Engraved Dagger

[Charles Vestal]

A photo of this knife was posted here a few months ago pre-engraving. Here's the thread http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1138298-Charles-Vestal-Dagger?highlight=dagger+vestal

My customer sent the knife to Jeff Parke so he could do his handy work.

The skeleton key appears to be passing through the guard when viewed in person.

 

[RonNewton]

Great knife and engraving theme!

 

[keithf]

Oh yeah ! I like that.
Cheers Keith

 

[Burton Harruff]

Very nice.

 

[Chris Montgomery]

That's a beautiful knife Charles. The engraving is icing on the cake. Thanks for sharing.

Chris

 

[Caleb Royer]

Fantastic!

 

[John White]

Oh yes!

John

 

[SharpByCoop]

Charles: Thanks for (re?)showing this.

I need to point out that the key passing through the guard is visually correct, when it's in hand. Look at the original montage. However, when the bolsters are side by side, it comes out at what appears to be opposing angles. I was asked to flip the RH pic in the dual inset to show the concept more easily. And it does.

Lots of talent in this piece. Really well done.

Coop

 

[Bigjohn]

I love the out of the box thinking on this......fantastic

 

[JParanee]

Very original and well done

 

[mwschilling]

Very nice!

 

[Salem Straub]

Hadn't seen this one on the first page, just wanted to say that your solder fillets are some of the best looking ever... nice knife, Charles!

 

[Idlewild]

Outstanding, very beautiful!!

 

[R APPLEBY]

Great knife.

 

[Kevin Jones]

Very original engraving. Don't believe I've seen anything similar on a knife.