Forged stag fighter

[atakach]

Finally had a few moments to finish this one up, I guess you'd call it an S-Guard fighter. More of a traditional look with 1018, and wrought iron fittings, and a red stag handle. The blade is 1084, which was clay quenched, and hand rubbed out to show the hammon.

O.A. is approximately 16 1/4''. The blade was forged from 1/4'' x 1 1/4'' stock. The guard was forged as well. All pith was removed from the handle and the entire thing was poured solid with epoxy.

 

[Kevin Jones]

Nice Looking Fighter.

 

[Lorien]

hey Andrew, that's a nice looking knife man:thumbup:
The guard is not too massive, and is *ahem* elegant, (not a word that springs to mind with me very often).
In my view, this here knife is a winner. Very 'Takach', but in kind of a new way. Lots of previously explored avenues apparent here, and it just goes to show how cool it is to watch people progress through this forum.

 

[Jos]

Very nice. The guard is not really to my taste, but the handle is beautiful, and nice hamon on the blade. Great work:thumbup:.

Kind regards,

Jos

 

[xaman]

Great work Andrew, I think this is the nicest one I've seen from you. Lorien is right, the guard is large, but well balanced with the long blade. The last s-guard you posted seemed too big for the blade, but I think you nailed this one. The hamon is gorgeous.

I tend to like a dramatically clipped spine --- that would have sent this one over the top for me

 

[atakach]

thanks alot all,

it's probably my best to date. i have been nit-picking the heck out of my work lately, and found very little to complain about on this one.

lorien, when we gonna see your pics ????,

 

[Lorien]

well, I'm still waiting for my blades to return after their heat treatment, and I got word that they're on their way. So, hopefully soon...

 

[Keith Montgomery]

To me, this is your nicest so far.