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These are the latest off my bench. I've been on a small kick lately, they're fun.
Thank you for looking. Please let me know what you think.
-Peter
Purple heart Wharncliff.
Blade: 2 1/8" of forged 5160 flat ground with an 800 grit hand sanded finish.
Handle: Figured Purpleheart with pinned stainless steel bolsters, pins and lanyard tube, buffed tung oil finish. Leather lanyard with Purpleheart and ebony bead.
Sheath: 6-7 veg tanned leather(RJF) with horizontal carry belt loop.
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
Blade: 2 3/4"(Major), 2 1/2"(Minor) really thin 15N20, flat ground with 800 grit hand sanded finish.
Handle: Ebony with pinned copper bolsters, copper pins and lanyard tube, buffed tung oil finish. Leather lanyard with two ebony beads and a black and copper beaded "barrel bead"(my wife).
Sheath: 6-7 veg tanned leather(RJF) with horizontal carry belt loop.
Cholla Dagger: This is a re-do. I made the first version of this dagger a while back and the new owner broke it, so I made him another which you see here..... almost identical to the original.
Blade: 2 3/4" x 1/8" forged 1095, flat ground with 1500 grit hand rubbed bevels finished with a Flitz polish.
Handle: 2 1/2" of Buckhorn(Staghorn) Cholla cactus filled with black epoxy with hammer-textured copper on front and back, and ebony spacers.
Sheath: 6-7 oz W&C leather with polished natural edges. Hammer textured copper tips and ambidextrous horizontal/vertical carry belt loop.
Thank you for looking. Please let me know what you think.
-Peter
Purple heart Wharncliff.
Blade: 2 1/8" of forged 5160 flat ground with an 800 grit hand sanded finish.
Handle: Figured Purpleheart with pinned stainless steel bolsters, pins and lanyard tube, buffed tung oil finish. Leather lanyard with Purpleheart and ebony bead.
Sheath: 6-7 veg tanned leather(RJF) with horizontal carry belt loop.
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
Blade: 2 3/4"(Major), 2 1/2"(Minor) really thin 15N20, flat ground with 800 grit hand sanded finish.
Handle: Ebony with pinned copper bolsters, copper pins and lanyard tube, buffed tung oil finish. Leather lanyard with two ebony beads and a black and copper beaded "barrel bead"(my wife).
Sheath: 6-7 veg tanned leather(RJF) with horizontal carry belt loop.
Cholla Dagger: This is a re-do. I made the first version of this dagger a while back and the new owner broke it, so I made him another which you see here..... almost identical to the original.
Blade: 2 3/4" x 1/8" forged 1095, flat ground with 1500 grit hand rubbed bevels finished with a Flitz polish.
Handle: 2 1/2" of Buckhorn(Staghorn) Cholla cactus filled with black epoxy with hammer-textured copper on front and back, and ebony spacers.
Sheath: 6-7 oz W&C leather with polished natural edges. Hammer textured copper tips and ambidextrous horizontal/vertical carry belt loop.
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