Dagger...WIP

[Ben Seward]

This will probably be my most difficult build to date. Starting with a twisted W's billet.

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Forged to shape...which is rather tedious, imo

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Ya gotta love grinding a dagger

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A quick etch in the ferric.

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Some thermo-cycling before the qhench.

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All dirty after a hot dip in the oil

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[keithf]

Looks great so far Ben. Cant wait to see it finished.
Cheers Keith

 

[Kevin Jones]

Going to be fun to watch Ben, thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

 

[wdtorque]

Very nice. Tang looked short in that second photo? See you got it stretched! I'm in for the Full Monty.
Dozier

 

[Ben Seward]

After the testing and finish grinding we move on to hand sanding

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Nice and shiny...

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[Scurvy092]

Bad ass! Thanks for bringing us along the process!

 

[GR33NSHIRT]

Beautiful

 

[Bob Ohlemann]

Cool stuff Ben!

Bob

 

[mknife]

Great work!
____________________

Riccardo Mainolfi

 

[Ben Seward]

After the etch...

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[Lycosa]

Good grief... that's nice!

 

[i4Marc]

Cool stuff. Keep it coming.

 

[Ben Seward]

See what I can get done on this guard today

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[mwschilling]

Very cool WIP, Ben. Looking great so far. Can't wait to see how it develops.

 

[Dawkind]

Looks like MS practice to me.....great job my friend. [emoji106]

 

[Jason Fry]

Looks like MS practice to me...... [emoji106]

That's what I was thinking as well. They say practice makes perfect...

Looking good, Ben!

 

[Big Rick]

Ben, looking great, like the rest just can't wait to see it finished.

 

[Ben Seward]

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Milling the slot.

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And all the fun of fitting and sculpting...

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We're making some progress though Planning to do a bit of carving on the quillions

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[Dawkind]

Wonderful! I know you know how to make the most of a blade like that, too. [emoji6][emoji106]

 

[BenR.T.]

Looking good Ben!!