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Greetings all,
Just thought I'd share my latest arrival. A matched set of camp knife and hunter has been a favourite commission of mine over the years, but it's been a while since I've ordered a set. But that's just what I had in mind when my slot in the books came up with Wess Barnhill.
We went back and forth with some different designs before settling on this elegant clip point recurve. Wess' skills as an engraver are perhaps well known than his insanely clean fit and finish, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to showcase that element and give what is otherwise a highly functional and ready-to-work camp set a bit of a premium lift.
Handle material is single large block of walnut from my personal stash. I definitely feel that it was put to good use here.
And this is a total sole authorship package. Those sheaths may look like Paul Long's work (which is high praise in and of itself) but were crafted entirely by Wess.
Hope you enjoy the look - I certainly couldn't be more pleased with the outcome.
Roger
Just thought I'd share my latest arrival. A matched set of camp knife and hunter has been a favourite commission of mine over the years, but it's been a while since I've ordered a set. But that's just what I had in mind when my slot in the books came up with Wess Barnhill.
We went back and forth with some different designs before settling on this elegant clip point recurve. Wess' skills as an engraver are perhaps well known than his insanely clean fit and finish, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to showcase that element and give what is otherwise a highly functional and ready-to-work camp set a bit of a premium lift.
Handle material is single large block of walnut from my personal stash. I definitely feel that it was put to good use here.
And this is a total sole authorship package. Those sheaths may look like Paul Long's work (which is high praise in and of itself) but were crafted entirely by Wess.
Hope you enjoy the look - I certainly couldn't be more pleased with the outcome.
Roger
