Hawk & Fighter set

B . Buxton

B . Buxton

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I finished up this set last week, what do you all think? The damascus for both pieces including the guard, pommel and caps (there's a cap on each end of the hawk handle) is from the same billet. Damascus is 1080 & 15n20 billet in the center and sandwiched between 1095 & 15n20 billets.
Oal -fighter 13 1/4" w/ 8" blade , 4 1/4" dull clip.
Oal -hawk - handle is 18 1/2", blade to blade is 8 1/2" w/ 2 1/4" cutting edges.
The handles and wood sheath is all from the same board of curly maple, the sheath cap,frog and pins are N/S and the inlay is sterling silver.

Thanks,

Bill
 
This set just flat out rocks! I love the wood scabbard for the bowie and the silver wire inlay throughout. Stunning!

Cheers,

Roger
 
Bill those are something else! In the old days they wouldnt last long, The pioneer would lose his scalp to Injuns for em. Just too damm purdy!
 
bill, it seems like a few months ago that we were trading e-mail about you buying a coote grinder:) MAN you have become a hammering fool!:D great set, they complement each other all day long.
 
They are going to be part of a set that includes this:

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Wish I had a better picture of the assegai.
 
That's it, I quit.

For sale:
All my knife making crap.

I think I'll take up soap carving. I'm not kidding, something moved in my soul when I saw those. Absolutley..... I dont have the words to describe how nice a set that is.

Mark
 
Beautiful work Bill. The inlay is a very nice touch on some great looking wood.
Regards,
Greg
 
You know I have to almost agree with Gouge on this one. Wow.
:eek: That is a truly amazing set. Having not even finished my frist knife yet and seeing something like that I am both inspired by it as well as crushed with the I will never be able to do that. Great work sir. Thank you for sharing.
 
Originally posted by Gouge
That's it, I quit.

For sale:
All my knife making crap.

I think I'll take up soap carving. I'm not kidding, something moved in my soul when I saw those. Absolutley..... I dont have the words to describe how nice a set that is.

Mark
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LOL soap carving Mark? You start that on here and we all will want you to carve our handles :) to funny
 
Thanks again for the great compliments.

Gouge & feth, don't let anything I make, crush your dreams of being a knifemaker. Shoot, I still have dreams of being one myself. Anyone can do what I do. It just takes a lot of beating, banging and thumping on steel, not to mention the grinding. I've been real fortunate to have several on bladeforums to help me along the way, and I have several good personal friends that are knifemakers, that have taught me a great deal. I still have a great deal to learn, I honestly believe you could never learn all of it even if you did this for a 100 years. But patience and persistence is the key, and don't forget to have fun. Now go make something. ;)

Thanks

Bill
 
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