Old growth redwood burl and silicon bronze.

[Fred.Rowe]

This eight inch drop point will be a surprise gift for a good friend, its his 40th birthday. I worked with his wife on the particulars.

The blade is a 300 layer random made with 1084 and 15n20.
Handle is old growth redwood burl, water buffalo with ivory spacers and a ring of silicon bronze.
Guard is made of damascus in a crushed W's pattern.
The sheath is 8 oz veg dyed leather. The Celtic shield is a lost wax casting made using silicon bronze.
The knife is 8 1/2 inches overall.

The bevels were ground @ 3 1/2 degrees 7 degrees inclusive. The edge bevel was ground @ 12 degrees 24 degrees inclusive. Referenced to the centerline.

Sorry about the poor pics, we are experiencing gale force winds here today.

 

[Burl Source]

Very nice knife Fred
The whole package looks great.

 

[Shaw Blades]

Very nice

 

[rscoffey]

Beautiful work, Fred.

 

[GRIM 62]

I could'nt think of too many nicer Birthday presents!!

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Beautiful, Fred.
That Redwood is killer!
And the sheath is perfect.

 

[Todd Miller]

Very handsome. I am not sure what effect gale force winds have because it all looks great. Todd

 

[jonnymac44]

Nice, Fred! I like it. I've been meaning to get some redwood burl. Every time I see a knife with it, I like it more. Beautiful blade!!

 

[RogerP]

That guy's gonna have a very happy birthday, I expect. Nice work.

Roger

 

[felix24]

wow. that's beautiful. knife and sheath. your friend is one lucky dude.

 

[Burton Harruff]

Turned out nice Fred. Sheath is cool.