Mosaic Dagger- WIP

[G. Shahan]

Bill,

Thats a dandy!!

Greg

 

[french_bulldog]

Really nice :thumbup:

 

[ckerwin]

That is sweet:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Kevin Jones]

Absolutely outstanding Bill from tip to butt.

Really enjoyed seeing you work that handle. Amazing:thumbup:

 

[Rooster 11]

This is great Bill ,I'm learning alot
Thanks

 

[peterinct]

WOW is right. An exceptional dagger.

Thanks for posting it Bill. I'm anxious to see the sheath too!

Peter

 

[B . Buxton]

Thanks everyone for following along and the nice comments, I sure do appreciate it.

Bill

 

[supasuprab0b]

fantastic work bill! i love the ethced balde, those stars look damn good to me. i can not wait to see the sheath.

 

[Dr Heelhook]

Oh my GOD. That's incredible.

 

[Bruce Bump]

Bill, thats a beauty. Thanks for the peep into your way of doing things. Very interesting and informative. You certainly have a handle on this damascus making.

 

[BrianThie]

Wow Bill, That is one beautiful piece.

Thanks again for sharing
Brian

 

[B . Buxton]

Thank you all for the nice compliments.

Bruce maybe we could do a collaboration sometime, I'll make the steel or something.

Yesterday was our 35 wedding anniversary so I was forced to go out to dinner last night and couldn't get these pictures posted.
I did get started on the sheath yesterday and this is what I accomplished.

Started with 30 layers.

heres the sides of our sheath, today I'll get these cleaned up work on the throat, frog and wood spacer.

Thanks for looking,

Bill

 

[RogerP]

Happy anniversary to you and your lovely wife!

Roger

 

[ckerwin]

35 years is remarkable, congratulations to you both. Does she need a medal:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[B . Buxton]

Thanks guys,

ckerwin, many would say she should be crowned a saint and I would have to agree, but don't tell her I said that.

Here's an update on what was accomplished today.

Damascus cleaned up and wood spacer sanded to the correct thickness.

damascus piece drilled and ready to be filed out for throat.

Here it is filed to size,shape and sanded to 1000 grit.

Piece of star damascus to become the frog.

Here it is shaped and sanded to 1000 grit.

Tomorrow I'll get the damascus pieces sanded to 1000 grit and get the throat and frog soldered on and hopefully get it all etched.

Thanks for lookin,

Bill

 

[rwiggins]

Holy mackerel, Bill! I love how you cut those flutes! They are so precise, I thought they were machined! Fantastic craftsmanship. Thank you so very much for sharing this work with us.

 

[B . Buxton]

Here's the last of this project, thank you all for looking and for the great comments.

Here's the sheath with the throat and frog soldered in place.

all put together and etched.

the last one, with dagger in place.

Thanks again everyone.

Bill

 

[TekSec]

Bill, that turned out completely wonderful! The dammy sheath with stars on the frog are just the icing on the cake. Fantastic work and thank you for showing it!

 

[supasuprab0b]

bill, the knife and sheath look fantastic together. you picked the perfect peice for the frog imo. those two stars look great.

 

[Lorien]

wow, that's really cool Bill