My First Knife ;)

[JTknives]

Well ok its not my first kniff but it is my first Rondel . this is a project i have been working on for a long time. After i scrapped out the first blade i took a break because i was very upset with the mess up. but it forced me to re-think my blade design and now i am very happy i scrapped out the blade (heat tread and everything). This is my version of a rondel, the over all length is a bit over 21". the blade is 3 sided and made from crucibles L6. guard and pommel are polished stainless. the handle is fluted redwood burl with twisted nickle wire inlay. the guard and pommel spacer is titanium with file work. the inside of the file work is bead blasted and the out side is brushed. The TI spacers have 12 .5ct+ ruby's set in them (6 on each spacer) with a total weight of over 6 cts . The blade still needs to be heat treated, finish ground and polished. it also may get some ruby's set in it as well but i am not sure yet. if i do set ruby's in the blade i will do 2 on each side, one on each end of the fuller for a total of 6 on the blade. Also the pommel needs to be finished as it still has some tooling marks from being turned. You may notice that the blade is not sharp towards the guard. I am not planning on sharpening this area, only the point and a little way back will be sharp. this is a stabbing weapon designed to penetrate chain mail so if a second hand is needed the blade can be grabbed without cutting ones self. well enough talk its picture time.

 

[Fletch Helical]

My GOD that is an impressive looking piece. Well done sir, well done.

 

[amcardon]

I'm so glad you're back! Who else would even attempt something like this?!?

 

[Mike Quesenberry]

Sooo that's what you've been doing while you were gone. Looks great!

 

[Reeper22]

Oh my lord, planning on dueling some knights? Looks really cool.

 

[Frank Niro]

Yeas, it sedrtainly is a lovely piece of work !!!! Frank

 

[avigdor]

well done for the first

 

[slimshaneee]

Beautiful, but you already knew that didn't you!

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

That has a cool futuristic look to it, like a light saber. Neato. :thumbup:

 

[JasonSCarter]

Holy Crap! You finished one! LOL! Just messin with ya! Great to see ya back!
That's a spike worthy of a King Man! Outstanding Job!

Jason

 

[rdgarbo]

You have alot of Talent! Nice.

 

[tattooedfreak]

Beautiful blade. How did you set the stones?

 

[chris609]

Wow! I love it

 

[Dixieblade57]

While not my cup of tea JT, I still can appreciate a great cup of tea. Even if I do say it goes better with a little Bourbon!
Seriously that is quite a piece and really great work has been put into it! :thumbup:
It looks like the break has been with great results!

 

[Dan Pierson]

Fantastic, a beautifully made take down medieval classic with up to date materials and techniques. Lovely cross history concept and execution JT.

 

[JTknives]

Thanks guys your comments mean a lot. I might heat treat the blade tonight. I re measured the heat treat oven and it is hustling enough to fit it if I put at at an angle. But I would really like to do it with salt. Maybe I will have to rig up a salt tank for vertical forge.

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Sweeeeeet job Jarod!

Don't put the rubies on the blade. She's perfect already!

All the best, Phil

 

[Justin.Mercier]

Looks fantastic! If I may ask, how is the twisted wire inlay held at the ends?

 

[galadduin]

Breathtaking !!!!!!

 

[JTknives]

Looks fantastic! If I may ask, how is the twisted wire inlay held at the ends?

the wire itself is just pressed into a groove in the handle with NO glue, using glue makes the wire look real bad. the ends of the wire are pressed into drilled holes and glued which keeps the wire tight and holds it in the wire slot. here is a picture to better describe what it looks like.