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Greetings all,
I've had these two for a little while, but have been delinquent in getting around to post them. So with a stormy stay-at-home weekend ahead of me, I'me getting around to it now.
First up is a damascus bowie by Jason Knight. I had been without a knife of Jason's in my collection for a ridiculously long time, and managed to remedy that at Blade this past summer. Much credit must be given to Peter Gill, who scoped out this piece - and knowing I was hoping to get something from Jason at the show - parted the proverbial Red Sea of crowded knife nuts to find me and lead me to it.
It's a terrific blade - classic Knight lines with traditional Knigth absurdly scary sharpess. It bit me TWICE before the show was done. This one traveled home via Paul and Coop:
Next up is the Half-Light Fighter by Burt Foster, which came to me via trade with a fellow collector and friend after the Blade Show. Burt does an exceptional job of both making the knives, and telling the story behind them, so I'll let him describe it to you:
"The newest Half-Light Fighter is finished and I'm anxious for
you all to see it. Fighters in general are such cool knives to make because
they are fast and pointy - all the things a great knife just should be.
The blade is forged to shape from ladder-pattern damascus. By
forged to shape I mean not only the profile, but the blade bevels as well. That
does two distinct things to the pattern. It means it appears tighter hear the
edge, but every time the hammer hits the steel, it permanently distorts the
pattern just a little so that tiny waves appear in the steel that are impossible
to capture with a camera, but these little waves shimmer when turned in the
light - almost like a holograph. in keeping with the true nature of a fighter,
the long clip on this knife is sharpened.
The guard is also ladder pattern damascus with a longer than
normal curved point. The handle is African Blackwood with six little domed
nickel silver pins. At the butt of the handle, I have carved what has become my
signature detail that I put on special knives.
I've had these two for a little while, but have been delinquent in getting around to post them. So with a stormy stay-at-home weekend ahead of me, I'me getting around to it now.
First up is a damascus bowie by Jason Knight. I had been without a knife of Jason's in my collection for a ridiculously long time, and managed to remedy that at Blade this past summer. Much credit must be given to Peter Gill, who scoped out this piece - and knowing I was hoping to get something from Jason at the show - parted the proverbial Red Sea of crowded knife nuts to find me and lead me to it.
It's a terrific blade - classic Knight lines with traditional Knigth absurdly scary sharpess. It bit me TWICE before the show was done. This one traveled home via Paul and Coop:
Next up is the Half-Light Fighter by Burt Foster, which came to me via trade with a fellow collector and friend after the Blade Show. Burt does an exceptional job of both making the knives, and telling the story behind them, so I'll let him describe it to you:
"The newest Half-Light Fighter is finished and I'm anxious for
you all to see it. Fighters in general are such cool knives to make because
they are fast and pointy - all the things a great knife just should be.
The blade is forged to shape from ladder-pattern damascus. By
forged to shape I mean not only the profile, but the blade bevels as well. That
does two distinct things to the pattern. It means it appears tighter hear the
edge, but every time the hammer hits the steel, it permanently distorts the
pattern just a little so that tiny waves appear in the steel that are impossible
to capture with a camera, but these little waves shimmer when turned in the
light - almost like a holograph. in keeping with the true nature of a fighter,
the long clip on this knife is sharpened.
The guard is also ladder pattern damascus with a longer than
normal curved point. The handle is African Blackwood with six little domed
nickel silver pins. At the butt of the handle, I have carved what has become my
signature detail that I put on special knives.
The sheath is tooled with a diamond pattern surrounded by
campfire tooling. Both of these leather tools are ones I have made
myself."
All I can do is second what Burt has said about the activity in the damascus. The pattern itself is bold and compelling - but man, there is a whole lot of activity that only movement and light will reveal. One of the more mesmerizing blades that I have owned. First pic by Caleb Royer, the second by Burt:
Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend all.
Roger
campfire tooling. Both of these leather tools are ones I have made
myself."
All I can do is second what Burt has said about the activity in the damascus. The pattern itself is bold and compelling - but man, there is a whole lot of activity that only movement and light will reveal. One of the more mesmerizing blades that I have owned. First pic by Caleb Royer, the second by Burt:
Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend all.
Roger
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