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I have been admiring Larry’s knives and sheaths for many years so you can imagine my excitement when Larry notified me that I was up on his order list 4-5 weeks ago.
I wanted a piece that utilized many of the skills and design elements for which Larry’s become famous for in both his knives and sheaths so decided to go with his “Buckaroo Bowie” design. Larry gives us the story of his Buckaroo design in my next post. This piece fits my definition of a highly functional art piece very well in that, though it’s quite a looker, it’s great ergonomics makes it all Bowie.
Larry starts with a detailed design/shop drawing of the knife/sheath and after collector approval goes to work on it’s creation. Other than a different pattern for the leather carving and my deciding against the gold inlay the finished bowie/sheath is very close to the drawing.
Buddy Thomason agreed to photograph this piece and did a masterful job in my opinion. This bowie has a lot of shimmer making the blade and fittings difficult to capture.
This was the first project that Buddy has photographed for me and it will not be the last. He obviously put a lot of effort in shooting first a montage which I requested to show as much of the amazing detail as possible and then he shot the bowie & sheath alone.
I would like to thank both Larry and Buddy for making this project a complete success.
First, here’s the montage, I will post additional images latter.
The Specifications:
Buckaroo Bowie: 14” Overall length balanced at guard and very quick/light in hand.
Blade: 9” blade of Larry’s 204 layer forged to shape Ladder Pattern Damascus of 1095 & 15n20 steel. Sterling silver name plaque on ricasso.
Handle: Premium Samber Stag w/engraved sterling silver band and spacers. Endcap, is mild steel with engraved sterling silver overlay.
Guard: Carved and engraved polished mild steel.
Sheath: Hand tooled and stitched leather skirted sheath with engraved sterling throat & tip. Hancock safety notch which allows the guard to act as a safety catch to secure the knife in sheath when worn. The sheath back is also very well finished. It has a sterling silver strap loop which is engraved “Fuegen” and rear skirt has his embossed logo.
As always, I thank you in advance for your interest and participation.
I wanted a piece that utilized many of the skills and design elements for which Larry’s become famous for in both his knives and sheaths so decided to go with his “Buckaroo Bowie” design. Larry gives us the story of his Buckaroo design in my next post. This piece fits my definition of a highly functional art piece very well in that, though it’s quite a looker, it’s great ergonomics makes it all Bowie.
Larry starts with a detailed design/shop drawing of the knife/sheath and after collector approval goes to work on it’s creation. Other than a different pattern for the leather carving and my deciding against the gold inlay the finished bowie/sheath is very close to the drawing.
Buddy Thomason agreed to photograph this piece and did a masterful job in my opinion. This bowie has a lot of shimmer making the blade and fittings difficult to capture.
This was the first project that Buddy has photographed for me and it will not be the last. He obviously put a lot of effort in shooting first a montage which I requested to show as much of the amazing detail as possible and then he shot the bowie & sheath alone.
I would like to thank both Larry and Buddy for making this project a complete success.
First, here’s the montage, I will post additional images latter.
The Specifications:
Buckaroo Bowie: 14” Overall length balanced at guard and very quick/light in hand.
Blade: 9” blade of Larry’s 204 layer forged to shape Ladder Pattern Damascus of 1095 & 15n20 steel. Sterling silver name plaque on ricasso.
Handle: Premium Samber Stag w/engraved sterling silver band and spacers. Endcap, is mild steel with engraved sterling silver overlay.
Guard: Carved and engraved polished mild steel.
Sheath: Hand tooled and stitched leather skirted sheath with engraved sterling throat & tip. Hancock safety notch which allows the guard to act as a safety catch to secure the knife in sheath when worn. The sheath back is also very well finished. It has a sterling silver strap loop which is engraved “Fuegen” and rear skirt has his embossed logo.
As always, I thank you in advance for your interest and participation.
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Larry is so unbelievably talented!
