Kyle Gahagan Persian Fighter

[Dawkind]

This thing is a MONSTER and scream Persian as well as any I've ever owned.....always been a sucker for a trailing-point blade.

Kyle received his ABS Journeymansmith Stamp at Blade this past June, and deservedly so. I haven't bothered with taking a tape to this thing but it's forged to shape W2, blued steel fittings, and a file-worked, heat-colored Ti spacer with a carbon-fiber haft, expertly sculpted and the first of it's kind. Kyle wasn't too wild about grinding cf and neither was his Apprentice.

This beauty went to Caleb Royer before I got my hands on it so there will be some real photographs coming along.....

Darn near as long as my AR!

 

[Cajun Kamikaze]

Big Nasty!

 

[Chris Montgomery]

Wow! What a beautiful beast! Congratulations Dudley.

Chris

 

[john april]

its a beast

 

[Lycosa]

Knock it off, Dudley!!
rolf

 

[RogerP]

Cool. I'll be interested to hear the dimensions. Looks to be at least a 6 inch handle. Kyle does love the big blades and does them very well. Congrats my friend and enjoy.

 

[Don Hanson III]

Wicked Cool!

 

[Steve Nuckels]

Big chunk of coolness!

Steve
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Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation
ABS AP

 

[i4Marc]

Ooh, she's a big 'un. Very cool.

 

[teeball]

Continued Great work Kyle. :thumbup:

 

[Burl Source]

Very cool knife.
Makes me think of the story Ali Babba and the 40 thieves.

 

[Doug C]

That says Persian all over it, Congrats Dudley !
Love the choice of the fine materials used and the extra cool and stylish guard configuration.

I've always liked Kyle's designs and you
definitely have a winner here.

Doug

 

[evanPGH]

Big Nasty!

Perfect description.

Nice score Dudley! I'm also a sucker for trailing points and that's a beauty you have there!

How does it feel in the hand with the CF behind such a large blade?

 

[Lorien]

that thing's freakin crazy. Serious business. Seems about on par with that gun.

 

[PredatorCustomBlades]

I'm pretty excited to see Caleb's take on it... That carbon fiber must be gorgeous

 

[BladeScout]

Mama, make the scary knife go away!!!!

just kidding, I like it a lot.

 

[JParanee]

Great piece

 

[Kevin Jones]

Kyle's really doing some awesome work!

 

[Umi]

Love the heat treat, show piece ya got there.

Thanks for sharing

 

[Scott gallagher]

Great knife kyle