Lignum Vitae Bowie Constructor

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Leonid Evdokimov

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Hi,
It was two years ago, beautiful early spring in village. Began to work with files and couldn't stop...

Blade by Ito Matsumoto (Russia), 175/29/5 mm, forged from classic carbon tool steel (from wich good files are made)), has elegant hamon line.
Handle made of lignum vitae, furniture of copper and brass, 139 mm with furniture, 118mm from guard to the back.
Veg-tan leather sheath.

Check my page @le_workshop
With all respect.
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Very nice job! Love the facets and details of the habaki, seppa, and guard.....fine leather, too. :)
 
Dawkind said:
Very nice job! Love the facets and details of the habaki, seppa, and guard.....fine leather, too. :)
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+1
Dudley nails it. The fittings are great!... and there's a worn earthiness to the whole handle area that I find appealing. I really like the finial nut as well. :thumbup:
For some reason, the blade seems slightly out-of-proportion (to my eye), and maybe a tad too much ricasso in front of the habaki... but these are personal preference, and very minor.
Great work.
Erin
 
Erin Burke said:
+1
Dudley nails it. The fittings are great!... and there's a worn earthiness to the whole handle area that I find appealing. I really like the finial nut as well. :thumbup:
For some reason, the blade seems slightly out-of-proportion (to my eye), and maybe a tad too much ricasso in front of the habaki... but these are personal preference, and very minor.
Great work.
Erin
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Absolutely agree about ricasso-habaki blind area - weak spot in picture. Think I had no intention to deal with blacksmith mark. Truely speaking, only some time after this work was done I began to actually take in account such details proportions as blade's ricasso sizes and stuff, and it just hadn't come in mind that changing the details like this can change the whole picture.
Than you!
 
Looks like that hamon line is not contiguous and runs off in the center of the blade.

If that is the case, it is what the Japanese would call Nioi Gire (interrupted hamon) If the hamon (temperline) is interrupted or runs off the blade at any point, or off the boshi; it is a major, normally fatal flaw.

Please clarify, could just me my old ass eyes.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Kohai999 said:
Looks like that hamon line is not contiguous and runs off in the center of the blade.

If that is the case, it is what the Japanese would call Nioi Gire (interrupted hamon) If the hamon (temperline) is interrupted or runs off the blade at any point, or off the boshi; it is a major, normally fatal flaw.

Please clarify, could just me my old ass eyes.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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I talked about it with blacksmith, author of the blade, he claimed that is ok and noticed that actually there is visually a double line (but in clay pattern applied it had been just addition line) and weaker treated layers are beggining at about 5 mm from the edge...
In my opinion for shure it is not balanced (Just will call it this way), guess it could be really fatal wor the blade (sword blade for example), that is expected to meet very strong vibrations.
 
A "fatal flaw" does not mean that you have to worry about the blade breaking in combat, it means that the piece was unworthy of being made....or "second quality", to clarify.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
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