San Antonio Bowie in 0-1 and Sambar stag

white tiger

white tiger

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Hello Gents

This style of Bowie is proving quite popular which I'm really pleased about. The blade is 0-1 tool steel, 10" long, 1 9/16" wide, just shy of 1/4" thick on the ricasso and the knife is 15" from butt to tip. The carbon steel hand guard has been forged down on the tips to reduce their thickness and give them some shape, a pattern applied with the tip of a cold chisel and then gun blued. The handle has three coined brass spacers and the gun blued carbon steel bolster has a filed centre fuller with two tram lines cut in along each edge. The handle is a Sambar stag tine which I have dyed with Fiebings golden brown leather dye and sealed with Danish oil. The carbon steel butt cap is filed to match the antler, gun blued and held in place with a hand made pommel nut.
The sheath is natural tanned leather with a tooled back panel dyed mahogany brown with a front panel in laid with python skin, the tooled keeper is held in place with a sam brown stud.
Thank you for taking the time to look, all comments and questions very welcome.

All the best

Steve

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Holy shit is this fantastic .LOVE the detail work on the outer side of the guard. In fact, every design element on this knife works for me. Sweet, Steve!!!!:thumbup:
 
Thanks for looking gents and your comments, classic Batman quote Matt, Love it.

All the best

Steve
 
I thought I commented on this one. It is a fine piece of work. I love it, and my only issue with it is that I did not make it myself!
 
Wow! That is stunning!
Too bad we can't carry a Bowie here in Texas, because that would be a classy knife to carry.
 
I like it a lot and don't remember seeing a piece of yours I didn't like, however seems most your knives are based off other maker's designs.
Do you ever just grab a pencil and paper and try something totally different?
 
Steve,

No surprise it is popular, it's a excellent knife and sheath. Great materials and workmanship!

Impressive my friend!

Steve
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Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Foundation
ABS Apprentice Smith
 
Kevin Jones said:
I like it a lot and don't remember seeing a piece of yours I didn't like, however seems most your knives are based off other maker's designs.
Do you ever just grab a pencil and paper and try something totally different(NOT inspired by a famous maker)?
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Entirely valid.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
The thing is as custom makers we draw inspiration from all quarters and when a customer wants a specific style of knife as a maker you try and give them what they want to the very best of your ability. I have stacks of drawings and templates in the workshop of different knives, the Oni, Sherpa, Templar, Navaho Bowie to name only a few. Have these styles been done before, I would very much think they have some where down the very long knife making road. I'm not into art knives or steam punk, what ever that is, so I stick with the genre of knives that I really like to make. Like I said at the begining though it really boils down to what the customer wants, if I can turn that image in their mind into reality then hopefully they will be happy with what I have made, except if that image is a scandi ground bushcraft knife of course, you have to draw the line some where.

Thanks for your time and your comments gents.

All the best

Steve
 
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Not a big fan of Bowie knives but I am a huge fan of craftsmanship and this unit reeks of it! When you stop and detail out in your mind each and every step that im guessing was involved in making such a wonderful piece the list just gets longer and longer. Outstanding!
 
Thanks for that Greavous, your not wrong. I think it's a little like child birth as my wife described it. You remember the initial pain but as time goes by that memory fades until you're ready to do it again. The plus side is this blade won't hang around for 23 years and eat me out of house and home.

All the best

Steve
 
Gorgeous knife, I love stag handles, very nice snake skin sheath also.
 
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