Logan Pearce
Awesome Sauce Smith (A.S.S)
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I'm actually still working on it a little bit. Mainly on the silver sheath for this dagger, but I have changed the handle up a little bit since Blade. I've never done a dagger like this or any knife that was quite this complex. The bad part is I wanted to go even farther with it, but I had to hold back some. Anyway! I hope you guys like the pictures.
Blade:
Billet by pearceknives, on Flickr
Final weld prep by pearceknives, on Flickr
Ground blade by pearceknives, on Flickr
Guard:
Guard pressed by pearceknives, on Flickr
Cutting guard billet by pearceknives, on Flickr
Profiled guard by pearceknives, on Flickr
Bending guard by pearceknives, on Flickr
Handle:
Filing wings by pearceknives, on Flickr
Handle Squaring inserts by pearceknives, on Flickr
Filigree 1 by pearceknives, on Flickr
Creating Balls by pearceknives, on Flickr
Finished Balls by pearceknives, on Flickr
Halfway Finished handle by pearceknives, on Flickr
And the awesome picture from Coop!
Maleficent by pearceknives, on Flickr
In the end it has roughly 500 pieces of silver. There is a little more than that, but I didn't count the exact number. There are 8 black lipped pearl inserts. The blade is West Texas Wind on 200ish layers of 1080/15N20, with the guard being around 100 layers of ladder pattern. The handle core is 360 layers of ladder pattern, but you can't even see it really. I suppose I put a little more work into that than I should have, but I really wanted to the 'wings' to look cool. I want to combine my normal filed handles with my filigree. The filigree really over shadows the work I put into filing the handle, which I'm still trying to find a way for the two to compliment each other.
It isn't perfect, but I'm pretty happy with this being my third time soldering. I plan on posting up some pictures of the finished knife with the sheath once it is completed. The sheath is... whew. Well it has 4 times the amount of filigree on it and almost as much pearl. If I could change anything, I probably would have done the guard in stainless and engraved it. If my engraving wasn't terrible. lol.
Anyway! Let me know what you think. Good, bad, or indifferent. I know a lot of people don't like it, but I did try to make it as awesome as I possibly could.
Blade:
Billet by pearceknives, on FlickrFinal weld prep by pearceknives, on FlickrGround blade by pearceknives, on FlickrGuard:
Guard pressed by pearceknives, on FlickrCutting guard billet by pearceknives, on FlickrProfiled guard by pearceknives, on FlickrBending guard by pearceknives, on FlickrHandle:
Filing wings by pearceknives, on FlickrHandle Squaring inserts by pearceknives, on FlickrFiligree 1 by pearceknives, on FlickrCreating Balls by pearceknives, on FlickrFinished Balls by pearceknives, on FlickrHalfway Finished handle by pearceknives, on FlickrAnd the awesome picture from Coop!
Maleficent by pearceknives, on FlickrIn the end it has roughly 500 pieces of silver. There is a little more than that, but I didn't count the exact number. There are 8 black lipped pearl inserts. The blade is West Texas Wind on 200ish layers of 1080/15N20, with the guard being around 100 layers of ladder pattern. The handle core is 360 layers of ladder pattern, but you can't even see it really. I suppose I put a little more work into that than I should have, but I really wanted to the 'wings' to look cool. I want to combine my normal filed handles with my filigree. The filigree really over shadows the work I put into filing the handle, which I'm still trying to find a way for the two to compliment each other.
It isn't perfect, but I'm pretty happy with this being my third time soldering. I plan on posting up some pictures of the finished knife with the sheath once it is completed. The sheath is... whew. Well it has 4 times the amount of filigree on it and almost as much pearl. If I could change anything, I probably would have done the guard in stainless and engraved it. If my engraving wasn't terrible. lol.
Anyway! Let me know what you think. Good, bad, or indifferent. I know a lot of people don't like it, but I did try to make it as awesome as I possibly could.
