Keyhole Dagger

[Del Raso Knives]

Evening Gents, just finished this piece in time for next weekends Australian Knifemakers Guild Show.

Blade is 440C, tang insert is ATS34. Rear bolsters are 416, guard pieces are 304 stainless. Scales are Giraffe bone, the stones are 10mm Garnets. Engraver Danae Cresswell.
OAL is 18" X 11 1/2" blade. Hope you like, for my part I'm glad it's over

 

[i4Marc]

A beautiful and unique piece Peter.

 

[Mannlicher]

what a beauty! I can only imagine the time and patience that went into making that blade. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ben Seward]

Now that's just gorgeous!

 

[Chris Larrikin]

Keeping things simple then Peter
Stunning work mate.

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

Both elegant and vicious! Very nice!

 

[Bambara]

Great work!

 

[nme705]

briliant peace of work,compliments

 

[DesRosiers]

Wow! That's smoking! Nice work Peter!

 

[Idlewild]

Outstanding!! Exquisite work!!

 

[Murray White]

as Robert so eloquently says -- simply marvelous! Very elegant and likely will not hang around long. Have a great show.

 

[momo]

好漂亮啊~

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing that with us here. And good luck and have fun at the show!

 

[Bob Leedy]

Very interesting design and beautifully ground blade. The pictures really help in understanding the complexity of the build. The engraving adds just the right finishing touch. Congratulations for a special piece.

 

[Salem Straub]

Dude!

 

[claudio-cas]

That's a fantastic job !congratulations !!

 

[KP513]

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[Kevin Jones]

Impressive execution of a very complex design.

 

[SBranson]

Well done!! Thanks so much for the skeleton pics too, fascinating!

 

[Del Raso Knives]

Cheers everyone and thanks for all your wonderfull comments, very much appreciated. Don't think it would take the top off a grape as well as a DesRosiers blade but I recon it could give one a good scare

Looking forward to the Show, we are experiencing a renued serge in interest down here especially from new makers. This will be the first show in a long time where I won't know every one.