Little bowie with fossil walrus

wieland

wieland

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hello together,

this medium built bowie was sold at my last show:

W1 forged
wrought-iron/bronze-guard
fossil walrus
length: 27cm
blade only: 14cm
thickness: 4,5-2,5mm
leathersheath

thanks for looking!

gerhard

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Sehr gut, Herr Wieland!

Is that guard forge welded on to the blade?
 
Really nice. Right down to the texture on the top of the finial, not to mention that cloudy hamon!

John
 
cute!
 
Hi Gerhard,

I like this one very much. I especially like the way the handle flows so well with the ricasso of the blade. Some viewers may not care for the exposed interior ivory, what we call "tapioca", but I think the colors and textures we find in the interior can add so much to the appeal of the knife. The texture of the core ivory, the stippling of the bronze, the wrought iron and the forged texture on the blade all compliment each other well.

Thanks for posting it.
 
Gerhard,
I agree with Mark Knapp, the textures all compliment each other very well.
Nicely Done.
 
While my wording may be a little less eloquent I have to say " You knocked another one out of the park" Gerhard. Love it.
 
Very nice knife and sheath as always. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
I don't recall ever seeing one of your pieces in Damascus.
Do you work in Damascus?
 
Thats actually the first one of your knives (that Ive seen) that Im not a huge fan of.

Usually your knives are exceedingly elegant with flowing lines, that almost 'melt' into each other. Not so here.

Ive no doubt a lot of craftmanship goes in each of your knives and maybe its just because I like most of your knives so much, that this one 'sticks' out.
 
thank you all for posting!

@jason,
the guard is forged seperately and then soldered.

@mark,
´´Some viewers may not care for the exposed interior ivory, what we call "tapioca"´´
...and I love this interior, it looks like ´frozen milk´.
these colours and the texture matched the surface of blade and guard perfectly IMO.

@kevin,
damascus is a fantastic material-
I admire every smith, who makes it, here are a lot of real artists!
but beginning with knifemaking I looked for a niche, because:
from 100 bladesmiths make 95 damascus at least (in germany).
so I decided not to be the number 96... and began to work with monosteel and hamon.
but some years ago I made a damascus-co-work with my friend and bladesmith-colleague uli hennicke:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/704914-persian-flow

@bladescout,
really interesting, how differently a knife looks for various people-
posters above see a flow in the bowie, you don´t.
I myself find it has some flow, but you´re right- I built some knives with more flow.
this here is a short knife with a broad blade, this might be the reason for the ´less flowing´ appearance.

expect my next knife shown here, it has flow in spades...promised! :)

gerhard
 
Maybe its just that your knives are usually more 'integrated' for lack of better words.

You make some fabulous knives and I very much look forward to seeing your next project:thumbup:
 
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