My first fighter! ~maple and wrought iron

Knifemaker87

Knifemaker87

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hey everybody!

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this blade is my first trully laminate blade. i have done a bit of cable.. but nothing actually layered. it is a low count, as i am doing it all by hand.

I actually screwed this knife up.. it was meant to be a bolster and slab knife.. but messed up the plunges.. so i set it aside... and then turned it into a hidden tang blade.

the other thing is the wrought iron gaurd was forged out of a piece of iron i found on a beach along the james river... i think it was really old. it was near a 18 century dock at kenan's warf, up the river from jamestown.

the handle is stabalized maple burl from Jim Rehrer.

I am going to get some better pictures, measure it all, and it will be up for sale.

i would appreciate your comments and critiques. i want to improve.

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thanks for looking!
~Chris
 
It sure doesn`t look like a stuff up to me Chris ,the blade looks long enough to be a pig sticker.
Richard
 
I love everything about it. That wrought iron has a beautiful pattern.

High quality photos would definitely show it off much better.
 
thanks guys!
after going to Blade.. i realized that i make small knives.
this one is not all that big. it is prolly 8-9" blade.. i rarely make them to dimensions.. just make what the steel lets me.

i will get some pics in natural light... and some in hand to give you perspective.
thanks for the feedback!
~chris
 
I wish the brass fittings were copper. I think it would have complemented the handle color and blade really well. The blade is goegeous, as well as the wrought, which looks like damascus!
 
Sans brass, a crazier hamon, and showoff ivory, this knife would have at least a macro-Hansonesque look about it. High praise, indeed.

ken
 
I think you've done a fine job. I wish more makers would use wrought iron fittings - so much character.

Roger
 
Interesting fine, I will have to look around a bit next time I'm on the bank of the James.

Nice piece Chris. Can see a little Fogg influence.
 
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