Newly Completed Bowie

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tvandeventer

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Hey everyone,

Finished this piece and its sheath over the last couple days. Thought I'd share. Please excuse the poor images.

9 1/2" blade. 14 1/2" overall. The damascus is five bars of high-layer, tightly twisted Ws stacked in a Turkish twist fashion. The high layer count gives the surface a chatoyance and an almost maiden hair quality.

All of the fittings are damascus with a thin fileworked spacer of silicon bronze.

The handle is ancient Walrus ivory. My plans were to install a damascus escutcheon plate.....but the tusk already had one! Ha!

I don't have a table at Blade but I'll be busy there judging journeyman applicants, shopping, and socializing. Figured I'd drag this puppy along. I'm going to have Coop take "real" pictures of it in Atlanta. See y'all next week.

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Cheers,

TV


Terry L. Vandeventer
ABS MS
 
Hey, Terry,

I want to see this beauty up close. I can imagine the light playing off the blade!

See you at the judges breakfast.

John
 
Really over the top job. Simply put, beautiful.
 
That's a beauty Terry - I am particularly fond of the damascus pattern.

Roger
 
Terry, another fantastic package. It looks great and I hope to get a chance to see it in person.

Jon
 
Terry, your knives always have an aura of elegance to them. Just listen to the appreciative crowd.

I'd love to see this in person also. Smart on saving that natural escutcheon. Cool. :)

Coop
 
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