Diacria

JayFisher

JayFisher

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Here's a new one that's headed for Europe:

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"Diacria" This is a beautiful knife, designed by a client and made to his specifications. The blade is a magnificent piece of O-1 high carbon tungsten-vanadium alloy tool steel, hollow ground, mirror finished, and hot blued to a deep, rich, blue-black finish. On the blade, I've engraved his detailed and unique monogram, and my new maker's mark. The knife has a forward finger ring, and weight balancing milled and dressed holes that carry the design without sacrificing strength. The front bolster has a sculpted and polished face, and both mirror-finished nickel silver bolsters are dovetailed to hold the gorgeous scales of hard, polished Polvadera Jasper gemstone. This stunning piece rests in a hand-carved and tooled sheath, made from 9-10 oz. leather shoulder, artfully inlaid with ringmark lizard exotic skin, and hand-stitched with polyester sinew, lacquered and sealed.

Here are both sides of the Jasper-Agate handle:

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Here's a close up of the blade engraving and my new maker's mark:

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There is more information on this knife on my home page.
 
I really like that design, kudos to your customer! That bluing is beautiful, it looks like you polished it off at the guards and scales to give that a more uniform "silver" look along the handle? very nice!

That jasper is very high quality, we used to find smaller pieces near my grandparents, but that's a super example! My grandfather still has a couple of nice slabs from larger stones he found. Hmmmm....:D

J-
 
That is very pretty. I love the black blade it really jumps out at you with that handle. Very nice!
 
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