Celtic Dagger

[Samurai Stu]

I call it a Celtic dagger because it is too long to be a Sgain Dubh

 

[David Wesner]

Nice work ! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Excellent carving !! :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[Tinbasher]

Lekker

 

[mtnfolk mike]

great looking blade..:thumbup:

 

[Bhamster]

Beautiful!! I am assuming the handle is carved wood. Brilliant work.

 

[Rossi Knives]

Holy Crap!

 

[bear1889]

Very nice indeed

 

[nate1714]

Love the handle! good work

 

[Samurai Stu]

Just wait til you see the sheath. Will be a blackwood sheath with full weave carving too.

 

[bacustomknives]

Amazing stu love the carving

 

[C.Edmondson]

Sweet Jesus!! that carving is awesome

 

[stevewest]

a really nice piece!!!

 

[JasonSCarter]

Awesome Knife! Ridiculasly well executed carving!

 

[DanGraves]

I have to chime in also, great job on the carving.I think it could be called a Dirk as they were sword tips that were broken. Seems Dirks came in a lot of sizes, but one thing you can surley say is that it is beautiful.

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Holy shitake, that's superb!

Care to share a few secrets as to how you lay out your design, your basic carving sequence and tools?

Did you carve the metal too, or maybe carve it in wax and cast it?

Thanks, Phil

 

[Samurai Stu]

Holy shitake, that's superb!

Care to share a few secrets as to how you lay out your design, your basic carving sequence and tools?

Did you carve the metal too, or maybe carve it in wax and cast it?

Thanks, Phil

I have the entire sequence on my Facebook Profile. Follow this link to see how. Yes I applied the same technique on the pommel. It was a bit difficult because the Dremmel bit I was using was too big. I now have a smaller one.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Smith...!/album.php?aid=212633&id=248207535395&page=3

 

[Phil Dwyer]

You sure make it look easy! I bet there's more to laying out that tape then meets the eye. Is there any math to how you select the width of the tape, how many strips and the spacing, or do you just eyeball it?

Thanks for taking the time to share. Your work is absolutely stunning!

All the best, Phil

 

[Samurai Stu]

Here is the sheath as it stands. I will make a baldric style leather belt so it hangs over the shoulder rather than on a belt loop.