First one in this forum from me.

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deker

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It was suggested to me that I should occasionally post some of my work here for those of you who don't hang out in "Shop Talk". So, here's the latest from my bench.

Hand forged 1084 blade with a 4 1/2" cutting edge, lightly blued mild steel fittings, ironwood throat and gemsbok horn for the handle. The buttcap is slightly carved to mate up with the gemsbok nicely. OAL is around 9 3/4".

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This one already has a home (as soon as I get the sheath made).

Thanks for looking,

-d
 
I think that's an outstanding looking knife. I don't usually care for gemsbok handles, but this one looks great.
 
Very nice from one end to the other. Please show us the sheath when it's done.

Roger
 
Looks like you could really get a grip. Very nice and different and thats a plus.
 
Thanks for the kind words folks! RogerP, I'll make sure to post some more pics once I have a sheath done.

-d
 
Very impressive and distinctive. I'm attracted to ringed-horn but, like Keith, most examples I've seen have been cheesy miscarriages on second rate knives. Very few bladesmiths of this forum use horn of any kind it seems. Always wondered why. Is this a specialty of yours? Does it move around and/or split? Do you stabilize it?

Ordinary I don't like multiple handle materials, but this "quiet", color matching combo works well, though I still would prefer horn only. Do you have stand-alone pieces large enough and shapely enough for a small hunter? This knife really sparks to life a latent desire of mine to have a superb example of a ringed-horned handled blade in my collection.

Thanks for posting (and please keep doing so) and any answers you may have to my queries.

Ken
 
Thanks Ken! I appreciate the implication that this piece is neither cheesy or second rate. ;) This was actually my first use of horn. It's not stabilized, but is epoxy filled and the buttcap is screwed to the tang, so I'd bet that it's not going to be moving anytime soon.

I don't have any more horn here, but I may have a source or two I can tap to get some nice pieces. I'll do a little poking around and see what I can find.

Thanks again for the compliments.

-d
 
Very nice Deker. I really like horn handles and there doesn't seem to be many being made lately. Great work.

I've made them also like Deker did above with a fully threaded pommel and epoxy filled void and I never had a problem with them... and talk about a grip.
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J. Neilson said:
Very nice Deker. I really like horn handles and there doesn't seem to be many being made lately. Great work.

I've made them also like Deker did above with a fully threaded pommel and epoxy filled void and I never had a problem with them... and talk about a grip.
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Yup...can't imagine where I learned that technique from ;) Thanks for the compliments J. It means a lot to a guy to get an attaboy from one of his mentors.

-d
 
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