Number 3 for 2008; White, Long and Cooper

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Mammoth ivory & damascus framed handled dagger w/ Paul Long tooled leather and frog skin insert sheath. 8" blade of 1084/15n20 with an overall length of 13"

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File-worked guard/ferrule and File-worked nickle silver spacers.
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Knife and sheath will be on John's table at Atlanta. He will do a follow up progressive photo post.

Paul
 
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Awesome knife, beautiful sheath and excellent photography. Yer basic tripple threat here.
John - Your eye for combining the right design elements is uncanny! :thumbup:
 
Dang! I'm not even sure what to say. That is GREAT! John is a very nice fellow and I will be sure to spend some time at his table bending his ear. I sure hope he doesnt mind.
John, your guards are the best!:thumbup:
Mace:D
 
This IMO, represents an outstanding effort on all there's part.
The gladius shaped blade is not one of my favorites, however it served the Roman Legions well with it's amour piercing ability.

It seems John raises to a higher level with every piece. The execution of the cased handle, filed fittings and damascus is amazing. I see some Tim Hancock influence here and of course Coop depicts this detail wonderfully.

The sheath is a work of art of it's own as is the norm from Paul.
Look forward to inspecting this piece.
 
After sweating over the Master's Dagger, so many of us say, "Never again!".

But we still do... Very nice, John!

Terry
 
Paul,
That's a great looking knife and sheath. The damascus is great with beautiful mammoth and an outstanding sheath. All that plus great pictures from Coop.
Congradulations.
Jim Treacy
 
Just a tremendous dagger, John! Congratulations, Paul! Really like the handle-fittings design. Superb finish, as usual. A very special piece! :thumbup:

- Joe
 
That is hitting the trifecta:thumbup::D:thumbup: Hard to lose with Paul L (the other Paul), Paul K., Coop and Mr John White. Wonderful piece, can't wait to chicken eye and coonfinger it!
 
I loved working on this knife, although it was a challenge. The steel is ornate, yet intiguingly dark, and the sheath was simply magnificent.

I tried a few examples and we liked them all. A traditional view:

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This is the kind of knife that you admire from arms length, and then put on the glasses to look REAL closely. It has buried treasure everywhere.

Thanks, guys, for including me in your praise!

Coop
 
Where is that drooling smilie when you need it???

Words do not do this piece justice. Hope to see it at blade.


Dwight
 
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