Odin's dagger

Marcel54

Marcel54

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Here's my latest acquisition. It's a collaboration between three talented people. Shawn McIntyre JS forged the multibar composite steel, Carol O'Connor did the artwork and David Brodziak build the knife. In one of the last issues of Blade Don Guild wrote an article about David and Carol Ann.

The steel is a seven bar composite with nickel for highlights, about 9,5 inches long and is deeply etched. The fittings are gun blued with a reddish hue.

The theme of the artwork is Odin with his totem animals the ravens "Hugin and Munnin" and the wolves "Freki and Geri".

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I can imagine that a knife like this doesn't appeal to everyone's taste but I like it a lot:thumbup:

Marcel
 
Thanks. Odin's eye symbolises willingness to sacrifice the limited self for the sake of wisdom, because Odin gave one of his eyes as a pledge for a drink from Mimir's well of wisdom.

Marcel
 
Hello everyone,

Here are the faces of two of the great artists that are responsible for
the creating of this magnificent art knife. The pictures of both David Brodziak
and Carol Ann O'Connor are from a section in my book "Custom Knifemaking"
where I show a detailed photographic description of their making a
"Medieval Dragon Dagger" in 2005....

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

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Here is the knife David and Carol Ann O’ Connor worked on for my
third book on modern custom knives, mentioned above.

"Medieval Dragon Dagger", 2005
Blade made of Odin's-Eye pattern Damasteel. Fittings are 416
stainless steel. Handle and scabbard are Lace Casuarina wood. The art-work
is acrylic coated with 20 layers of a two-part polymer-finish. Engraving
by Richard Chapman. Overall length (in scabbard) 15 1/3" (389 mm).

Carol Ann O’ Connor specializes in fantasy and medieval style paintings
with some of her major works selling for many thousands of dollars.
She enjoys painting on the knives, as her art becomes a tactile object
that is intended to be handled rather that hung on a wall. Carol applies
her art using very small brushes, building up the color with many coats
and spending many hours on each knife design. Later, David applies
about twenty coats of a protective two-part polymer-finish over the
art-work.

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

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Thanks guys for the comments so far.

Wow -- beautiful piece. The pattern in the steel is unreal. What is the handle material?
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Both the handle and the sheath are made of wood and painted by Carol Ann.

David thanks for showing Carol Ann and David and the Medieval Dragon...that happens to be in my possession from the start as well:D:thumbup:

Marcel
 
Congrats Marcel - that is a spectacular piece of work. I love that fuller running along the center of the blade. Very cool.

roger
 
Nice to know this, Marcel, have we ever met face to face?
Will you visit the coming BLADE Show in Atlanta?

David Darom (ddd)
 
Nice to know this, Marcel, have we ever met face to face?
Will you visit the coming BLADE Show in Atlanta?

David Darom (ddd)
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No David we haven't met face to face so far. Living in Europe with a very demanding job makes it not that easy to go to the American shows. The only two shows I try to visit are Milan and Paris. If you are going to one of these shows this year I would love to meet up with you.

Marcel
 
Marcel, nowadays I visit only two shows, both in the USA. One of them is
the BLADE Show in Atlanta, where I usually introduce a new book on
custom knives every year.
The other is the San Diego AKI, once every two years, where I sit around
with many of my best friends in the custom knife world and plan my next
projects.....

But, who knows what the future holds for us?

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
I love that dagger. Great craftsmanship and the artwork is over the top.

You must be happy to have such a fine dagger Marcel.

DDD - thanks for the additions to the thread. Dragons are a favorite of mine and that one is nice.

Peter
 
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