Quillion Dagger

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I saw Bill Buxton's beautiful dagger and thought I'd show one that I've been working on. I have new appreciation for the time and skills it takes to execute the many tasks required to build one. Wow:eek:. Anyway, this is my effort. Let's see. It has an 11 inch blade in Maiden's Hair pattern. All of the fittings are some form of pattern welded steel, with the exception of the spacers and the twisted wire, which is of fine Silver. I used African Blackwood to show good contrast with the Silver. Besides, I love Blackwood. :) The construction is fully "take down". No glue whatsoever. Chuck Ward and I worked together on this one to cover the different angles and profiles. Thank you Chuck. I'll have this one my table in Atlanta if you'd like to come by and see it closer. Table 23-P Thanks, Lin
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Lin,

That one really "stops my clock". Your stuff just gets better and better. Thanks for letting us have a "Pre-Blade" preview. I have a feeling that by the time I get there on Saturday, it will ge gone.

Robert
 
Lin, That's a beauty! Very sleek. I really like the maiden hair damascus. Great job.

Jim Treacy
 
Lin,

That's beautiful. The "push-outs" at the plunge cuts really set up the taper to the blade, your spacers give a nice repetition from butt thru to the ricasso, and that's a full, tight twist on the handle. Does it have four buddies?

John
 
Lin,
Beautiful dagger, great work.
Even more impressive that it's a take down.

Doug
 
The push-outs (thanks John, as I didn't know how to identify them) at the plunge cuts really add to this dagger IMO.
The Blackwood really intensifies the elegance of the fine silver wire and spacers. The pattern and lighter etch of the damascus adds as well.

I prefer the classic elegance of this piece over the substantial embellishment we see on some Quillion Daggers. Take downs seem to becoming more and more popular these days.
Great job Lin. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
FANTASTIC Lin, absolutely beautiful. Truly a work of art in every way. These things do have a tendency to make a person scratch his head a little don't they. ;)

Bill
 
Thanks to all. I wanted to make this dagger look as if it could have come from an earlier century. An antique look, but not really old.

The guard is differentially etched, lighter on the sides and darker/deeper on the front and back. I tried to used the subtle differences of shading to accent the Silver spacers. Also the twist in the fittings as well as the wire all goes the same direction, in my mind at least, adding flow to the piece. The finial ball even is made of the fine layering that passes under it in the pommel. This band of fine layering carries down through the ferule too. These are a few things I intentionally did that might not be easily noticed. Thanks again. Lin
 
Wow, just wow! I didn't even know I liked daggers until I opened this thread.:eek:
 
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