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The story.
A little over a year ago, a fellow member on a Canadian Gun forum saw my sheath work and offered to send me some beaver tails for inlay material.
I happily accepted and told him that if he ever needed a sheath I'd be happy to make him one. He responded that he just enjoyed seeing these made into nice things. Later on he sent me beaver teeth, porcupine claws and assorted animal parts for sheaths. All just because he's a generous guy.
Later when I was making knives he mentioned having some warthog tusks and he always wanted a knife made with a warthog tusk handle. This was in May.
He asked if I would be interested and of course I thought it would be a fun challenge and a great way to show my appreciation for his kindness and generosity. I then got into forging and thought I would wait until I felt more comfortable before attempting this one.
Early Sept. I forged this but was stuck on how to do the guard and basically how to finish this off. The warthog tusks are really curved so it's not easy to make a good handle except by adding some other material.
So, finally, last night at about 2am I called this one done.
I've designed the sheath in my mind and hopefully I'll get that done this weekend.
It's been a bit of a wait but I'm glad I waited as I'm pleased with how this turned out. I tried several new things on this one with mixed success.
The Jason Knight/Dave Lisch course at Dave's Studio 4 a few weeks ago really helped my handle/guard construction.
Specs.
Blade is 8 3/4" of 1070/1080 with an OAL of 13 3/4"
Mild steel guard and ferrule soaked in cold blueing giving it texture and an aged look like wrought iron. (new method and I like it)
Handle is spalted maple/warthog tusk
I called it a persian style but if someone thinks this is something else let me know.
I need to come up with titles.
This is my 17th completed knife.
Thanks for looking.
A little over a year ago, a fellow member on a Canadian Gun forum saw my sheath work and offered to send me some beaver tails for inlay material.
I happily accepted and told him that if he ever needed a sheath I'd be happy to make him one. He responded that he just enjoyed seeing these made into nice things. Later on he sent me beaver teeth, porcupine claws and assorted animal parts for sheaths. All just because he's a generous guy.
Later when I was making knives he mentioned having some warthog tusks and he always wanted a knife made with a warthog tusk handle. This was in May.
He asked if I would be interested and of course I thought it would be a fun challenge and a great way to show my appreciation for his kindness and generosity. I then got into forging and thought I would wait until I felt more comfortable before attempting this one.
Early Sept. I forged this but was stuck on how to do the guard and basically how to finish this off. The warthog tusks are really curved so it's not easy to make a good handle except by adding some other material.
So, finally, last night at about 2am I called this one done.
I've designed the sheath in my mind and hopefully I'll get that done this weekend.
It's been a bit of a wait but I'm glad I waited as I'm pleased with how this turned out. I tried several new things on this one with mixed success.
The Jason Knight/Dave Lisch course at Dave's Studio 4 a few weeks ago really helped my handle/guard construction.
Specs.
Blade is 8 3/4" of 1070/1080 with an OAL of 13 3/4"
Mild steel guard and ferrule soaked in cold blueing giving it texture and an aged look like wrought iron. (new method and I like it)
Handle is spalted maple/warthog tusk
I called it a persian style but if someone thinks this is something else let me know.
I need to come up with titles.
This is my 17th completed knife.
Thanks for looking.
:thumbup: 
very well:thumbup:
