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Hello
I want to share this kard inspired knife I have just finished. It´s a somewhat complex piece which posed several challenges in its making so I`ll gladly read every critic.
This is the knife in question:
Firstly it´s a second try of this one (forgive the low quality pictures):
Even when I was moderately satisfied with the overall shape of the old one it was evident that trying to fit the mosaicus pattern of one rod with the next one (in order to form a concentric pattern similar to a rose) was a pain in the ass. The result is a "rose" on one side but a sinusoidal pattern in the other. In conclusion I abandoned the whole idea of more rose pattern torsioned mosaicus for some months.
But since the kard itself was well received in the local knifemakers community and even Rodrigo Sfreddo tried to stab me with it once (which I took as a great compliment) I decided to do it again.
The more obvious feature of the new one was a wider blade which differs from most kards I have seen. This was a bold move I am not completely sure about. It shows better the pattern but the knife loses its "pointy" look so characteristic of the type (I tried to correct this by making the sheath deliberately more triangular). There are a big number of knives out there which are designed to say "look my Damascus pattern" and I didn`t want this be the case.
The knife is an integral blade as traditional kards are, though. The scales are fossilized mammoth ivory with mosaicus protruding rivets. Protruding rivets is a feature I love in middle east daggers. The overall shape is also straighter than the first one.
The sheath is rayskin over wood and silver and is inspired in the original ones too (mostly for its length which covers half the handle, I doubt shagreen was a common then but velvet today is perceived as a cheaper material and I decided to explore a more exotic alternative).
And that`s all, I hope you like it!
I want to share this kard inspired knife I have just finished. It´s a somewhat complex piece which posed several challenges in its making so I`ll gladly read every critic.
This is the knife in question:
Firstly it´s a second try of this one (forgive the low quality pictures):
Even when I was moderately satisfied with the overall shape of the old one it was evident that trying to fit the mosaicus pattern of one rod with the next one (in order to form a concentric pattern similar to a rose) was a pain in the ass. The result is a "rose" on one side but a sinusoidal pattern in the other. In conclusion I abandoned the whole idea of more rose pattern torsioned mosaicus for some months.
But since the kard itself was well received in the local knifemakers community and even Rodrigo Sfreddo tried to stab me with it once (which I took as a great compliment) I decided to do it again.
The more obvious feature of the new one was a wider blade which differs from most kards I have seen. This was a bold move I am not completely sure about. It shows better the pattern but the knife loses its "pointy" look so characteristic of the type (I tried to correct this by making the sheath deliberately more triangular). There are a big number of knives out there which are designed to say "look my Damascus pattern" and I didn`t want this be the case.
The knife is an integral blade as traditional kards are, though. The scales are fossilized mammoth ivory with mosaicus protruding rivets. Protruding rivets is a feature I love in middle east daggers. The overall shape is also straighter than the first one.
The sheath is rayskin over wood and silver and is inspired in the original ones too (mostly for its length which covers half the handle, I doubt shagreen was a common then but velvet today is perceived as a cheaper material and I decided to explore a more exotic alternative).
And that`s all, I hope you like it!
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