new bowie pics

atakach

atakach

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This one is made from a blade i forged out of 1080.

It's been fully flat ground, and edge hardened. The blade has a satin finish, and the fittings were deeply etched and lightly buffed off to a satin finish.

The handle is stabilized buckeye burl, and the tang sets about 3"+ into the handle, and is pinned internally,as well as being filled solid with epoxy.

The wrought iron in this guard has a lot of grain, more than in most iv'e used.

The o.a.l of knife is 11 1/4'', the blade is 6 1/2 long from tip to plunge cut, and 1 7/16'' at the widest

The spine is a little over 1/8'' at the guard, and tapers toward the tip so it's
little light to go chop a cord of wood with, but a solid built knife none the
less.


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thanks for looking,
andrew takach
 
Very nice. Just curious, do you know what the wrought you used came from? I really like the look of that grain. Thanks.

-Mike
 
M.Griffin said:
Very nice. Just curious, do you know what the wrought you used came from? I really like the look of that grain. Thanks.

-Mike
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I't old, very , very , old. I know the maker that give it to me gave me two 5/8''-3/4'' round bars of it, probably 4' long. He told me what they were, I keep thinking he said they were some type of spokes.....maybe not. I'd be lying if i said i remembered.

He also gave me some brand new wrought iron, well not new, maybe 20+yrs old, but he had bought it brand new, they came in 1 1/2'' round bars and were about 5'long. Thant stuff has decent grain to it, but not nearly as nice as this old stuff.

That guard is actually the last of what i had of that type:(, I used 90% of it soon as I got it for a nickle/wrought iron damascus cake server for my sisters wedding.

Here's some more of it here, but the pictures really suck there a few yrs old.

thanks, andrew

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