First folder of the year

[John M Cohea]

This was a commision from a regular client.Each piece he commisions he likes to push my skills and abilitys, and also likes things I have never done before so they will be unique to him. This piece has blade carving, texturing and sculpting, alll which are firsts.
Handle scales are amber stag, deep etched wrought iron bolsters and spacer bar, and dangler bead. Blade steel is low layer twist damascus forged by Chad Nichols (with a little help from me), and as stated before has been carved, sculpted , and textured, then deep etched. Steel pivot pin and copper scale pins with steel liners.OAL is a little over 8" open,5" open,(including curl) with a blade length of 3 1/4 ".
The sheath is Wickett and Craig veg-tanned tooling leather that has rattlesnake inlays, barbed wire tooling and a real buffalo nickle concho. The edge is laced with a mexican basketweave braiding that my friend Dave Cole helped me get through, as well as providing the tooling leather(thanks Dave!) This is also a first for me(and probably last)!Thanks for looking!

 

[Keith Montgomery]

That is an outstanding friction folder. i like the sheath just as much as I like the knife.

 

[Kevin Jones]

I agree with Keith. An outstanding folder and sheath package.
Great stag, and like the buf/nic concho.

Photos pretty good too.

 

[nikoknife48]

Great package and score!

 

[DC KNIVES]

Another beauty John and the sheath turned out great as well. Glad I could help with my little part.Dave:thumbup:


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[tvandeventer]

John,

So that's the one you've been telling me about. Very nice.

TV

 

[MValborg]

ill be sure to post a nice comment right after i change my pants

 

[John M Cohea]

Thanks a lot guys. This one presented a lot of challenges, but I was able to work through them, and it was a lot of fun as well!

 

[R APPLEBY]

Sweet Folder John

 

[D lisch]

John that is sweet I like it.

 

[Lorien]

and I like it too. I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds with your work now that these paths have been opened. Very interesting indeed.

Did you enjoy the challenges posed by your patron? Do yo think you will continue to explore them in your future work?

 

[John M Cohea]

Thanks guys! Lorien to answer your questions, I did enjoy these challenges quite a bit, and yes you will see more in the future,
The thing is, most of what the client wants me to do are things I have been wanting to attempt , but they were put on the backburner. When it becomes an element that is to be incorporated into an order, then it moves to the frontburner!
I find it difficult to do the same thing over and over. I feel that when you limit yourself to a few basic knives or patterns then you are stalling your creative energies, and for me that is what keeps me going, the freedom to create different and exciting objects that will hopefully be cherished for generations to come!

 

[peterinct]

That is an outstanding friction folder. i like the sheath just as much as I like the knife.

+1:thumbup: Excellent package John. Great work on everything.

One thing I wonder about on the sheath. Why did you show the buffalo side of the nickel instead of the Indian head?

Peter

 

[John M Cohea]

Thanks Peter! I debated on which side of the nickle to use. The whole concept of this project was to have more of a western cowboyish flair as opposed to the Native American influence that my work usually has.
The tooling is barbed wire, the inlay is rattlesnake and and throw in the buffalo.what could be more cowboyish than that , but it really could have went either way!