Rockhouse Trail Bowie

C-Camerer

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Here is one of my Rockhouse Trail bowies that I delivered at the SOS show last weekend. Terrill Hoffman did a super job, as usual, with the pictures that he took.
This one had a 10" blade of forged W2. The hamon had some of the most subtle activity of any that I have done so far. The fittings are 416 Stainless and the handle is stag.
In case you are wondering about the name of the bowie. I live in mid western Illinois. Most of the geographical features are of very flat farm ground slowly falling away to the creek bottoms that lead to the river about 25 to 30 miles away. However close to where I grow up there is a large field of approximately 2500 acres and right in the middle is what appears to be a wooded area, this is called rockhouse by the locals. When you hike into this wooded area it is very dense at first, as most of the forests are here. But as you go along in there it starts changing rapidly into a very rocky area, once you make it to the center it is actully solid rock bluffs over looking a natural spring that has a 5' waterfall and then meanders on out slowly regaining the normal features of the area. It is just kind of a geographical oddity if you stopped there. But once you climb down the bluffs, which by the way is no easy feat, there are some small caves that go back just maybe 10 or 15 feet into the bluffs. Once you get to looking around on the walls you see names and dates chiseld into the wall going as far back as the very early 1800's. It is a very interesting place that at the time of some of the early dates would have been right in the middle of the some huge tracts of forest. Anyway it after this that I I named the bowie.

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And you're nailing the art of turning that hamon back on the clip! Love it!!!!


Oh, and the stag's okay, too... ;) :D

Beautiful transition from stag to ferrule to guard - perfect!
 
Craig,
Man,what a nice Bowie. :cool:
Awesome work.
Acquired a nice Stag handled S-Guard Bowie done by you and your workmanship and attention to detail are top shelf. :thumbup:

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Doug
 
I have seen you do yet, Craig, comin' along very nicely.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
I remember a scene in a Cheech and Chong movie where a gal simply said: "Oooofffffff". I think she was trying to get across the point that this is some amazing sh*t.:D

My sentiments............ "Ooooffffff".

Robert
 
Sound like a pretty cool place there in the middle of all that flat farm land and this is a great looking bowie!!!
 
That whole knife is real well done, but I have to say in particular that Craig is doing some of the nicest fittings around. You always see interesting sculpting, filing or heat-colouring that really elevates each piece. This one is no exception.

Roger
 
Lovely knife. I'd love to see details of this guard, I can't quite make out what the embellishments are.
 
Thanks for the comments on the knife.

Joss, I don't have a close up of the guard but it is coinedged.

Thanks,

Craig
 
I just want to add that the knife looks even better in person.

Craig - how did you do the guard? The cuts are very precise and symmetric - it's clear that you didn't just clamp it in a vise and go after it with a checkering file...
 
Wulf said:
I just want to add that the knife looks even better in person.

Craig - how did you do the guard? The cuts are very precise and symmetric - it's clear that you didn't just clamp it in a vise and go after it with a checkering file...
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I'd venture a guess that there's a lot of practice involved in how ever he does it! 'Cause I like how he did mine! :D
 
Glad you like the knife Wulf! Actually I do just clamp it in a vice and go after it with a checkering file. I user the type that cuts five lines at a time. You still have to pay attention or you can get them going at an angle to the guard.
 
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