David Broadwell D-Guard

JeremyM

JeremyM

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This is the Broadwell D-Guard that was for sale a few months back here. I said I'd post some better pics once I got the piece, so here ya go. I don't really have any background on the piece, though it's similar to one of Broadwell's site - so he's done at least a couple in this style. It's got a great richly colored fossil ivory handle, that is beautifully carved and there is some carving work on the blade and guard as well. There is always something awesomely impressive about holding a massive 19" d-guard bowie in your hand. And to have a piece as big as this, be as elegant as this one is, is another feat in and of itself.

Thanks to Coop for the great photo work as always!

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NOW we're talking! What an exceptional piece. Very smart move to have Coop do his thing with this one - now we can enjoy all the exceptional details. Easily one of the most impressive Broadwell pieces I have seen - and all of David's stuff is real impressive. Congrats again!

Roger
 
Now this is a great piece and Coop did it up nice. When I saw it up for sale I came close to pulling the trigger, it was a very good deal.
 
Gaussian I'm happy for you but I'm also very very sad. When I saw this for sale for the original asking price there was very little response and I was very much temped but finally I was to slow. You beat me at the buzzer:)
Now that I've seen it in its full glory I'm weeping salty tears:D

Marcel
 
My photo doesn't even do this justice. 19" is a BIG knife.

What impressed me the most was the one-piece guard/bolster. Starts at the ricasso and ends at the buttcap. That mismatched handshake in the guard is a subtle and distinctive touch. Very elegant, indeed. What a block of steel THAT had to start with! :eek: :eek: :eek:

That blade shimmers like pearl in differing light and angles. There is a lot going on.

Jeremy has a few tricks up his sleeve. You will see more of them soon...... ;)

Coop
 
Hi Folks,

I want to thank all of you for the compliments on the knife. I really appreciate them.

I'm always tickled to see one of my knives is in the hands of someone who will enjoy it. Gaussian, here are some of the specifics of that knife. The damascus is from Nick Smolen and the pattern is a ladder with the rungs at an angle. I sent a sketch so Nick could forge it to shape. The guard is mild steel that I sculpted and blued. The "D" part actually ran straight off the bottom until after the front was fitted to the blade, then it was hot forged to shape. The handle is of course fossil warlus ivory. The blued steel finial has a carved cabochon of walrus ivory in it and the leaf shaped prongs are folded over it in sort of a Tiffany style setting. The original customer had seen pictures of "Eleutherotes", my boarding cutlass (it's on my site) but did not want a long sword. I took that general design and re-worked it into this knife for him.

I always have been pleased with this knife, but I had forgotten how much until seeing Coop's picture of it. My friend, you really did a great job!

David
 
You're a true artist David, thanks for providing so much more insight on your unique and very original, very aesthetic creation!

Frank H.
 
Thanks so much for the background & details on the knife David! One of the unfortunate things about buying on the secondary market is frequently you don't get any of the history behind the piece - thanks for filling in the blanks!
 
Boxes? We don't need no stinking boxes! Well, okay, so we need them to ship the knives in.

Gaussian, happy to help. If you ever need any info just drop me a line.

David
 
Holy Crap.....that gaurd is awesome. The blade is pretty wicked too, I hope to one day be able to own pieces of art like that. That is a really nice knife.
 
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