OIF Fighter

DanielPrentice

DanielPrentice

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This knife was made for a fellow Soldier that is serving in Iraq. He is part of the 82D Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. Which is where I will end up back to by the end of this year.

The blade is a hand forged blade of 5160 that has been double quenched. It supports a distal tapered false edge for maximum penetration. The handle is from a deer that he shot with synthetic spacer material, leather and brass spacers. Everything is hand made by me and I also do my own heat treating.

This is my first time posting a pic and hope it does get posted. It seems hard to make sure everything is under 100 kb. Any ideas or words of wisdom, please share.

I am a part time maker and Active Duty Soldier (Army) that is finishing up Nursing School this year, hopefully. I am also making instructional videos with Kim Breed and Gary Wheeler. They have been not only Great Friends, but also great teachers.

Thanks

www.dpcustomknives.com

Daniel Prentice
 

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Very nice! That's a hell of a piece of antler!

Hey, have you been making any cable damascus billets lately? ...I haven't seen any on eBay.
 
I made/forged three knives today. Two Cable Damascus short skinners and one camp knife that High Contrast Random 146 layer.


Had to give the powerhammer some attention, it was getting jealous of the wife......

I from time to time put cable up and let people get an opportunity to get a bar at a very good price. I do so to bring more traffic through my website.

Why? Need some????

Daniel
 
Very nice work!

I've followed a very similar path in the military. Might run into you someday. Hopefully, not in the sandbox though.

Take Care,
 
I hope not, but will probably get deployed with them if they leave in December. I will be getting back to Bragg (sounds like a bad song) in November.

I used to do Airborne Recon, but now I am finishing Nursing school and will be a Commissioned Officer/RN... Scary HUH????

Daniel

So where are you at?
 
Why? Need some????
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Oh, I don't know ...if I saw some on eBay I could be tempted :)

Here's what I did with the last one ...my faux antique bowie thingie. Cherry handle, 14" OAL, extended guard. Wicked instrument in person, but it didn't seem to have much 'crowd appeal' :)

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Looks like a very functional knife....How does it feel?

Can see some of the pattern in the blade... I just finished doing the initial edit of the forging cable video.... been busy with that up on ebay this week.....

Who knows you might see another billet up there sometime....

Daniel
 
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