another. The West Texas Wind pattern is outstanding.

Roger

 

[Grapevine]

I like that West Texas Wind pattern too. Also neat how the temper line looks like the flow of the wind that's blowing these vertical curtains into wavy sheets.

 

[Kevin Jones]

Mike,
I like the nice shimmer you get out of your damascus pattern. I also like your hardening lines kind of adds another dimension to your patterns.

 

[Doug C]

Great work,Mike.
I definitely like the hardening lines on these two. :thumbup:

Doug

 

[canineforge]

Super-looking bowies, Mike! Looks like you are going with a damascus theme this year? Great patterns, all three. That sheephorn handle looks awfully comfortable. :thumbup:

- Joe

 

[Hmathews]

This Bowie will be on our table 19M at the Blade Show. It has a 9" blade of CPM S30V, steel guard and coined nickel silver spacers. With its carved walrus ivory handle, the overall length is 13.75". Hope you like.

Knife and sheath

Knife with Coop's help

 

[jdm61]

This Bowie will be on our table 19M at the Blade Show. It has a 9" blade of CPM S30V, steel guard and coined nickel silver spacers. With its carved walrus ivory handle, the overall length is 13.75". Hope you like.

Knife and sheath

Knife with Coop's help

Wow! You guys do some wild ivory carving:thumbup:

 

[jdm61]

Here is another one that I will be taking to blade. 1084 & 15n20 Dog Star pattern. The Blade is 9 1/2" long. 1 7/8" spine to cutting edge, Amber Stag Handle. The Guard, Ferrule, and butt cap are 416 Stainless.
Mike

Now THAT is one burly bowie!!:thumbup:

 

[2knife]

I'm pretty sure, I like them all.
David

 

[sculver]

Here's two more that will be on my table.

Hunter with Mammoth Ivory handle.

Slip-joint folder with damascus blade and spring; abalone scales.

Blade Show Table - 11R

 

[blgoode]

nice work Steve!! I have never seen your work. I am digging that pointy bowie you have avaliable on your website:thumbup: Teh one with the greenish bluish handle!

 

[Bladeandbarrel]

Here is one I will be delivering to Blade. The Blade is 10 1/2" long, 1 7/8" spine to cutting edge. 1084 & 15n20. 416 Stainless steel sea shell guard, and frame for handle.Walrus Ivory scales. Please let me know what you think.
Mike

Great knife all around. I think this is my favorite Ruth so far.
Good luck at the show.

 

[Kevin Jones]

I posted these Fisk pieces earlier, however lets take another look from the Chuck Ward perspective.
Extremely nice photos.

This is a piece Jerry's delivering to a customer at Blade. A Southwest Bowie, however a little different from previous versions with it's slender fighter style blade and finger groove chock-up choil. I really like this piece as all the design elements fully complement one another. Unique damascus pattern as it starts at tip as a ladder and subtlety moves towards a wolf's tooth. We see a very good example of Jerry's seemingly endless supply of presentation grade stag.

This "Gamemaster" is dressed a bit with it's classic engraving and gold inlay and one of a kind damascus pattern. The Gamemaster offers a very good example for the "speed vs power" thread as it's handle drop provides power for severe skinning task. The Sendero is more of an "all around" hunter/utility in my opinion. Jerry has covered the hunter's needs well with these two models.

You will recognize this one as it's very similar to my "Bandolero". It's blade profile is quite different, subtle difference in the engraving and of course ivory. A good friend/customer of Jerry's is giving this piece as a gift to his wife.

 

[shadowknives]

pics are too big for my system! i'm in agony! bet they are purty!

update: i can see them today...wow..i agree with erik, it's a long road to go that far. really nice.

 

[Erik Fritz]

Kevin, thank you for posting these it reminds me of what i as a relatively new maker am trying to achieve and also how far i have to go.

I posted these Fisk pieces earlier, however lets take another look from the Chuck Ward perspective.
Extremely nice photos.

This is a piece Jerry's delivering to a customer at Blade. A Southwest Bowie, however a little different from previous versions with it's slender fighter style blade and finger groove chock-up choil. I really like this piece as all the design elements fully complement one another. Unique damascus pattern as it starts at tip as a ladder and subtlety moves towards a wolf's tooth. We see a very good example of Jerry's seemingly endless supply of presentation grade stag.

This "Gamemaster" is dressed a bit with it's classic engraving and gold inlay and one of a kind damascus pattern. The Gamemaster offers a very good example for the "speed vs power" thread as it's handle drop provides power for severe skinning task. The Sendero is more of an "all around" hunter/utility in my opinion. Jerry has covered the hunter's needs well with these two models.

You will recognize this one as it's very similar to my "Bandolero". It's blade profile is quite different, subtle difference in the engraving and of course ivory. A good friend/customer of Jerry's is giving this piece as a gift to his wife.