Fighter with a Feather.

Fred.Rowe

Fred.Rowe

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I started working on this fighter six months back, and finally got it finished.

Isn't it a great feeling when you get one done that has been in the works for a while?:)

The fighter is 13 1/2" overall.

The handle is western big leaf maple, from Mark at Burl Source.

Wrought iron and copper were used for the hardware.

A slightly agitated peacock donated the feather.:eek:

Thanks for L:D:DKING, Fred

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Nice! Did you really forge the tang end over the pommel after everything else? That sounds very tricky. If not, it's a great illusion.
 
Dan Pierson said:
Nice! Did you really forge the tang end over the pommel after everything else? That sounds very tricky. If not, it's a great illusion.
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Dan,


The focus, while working on the butt cap was to create a "grotto affect" for the islet to emerge from; a 3/4" round of A2 was pressed into the roughed out wrought iron oval, when it was at 2250fh. The background was then hot stamped, using a nail set.
The islet was forged and bent to shape using small pliers, with round noses on them. The tang for the islet is inserted one inch into the wood; there are also two hidden pins along the top of the crescent.

A bead artist is making a lanyard for the islet.


Thanks for your post, Fred
 
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When I first saw the photo of the blade a few months back I thought it looked amazing. I thought it would overshadow whatever you did with the rest of the knife. Boy was I wrong. Everything about this knife looks great. I think this is one for a museum or knife makers hall of fame. (if there is such a thing)
 
From the first; after seeing the blade ground and etched, I pretty well knew, the guard, handle and butt cap, had to make a strong statement in order to balance the blade; otherwise all you would see, would be blade:D.

The western big leaf maple that came from Burl Source was stained using golden pecan, burnished with leather and Beechwood Casey as the finish coat.

Thank you all for your inspirational comments, I am pleased you like it.

Fred
 
Burton said:
Good one Fred! Turned out very cool. Like what you did with the guard and pommel.
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Hey Burton,

I'll bet the week flew by for you, with all thats going on. Hope you got time to do some finish work.

Glad you like the finished product.

Fred
 
Very nice work. The knife speaks boldly but is balanced at the same time. Lovely work as usual, Fred.

--nathan
 
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