CEREMONY by Mark Williams

[HTMD]

Mark can claim the blade, handle, canvas covered wood scabbard, goose quill & silver work, lanyard and fittings etc., but his wife, Deborah, did the art on the scabbard.

Mark envisioned an aboriginal or indigenous human ceremonial blade and described the basic use of such a blade thusly; "...lay it on the throat and draw it quickly."

The whole package is very intense, plus it's well made. The blade is long and tapered. It is thinner than a blade on anything else in the 15 inche range and it's true - super straight - really beautiful.

The first two images are from a series I named "Heads I Have Known" followed by three straight-forward detail shots.

 

[Guldan]

oh my god :O

 

[Bladewolf]

Quite a lot of talent expressed there. Beautiful, and must cut like the devil.

 

[Marcel54]

Sweeeeeeet. How about some measurements.

Marcel

 

[HTMD]

The blade was forged from W-2 roundbar steel. Handle is Giraffe bone with sterling tacks and coin silver spacer. The pommel is antique silver spoon with sterling added to complete it. OAL 20" - blade 15 1/2"

The wood scabbard is covered with canvas and features goose feather quills on one side and a dream-like scene of various native spirits painted by Mark's wife, Deborah, on the other side. The tip and throat are sterling silver, as is the lanyard hardware. The snake and the side pieces are nickel/copper alloy.

 

[madcap_magician]

Words fail me.

 

[tarmix101]

WOW!!!!!! Stared at it for about 5 mins. Wow!!!

 

[Walking Man]

Truly a wonderful and unique knife.

 

[blgoode]

Damn Mark and Deb! Good going

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I've never seen anything quite like it. Beautiful!

 

[HTMD]

And one final shot for now:

 

[aablades]

Good God Yall

 

[RogerP]

I must be asleep at the wheel - can't believe I missed this. What an impressive package - knife and scabbard both. Excellent photos too, as usual. Thanks Buddy!

Roger

 

[Daniel Koster]

utmost care and attention to detail - hallmarks of his work.

Haven't seen an MW I haven't liked.

Congrats!

 

[Mark Williams]

Thanks for all the kind words.

It was a real pleasure to have my lovely wife involved in a project. Deb is a formally trained artist and captured the look that I had envisioned perfectly.

Thanks to Buddy for these fabulous photos.

 

[Ebbtide]

Top shelf all the way.
The attention to detail is inspirational.

 

[Stephen F]

Great looking package, and those images get better and better. Congrats Buddy.

Stephen

 

[Mark Pointen]

This is unbelievable.

 

[makandr]

Super!!!!!!!

 

[Bigjohn]

Mark way to go....making good use of all that time on your hands now .......

Cant wait to see whats next

Bj