Ladder pattern damascus hunter with ...

scottickes

scottickes

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  • It's my 1084/15N20 ladder pattern damascus.
  • Blade length is 4-1/2" with an overall length of 8-5/8".
  • The guard is my 1084/15N20 raindrop damascus.
  • The handle is tulipwood.
  • I hand fileworked the spine of the blade and the guard. After that I inlayed the filework with 18 carat gold leaf.
  • The knife sheath is 9 oz. vegetable tanned leather with sea shell tooling.
  • The balance point is at the ricasso just in front of the guard.
  • The knife is light in the hand and "wicked sharp".

What do ya'll think?

Ickie
 
With great respect for this Blade Forum, it's a hand made knife like that, which makes you want to keep looking for custom knife makers and purchase when possible.
 
fedaykincmndr said:
I LOVE that handle shape! Beautiful knife!
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Thanks. Actually, after I had finished the knife, and then did some testing with it, I discovered that I wasn't happy with the handle. The left upper edge of the handle shape had a corner that went into the guard and was right in the middle of my thumb. I didn't like the way it felt, so I reshaped it to have a flat place right where the users thumb would rest. I also flattened the right hand side in the same place. To make it look right with the guard, I had to remove a little material off of the guard. This made the filework not quite match all the way around. I had to use a dremel with a little round carbide burr to recut the file work at those to places. It was actually easier to fix those two grooves than I thought it would be.
 
SpearZ said:
With great respect for this Blade Forum, it's a hand made knife like that, which makes you want to keep looking for custom knife makers and purchase when possible.
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I appreciate the nice comments. There are a bunch of wonderful artists on here. I'm hoping to eventually be considered one of those custom makers that people seek out. I'll be offering a few of my knives in the "for sale" areas in the "not too distant" future.
 
deker said:
Looks good from here Scott!

How'd you fix the gold leaf to the steel?

-d
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It's the liquid gold leaf in a pen. The gold leaf is a paint that adheres to the metal. It can be scratched off, but won't just fall off. It's like a felt tip marker. You shake it up like a paint can. You can even here the little ball inside the pen when you shake it. Then you just draw it on. For the harder to reach places, I kept pushing the pen up and down on paper until I had a little puddle of gold leaf. I then used a wee little tiny metal scribe point that I have to paint it into the little itty bitty nooks and crannies.

I got the gold leaf pen at a craft store for about $7.

Ickie
 
Very nice................

Question though, when do you have time to make knives with your schedule?

Syn
 
synthesist said:
Very nice................

Question though, when do you have time to make knives with your schedule?

Syn
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Every chance I get!! I spent 132 nights in hotels last year. I spend my weekends in the shop, if I'm not doing "hunny do" stuff. She has a whole list of things that keep me busy. If I do one or two things on the list per week, she just loves me to death. In addition, the fact that we spent about 12 grand building the shop, causes her to be happy when I'm out in it making stuff. If I wasn't using the shop, she would not be happy that we spent all the money on it.

Basically, I really enjoy working with my hands. If I'm creating, I'm happy.

Ickie
 
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