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I made this as a trade for some leatherwork from a friend in the UK. He made a custom sword belt for my lady and I made this for his. She picked out our production Bootstrap cutlass, but I wanted to upgrade it a bit. I have done a bunch of spiral fluted handles, but for some reason I never did the pineapple pattern. I wanted to try it and I thought this was a good fit.
This is a prime example of an "upgraded" custom. I will soon be highlighting upgrades on our website.
This is based off of our production 28" cutlass blade. I hand ground a fuller in it and gave it a false edge and pulled the standard edge back a bit then gave the spine a bit of filework.
The hilt is based off of our standard Bootstrap. I upgraded that a bit aswell. Added some file work and some hammer finishing.
The handle is upgraded to a hickory wood handle. I then spiraled it in both directions creating a pineapple effect.
The pommel was custom ground from a bar on the sander to get that pineapple shape.
Her she is:
more info and pictures here: http://baltimoreknife.com/pineapplebootstrap.htm
Thanks for looking!
Matthew
This is a prime example of an "upgraded" custom. I will soon be highlighting upgrades on our website.
This is based off of our production 28" cutlass blade. I hand ground a fuller in it and gave it a false edge and pulled the standard edge back a bit then gave the spine a bit of filework.
The hilt is based off of our standard Bootstrap. I upgraded that a bit aswell. Added some file work and some hammer finishing.
The handle is upgraded to a hickory wood handle. I then spiraled it in both directions creating a pineapple effect.
The pommel was custom ground from a bar on the sander to get that pineapple shape.
Her she is:
more info and pictures here: http://baltimoreknife.com/pineapplebootstrap.htm
Thanks for looking!
Matthew
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