Noscere

P. McKinley

P. McKinley

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This is the second of the pair I had designed and now have built. I suppose it has a fitting name as its predecessor "Magister"(posted the other day) is the "teacher". Noscere is Latin for "to know" or "learn". Building the first piece provided a lot insight that was incorporated into this piece. There were changes to the concept as a whole and to each knife itself, but in the end I'm happy with the results. These go off to my friend in a day or two.

Magister thread:http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1232372-Magister

Thanks for looking, please leave your comments and critiques.

-Peter

Noscere
Blade: 6" x approx. 3/16" of clay quenched W2, with flat ground bevels hand sanded to 1200 grit then etched and polished to highlight a prominent hamon.

Handle: 5" of Ebony and Thuya burl with stainless and carbon fiber pins and a stainless steel lanyard tube. Hand sanded to 1000 grit then buffed for a natural polish. The Moose hide lanyard has three hand turned Thuya burl beads.

Sheath: 5/6 oz veg tanned leather with brain tanned doe skin lining, one-piece Ebony inlay, ebony stud, low profile belt loop. The sheath has a buffed Mink Oil finish.























With Magister:








 
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You do incredible work, these knives are amazing. Do you know of, or do any yourself, hammer ins or general knife maker gatherings in NS?
 
I like all the refinements. Both are sweet, but the most recent one looks more complete to me.
 
Beautiful. You have a very attractive and unique style. Not easy to do both.
 
Peter, you outdid yourself on these. Really outstanding! Congrats on both of those beauties, and the sheaths aren't bad either:):thumbup:
 
I prefer the one without forging scale, but then I don't much like forging scale. They are both beautiful. Really nicely done knives. I love really clean work, and you do clean work. Great job.
 
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