Ivory-Handled Clam-Shell Bowie for Fisk Micro-Show

That is an outstanding Bowie John. Though it's attributes are far too many to list here I will mention a couple that may be less obvious than the beautiful handle and blade. I agree with Coop in that the palm sides of the clamshells are finished better than any I have ever seen and I like how you mimicked the the clamshell motif on the finial.

The beautiful Paul Long sheath and Chuck Ward image completes a very impressive package. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

I will really look forward to handling it in about 7 weeks.
 
Mr. White the only word that comes to mind is perfection! Really top notch work by everyone!:thumbup:
 
Great looking knife, sheath and picture but I wouldn't call that a "simple bowie". Every aspect of it is superb. The picture COULD have depicted the filework in a bit more detail.

Pleasure seeing it.

Peter
 
Thank you all for your comments, and thanks to Paul and Chuck.

I'm really looking forward to seeing some of you folks at Jerry's, and I'll try to post a few more before the show.

John
 
DANG!!!! Hey, John.....how did you secure the slabs?
 
John,

That's a great looking knife and sheath. I'm looking forward to seeing it soon.

Jim Treacy
 
Joe,

There are four pins through the collar into the scales at at the front, four from the butt-cap into the scales at the rear, six through the frame into the scales sideways. The fineal compresses the scales lightly. Each scale has multiple 1/8" holes drilled into the backside, and the whole thing is glued with West System epoxy filled with colloidal silica.

To allow for slight expansion and contraction, I do the "Bull-nose" all around the scales.

Some folks would insist on pins, as an additional fastener, but, as you are a "nautical rover", you'll know we build entire boats of epoxy laminate construction,with no fasteners, and send families to sea in them.

I use the same method for "Take-downs," without the epoxy.

John
 
Well, the white ivory is screaming for some dark, shimmery damascus with some a drop-dead pattern, but sometimes you let the teen scream rather than give in and hand over the car keys. Just such a case here. I agree with Coop, sometimes plain steel finished to the far-the-well is best. I swallow hard when saying that, since damascus has me all but manacled.

Design at this level is so crucial, and I'm willing to say this might be my favorite JW piece to date. The grip swell is both functional and subtly complimentary to that elegant blade. Surprisingly, no one mentions the pommel. Frankly, with a few notable exception, truncated handles don't do it for me anymore. Such knives are like sentences ending without punctuation, so the pommel is welcome and makes those guard bivalves happy as clams.

Yeah, I'll go along with plain to a degree, but the simple part is a gross misnomer. If such knives were so simple I could go right now to ebay and buy them a dime a dozen.

Wish I could heft it and cut a few swooshes!

Mr. Long is becoming a curse . . . reaching deeper into my empty pockets each time I see another example of your leather art.

And kudos to Chuck for setting the table and aiding/abetting the slobber factor.

ken
 
Clean, absolutely. Simple, far from it!Every aspect of this piece is simply stunning John, and I love it! Kudos to you as well Paul:thumbup:
 
John White said:
Joe,

There are four pins through the collar into the scales at at the front, four from the butt-cap into the scales at the rear, six through the frame into the scales sideways. The fineal compresses the scales lightly. Each scale has multiple 1/8" holes drilled into the backside, and the whole thing is glued with West System epoxy filled with colloidal silica.

To allow for slight expansion and contraction, I do the "Bull-nose" all around the scales.

Some folks would insist on pins, as an additional fastener, but, as you are a "nautical rover", you'll know we build entire boats of epoxy laminate construction,with no fasteners, and send families to sea in them.

I use the same method for "Take-downs," without the epoxy.

John
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Cool, but anything that has 8 registration pins does not meet my definition of "simple" I guess that it is all relative.:D
 
Absolutely exquisite work Mr. White!

Is this your first Clam Shell Bowie?

Thanks for showing.
 
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