La Moufette(aka Pepe Le Pew)

P. McKinley

P. McKinley

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This one took me a while. Not that it was a difficult build, but that I just had little snippets of time here and there to work on it. However, I'm happy with it now that it is finished. I managed to get a hold of a top shelf piece of B&W Ebony of which this knife has the first piece. Wonderful stuff, it doesn't feel like natural wood. It feels like stabilized wood but, its not.

Thanks for looking. Please post your comments.

-Peter

La Moufette

Blade: 7 3/4" x 1/4" 1095 steel(Aldo), clay quenched, flat ground with a 1000 grit hand sanded finish then etched and polished to display a prominent hamon.
Handle: 4 3/4" of Black and White Ebony w/ stainless steel pins and lanyard hole tube, B&W Ebony bead, and a buffed natural finish.
Sheath: 6/7 oz veg tanned leather(RJF), hand stitched, fully leather lined, with one-piece B&W Ebony inlay and maker's mark tag on belt loop, brass stud.

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It's a gorgeous knife. The design, the sheath, the materials... everything goes together perfectly.
 
Another excellent example. Great work. You have a real way with the angles coming out great both with the wood and steel.
 
That is absolutely stunning and the accents of wood in the sheath pull the whole package together. Excellent overall package
 
Peter, have I told you lately that you have a nice package?:p

The wood is gorgeous, the grindlines are sharp, the finish is flawless and the sheathwork is amazing as always. This IS among the best I've seen from you. Wherever you were headed with this one, you're there, buddy.
 
Thank you all very much.

Brian - Yes sir, that's me..... :p

Rick - Thank you, I may be "there", but I'm a looooooooooong way from being where I want to be. I think, like a lot of craftsmen, I look at a finished piece and see only what I could do better.

Thanks for the support folks.

-Peter
 
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Me wanty, u wouldnt mind if i borrowed that design for a wooden decoration piece, would you? Oh and by de oration i really mean toy that i will screw arlound with... Very nice work!
 
This deserves the bump it got. Over half a year after it was shown here and sold, and I'm still lusting after it. (Actually, I'm pretty sure that's why this got bumped in the first place; I mentioned it in the "out of reach fixed blades" thread.)
 
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