Dragonsbane Bowie

scottishsmith24

scottishsmith24

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A while ago I started a WIP thread on an integral knife I designed, and well it didn't work out as a integral but it was still a good enough blade to finish. I plan on attempting the multi-bar integral again in the near future, but thought I would show what came from the first attempt. This knife seemed to fight me on every single step of the process hence the name of Bane as in bane of my existence...but she came out okay and now has a new home in New York. The guard was inspired by Dave Lisch's beautiful split guards, and while mine is a very poor imitation, I hope to improve them in the future. All comments and criticism are welcome and thank you for looking.

Specs:

Blade: damascus (spine, twisted Ws, a bar of 1095, 15n20, and a twisted edge bar.)
Blade length: 11 1/2 inches
Guard: mild steel
Handle: dyed black ash burl

Overall length: 17 inches



P.S. The dark smudging on the back of the blade was a bit of oil residue that reflected some of the light and I didn't notice it until the knife was shipped off and I pulled up the picture.

Robert
 
Beautiful :)
The only thing my untrained eyes see is Mabey the guard might hurt your middle finger?

Again beautiful
 
That is truly an amazing piece of "deadly art"-I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't be proud to possess such a beautiful knife.

Thanks very much for sharing


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that's friggin cool as hell. I like the dragon's tongue
 
That looks wonderful! Almost looks alive
 
Thank everyone :) And Teppojustu while the guard isn't uncomfortable on the middle finger, I definitely intend on making the next one more ergonomic so thank you for the critique.
 
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