Pancake Bowie

LongRifle

LongRifle

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This piece was intended to be something similar to my competition bowie I made last fall.

Forged 1065, 9.25" blade, 416ss fittings, black micarta, 14.25" OAL.

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Matt,

You are totally out of control! Another really attractive blade!

If it needs a home, just send it along.

Best,

Peter
 
Peter, I've got four more of these damn things in the works :). I need to get back to sanding ;).
 
to purchase a boneheaded maker a buffer, so he stops having to sand everything.:D

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
I'm not buying anything else until I move. Unless you want to drive over and haul it for me :).
 
Love the blade shape on this one Matt. I'll take mine with a double guard and premium wood handle. :)

Roger
 
Brett, yes, this is a mortise handle. I've only done one block construction, and that was on a piece of sambar stag ;).

Roger, wood and a double guard would have been my choice too. But the customer was looking for something a little less fancy :).
 
Nice hamon. Interesting handle as well. Nice.
 
Lovin your work Matt
its time for a bigger blade to compliment that ole ute
keep it up
 
beautiful of course, but is there a reason you named it the "pancake bowie?" :D
 
I love the looks of this blade, but can you tell me why the handle shape? Is there a purpose, or just what you wanted to do at the time? It looks nice, just that I've never seen a handle like that. :D
 
I'll call it whatever I want to call it!!! :) :eek: .

The name came from the width, since it is well beyond the traditional %20 percent of length.

I just stuck a little bowie into my thigh...I'm on a bandaid break...back to bowies :).

Redsnake, I've been using this handle design for a while now (or a slight variation). The only thing I'm doing differently is sculpting the rear of the handle. I like the neutral feel in the heel of my hand...but I also like a non sculpted handle :). Handle shapes are so personal, what feels great to one person might feel terrible to someone else. If you're ever in the area you're welcome to stop by and pick a few up ;).
 
I've handled Matt's knives with that sort of handle and it feels really good in my hand. I think on canvas micarta the sculpt ends up looking sort of bad because the mesh grain of the micarta creates patterns in the sculpt that don't flow well with the handle. It makes the scooped out back of the handle look rough and unfinished. If the handle was made of a more random pattern, like from fancy wood, it will look as good as it feels.
 
Maybe Matt can go to someone's house, and use their buffer? For the love of all that is holy, all that knife needs is 2 minutes on a 1750 rpm buffer with some green compound!

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
I actually like the way micarta looks sculpted, it reminds me of scrolled oak. I happily admit that I would rather use wood on a bowie, but the collector wanted micarta. What you order is what you get ;) :), sometimes :p .

Mr. Garsson, it will be a cold day in hell before a buffer is in my shop :). Besides, the handle is canvas, no amount of buffing will hide the layers.

Hang on for a few days, I've got plenty of non micarta handles in the works :).
 
Micarta has its place on a working knife and of course the customer should get what he wants - that's one of the cool things about customs. :)

Looking forward to the rest.

Roger
 
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