Pair of Tanto take downs

[john april]

two projects recently completed with 7" blades. black micarta handle is 1095, green micarta is 1075. nickel & copper furniture. hard soldered. kanji= april. phil hartsfield style sheaths covered in bison hide. handles sculpted to resemble bamboo. thanks for looking and have a great weekend.
DSC_0198 by john april, on Flickr
DSC_0208 by john april, on Flickr
DSC_0201 by john april, on Flickr
DSC_0211 by john april, on Flickr
DSC_0214 by john april, on Flickr
DSC_0220 by john april, on Flickr

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Turned out great, bud! Looks like you nailed thise sheaths, too!

 

[Dawkind]

Great job on those two my friend...they look exceptionally fine...as usual.

Nice job on those sheaths, didn't take you long to figure out how to make those.

 

[John A. Larsen]

Great looking knives! I especially like the look of the "bamboo" handles. John

 

[madcap_magician]

These are fantastically creative. I love the micarta texturing. Well done!

 

[TK Steingass]

Love 'em John - great work on the sheaths too - couldn't have done it better myself

 

[john april]

thanks guys !

 

[Bill Siegle]

Stunning!!!

 

[Scott Hanson]

Gorgeous knives, sheaths are top notch as well.

 

[islandblacksmith]

classy! nice hamon and placement, the bamboo micarta fusion is pretty cool too...

 

[john april]

thank you

 

[ptech]

Another bang up job, Nice!!

 

[Lance23]

Long time since I've seen something that made me go "uhhh" in a good way like these did.

 

[john april]

thanks ! i am making more