San Mai

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Javier Vogt

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Before the expo last week, I realised that I only had folders on my table... So it was the right moment to make something I wanted.
Some time ago I got hooked with Jim Schmidt knives, so I sketched a knife with his style, and some of my ideas.

First I wanted to make something different with the blade, and made a San Mai. You can notice that I like Burt Foster work too (who doesn't?).
Steels are Bolher K100 (D3) and 420. It took two attempts, the first one had some fisures, but the second was OK!

It's flat ground, with a spanish notch.
Bolster is stainless, with some texturing and filework.
The handle has a stainless frame, fileworked all around (rope and vine patterns), spacers, and stabilized black ash burl scales. Pins are nickle silver.

The sheat has a crocodile insert, and a stainless... I don't know the name!
Blade length: 150mm / 6"
Total length: 268mm / 10 1/2"

well, I hope you like it!

Javi

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Love the details everywhere you look. Spanish notch, texturing, filework, facets on the bolsters, domed pins in increasing sizes, in a San Mai blade all very nice.
 
Wow! Mike summed it up very well! An exceptional piece indeed!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
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ABS Apprentice
 
it's an effing excellent piece of work there:eek:!
Excellent!

So much going on with the textures and faceting of the ferrule, the sea turtle piercing, complementary file workings, spacer colour, polished and differential diameter pins, active wood and the carefully finished transition between stainless and carbon steel. Not to mention your name. I love the way it looks on this knife.

There have been some real stand out pieces cropping up lately, really real Artistic work, and this one here in my view is among the best of them:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Really, really solid work man. If you really spend the time like Jim Schmidt did to make your knives and think them through, ( like you apparently did with this one ) then I think you have the talent and skills to get up there too. It's all about the mind, and how it speaks its desire to create which ultimately sums up that Artistic ability. The difficulty lies in mastering the skills which enable proper pronunciation.

If I was ever more tempted to buy a knife because of its Artistic merit alone, I am unaware of it.

I just LOVE this knife.
 
I was off town for a couple days, came back and found this praise for my work...
THANKS!!!

Lorien... what can I say! I'm sending a mail...

Regards
Javi
 
I quote here, "and a stainless... I don't know the name!" on the sheath.

Would that be a excution maybe, I am just guessing myself. If I am spelling it right, in the building trade when something like that is applied to a piece of furniture, kind of centered on the front just to act as a decoritive piece we call it an excution. Again the spelling may be wrong.

Oh yes, I love the knife also. I love art knives and the skill that someone like you posses to acomplish a work of art like this. I just admire your work my friend.

Cheers, Daniel

Edit added: Did you sell it at the show or do you still have it and is it for sale???
 
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nativecajun57 said:
I quote here, "and a stainless... I don't know the name!" on the sheath.

Would that be a excution maybe, I am just guessing myself. If I am spelling it right, in the building trade when something like that is applied to a piece of furniture, kind of centered on the front just to act as a decoritive piece we call it an excution. Again the spelling may be wrong.
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I believe a escutcheon would generally be a plate added to a sheath for decorative and/or engraving purposes, while the stud for retaining the sheath in a belt or sash as show above seems to be popularly called a "frog" or "frog button".

PS Love the knife!
 
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