Photos Katar by Andrew Meers MS

[Caleb Royer]

Hey guys, just so you know I will be setup doing knife photography at the ICCE show in Kansas City next week. I'll see you there!
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Katar by Andrew Meers MS
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Outer bars are 15N20 & 1084 in a W's twist.
Handle tines are bold twists welded together then joined to the piece.
Core is 1084 & AE 203E in a W's feather pattern alternated w/ plain steel.
Pommels are 1084 & 15N20 in a W's radials.
Handle is forged & textured stainless steel & carbon steel with 6 yellow sapphires set into it.
Washers & liners are stainless.
Inlays on the handle bars are fine silver & 24k cat tails. The MS badge on the blade is done in 24k.
Inlays on the handle are salamanders done in copper w/ shakudo & gold overlays.
Sheath is leather w/ cayman tail inlay & textured steel backplate w/ frog inlay done in copper w/ shakudo & 24k overlays.
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Instagram: @mr.meers
website: andrewmeers.com

 

[Natlek]

I'll need a week to see all the details . . .

 

[Lorien]

that's an incredible piece, and some fine photography

 

[Willie71]

What an amazing execution with multiple patterns flowing together as a cohesive whole.

 

[Insipid Moniker]

Wow!

 

[Dago Red]

How many thousands of hours went into that?!

Red

 

[Sikael]

That's like the blade-smithing equivalent of rocket science... and I'm pretty sure that analogy doesn't make sense. But I love seeing a truly ambitious project like this one; the beauty & intricacy is absolutely amazing. Spectacular work, and some fantastic photography. +

 

[Salem Straub]

A complete tour de force! Hard to pick a favorite part, but very absorbing to pore over the details.

 

[stezann]

extraordinary

 

[Petr Melicharek]

This is absolutely sick !!!! Congrats to such a skill!

 

[Shaw Blades]

One of the best ever. I've seen Andrew's focus firsthand while he works, next level.

 

[TK Steingass]

Now that's what I call thinking out of the box - superb

 

[J.D. Smith]

I'm proud of this young man. A star pupil from the Bladesmithing program at Massachusetts College of art and Design!

 

[Scott Hanson]

That is absolutely stunning, I love everything about it.

 

[Robert Erickson]

I can't even begin to imagine how all the facets of that knife were made. Amazing...