New knife

Dave Bowen · Mar 31, 2007

Finished (almost) this knife today. The blade was forged from 1050, ground, and bevels draw filed. Nickel silver bolsters, and cocobolo handles. Took me about 10 hours up to this point. Still have a little detailing to do.
Jacob, this is the blade I was working on the last time you called me.

Thank you for looking!

Beile · Mar 31, 2007

That's beautiful, is the "B" in the handle supposed to be there?

J.McDonald Knives · Mar 31, 2007

DAve, how did you k now i was gonna look? HEHEHEHEHE!!!! beautiful knife man. im also curious if the "B" is supposed to be there.

Dave Bowen · Mar 31, 2007

lol. I didn't even notice it. No, it's two small knots in the wood grain. It sure does look like a B though. How cool is that?

Thanks for the comments. :thumbup:

J.McDonald Knives · Mar 31, 2007

i think the wood was speaking to you. HEHEHEHE!!!!!!!

Barkes Knife Shop · Mar 31, 2007

B for Brown: Looks good ----------------------

Dave Bowen · Apr 1, 2007

Barkes Knife Shop said:
B for Brown: Looks good ----------------------

I was thinking B for Bowen...

I need to learn to photograph hamon. These pictures don't capture it very well.

Edit; worked on the blade a little more. I think the hamon looks better now. Also changed lighting for the picture.
Any comments or criticism welcomed.

GibsonFan · Apr 1, 2007

Wow! I like it when things are wicked and beautiful at the same time. It looks like it balances real nice and would be very quick in hand. :thumbup:

Any Cal. · Apr 1, 2007

The more I look at that knife, the more I think it knows what it needs to do before you do.

Looks like the balance would be awesome.