Gambler's Vest Bowie

[J. Doyle]

I just got this one done to take to the Blade Show. It's a small hideout vest bowie. I'm not a good enough photographer to capture the beauty in the koa and the pattern in the blade at the same time.

Specs:
Hand forged damascus blade from 1084 and 15n20 steel
4 1/8" Blade, 8 5/8" overall length
False edge, just shy of sharp
'Twisted Steel' filework on spine
Rounded ricasso edge
Damascus steel guard and collar
Coined bronze accents
Stabilized koa handle

 

[john april]

well done, the coining looks perfect !

 

[Josh Rider]

Are those spacers around the Damascus collar or is that one piece?
Beautiful knife!

 

[Scott Hanson]

Very nice looking knife, the file work really sets it off.

 

[Dawkind]

Great job on that....

 

[kgetch]

Beautiful knife!

 

[Rhidian]

Very nice detailed work

 

[andrewh2011]

This is probably my favorite "genre'' (vest bowie) of knife and your style suits it perfectly!!!

You should make more

 

[canineforge]

Sweet!

- Joe

 

[Kevin Jones]

Very nice John, and you correctly identified it as a "vest bowie", not "vest Pocket bowie" as the genre is so often incorrectly called.

 

[J. Doyle]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Are those spacers around the Damascus collar or is that one piece?
Beautiful knife!

Josh, the damascus collar is one single piece. It has two file cut lines in it just for some embellishment and to help set of the bronze accents.

 

[T.K.C.]

That is beautiful!!