goblin slayer

hellize

hellize

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Hello,
It is 23 cm/ 9 inch long, the blade is 12 cm/ 4.7 inch long, 40 mm/ 1.6 inch wide. It is a damascus, forged of OSC8 and bearing. The handle is made of deer antler and leather disks.
The sheath is made of 4 mm/ 0.16 inch thick, sturdy cowhide.


I have a little necker today.
Handy little fellow and ideal companion for longer walks in the forest or on mountain hikes. Helpful at peeling an apple, when you sit on a fallen tree trunk at lunch time, while goblins are lurking behind you in the bushes. Carving runes into a stick to pass time in the hung up cage waiting for the water to boil up in the huge cauldron, after the goblins rushed you and dragged you away to their cave in the thick woods. Guess who's coming to dinner?!
And finally eviscerating those pesky goblins with great delight, after you manage to free yourself from their primitive cage, thanks also to your trusty little knife and a well developed frontal lobe.
This one also works like a charm on heavily armored mountain trolls as well ;)
 

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Very nice. Good functional design well executed. I especially like the sheath work - very unique. And the over-all story. Selling ourselves, the magic of the craft, the connection the knife the materials the maker and end user form. I have made what one might call 'story knives' in the past. Maybe connected to the real world, but maybe not. A lot of things about knives are hard to explain, what really happens to steel, going non magnetic, why steels can behave so different and it gets interesting understanding why- If it is all science or part magic. So I like the concept of a story, special to a knife. I have not seen this expressed quite as you have. Good job.
 
milesofalaska said:
Very nice. Good functional design well executed. I especially like the sheath work - very unique. And the over-all story. Selling ourselves, the magic of the craft, the connection the knife the materials the maker and end user form. I have made what one might call 'story knives' in the past. Maybe connected to the real world, but maybe not. A lot of things about knives are hard to explain, what really happens to steel, going non magnetic, why steels can behave so different and it gets interesting understanding why- If it is all science or part magic. So I like the concept of a story, special to a knife. I have not seen this expressed quite as you have. Good job.
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Wow! Thank you very much!
I have not received such a compliment is looong time :D
Yes, it is science, thou I will not pretend that I understand all of it, but the predictability, that always happens the same thing when I use the same method shows that, and also really calms the nerve, that nothing really can go wrong, unless I screw it up.
However there certainly is a magical part, thou I would say, it is only emotional, which is fueled by my never ceding awe for steel and my ignorance. 😅
 
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