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Well that's what I call it anyway. What else could it possibly be?
This one was made for Mark Farley and it was forged from wrought iron, pure nickel and 1080. I'm going to start off by saying that I made a big mistake on this which was almost fatal to the project. I tried to fuller in a blood channel down the middle with my mill and the piece jumped creating a devastating gash that practically had me in tears. The only option was to grind down below it.. which left me a dagger with two personalities. A side displaying what I originally had in mind... a lot of wrought, a nickel layer and a thin cutting edge. The obverse side ended up being... different. It became all about nickel/wrought iron islands floating in a sea of 1080. I'm not unhappy with it in retrospect. Although lack of symmetry sometimes gets me down.
It is overall 10" and dressed in a cold forged copper habaki with a wrought iron bench to sit on. The wood is Claro walnut.
The scabbard is something I had fun with. I wanted to have something more 'saya-like' since habakis are designed for fitting into one. So I morticed some wood and glued veg-tanned leather onto the back and brain-tanned doeskin as a liner. Twisted copper wire, a pin and some hammered copper wire wrap hold it together in case of glue failure. It is designed to slip into your calf-high leather boot.. or maybe your hi-top Chuck Taylor? I'm quite pleased with it and plan to make more of these things.
So here you go Mark.
(For those who notice such things...I apologize for the inconsistent color balance of these images.. I'm experimenting with contrast overlay and I need to come up with a way to calibrate color correction.. The first and last are the most accurate.)
This one was made for Mark Farley and it was forged from wrought iron, pure nickel and 1080. I'm going to start off by saying that I made a big mistake on this which was almost fatal to the project. I tried to fuller in a blood channel down the middle with my mill and the piece jumped creating a devastating gash that practically had me in tears. The only option was to grind down below it.. which left me a dagger with two personalities. A side displaying what I originally had in mind... a lot of wrought, a nickel layer and a thin cutting edge. The obverse side ended up being... different. It became all about nickel/wrought iron islands floating in a sea of 1080. I'm not unhappy with it in retrospect. Although lack of symmetry sometimes gets me down.
It is overall 10" and dressed in a cold forged copper habaki with a wrought iron bench to sit on. The wood is Claro walnut.
The scabbard is something I had fun with. I wanted to have something more 'saya-like' since habakis are designed for fitting into one. So I morticed some wood and glued veg-tanned leather onto the back and brain-tanned doeskin as a liner. Twisted copper wire, a pin and some hammered copper wire wrap hold it together in case of glue failure. It is designed to slip into your calf-high leather boot.. or maybe your hi-top Chuck Taylor? I'm quite pleased with it and plan to make more of these things.
So here you go Mark.
(For those who notice such things...I apologize for the inconsistent color balance of these images.. I'm experimenting with contrast overlay and I need to come up with a way to calibrate color correction.. The first and last are the most accurate.)
