Sculpted Ivory-Damascus Hunter-Paul Long Sheath added

John White

John White

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Sculpted Pre-Ban Ivory Scales on a Frame-Handled Turkish Twist Damascus Hunter.

-----5 1/2 inch, four-bar low count Turkish twist blade; curved finger guard from the same billet, "W" Damascus collar;

-----file-worked, triple layer stainless frame; file-worked stainless accent spacers; domed, faceted stainless pins

-----next, off to Paul Long for his magic touch in leather.

Thanks to a long time client for a fun time planning and building this one.

John

Here 'tis with it's Paul Long, "Shark on Shark" sheath: Fully lined tooled leather, with brown shark chevron, and black shark inlay.

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That's an amazingly fine piece of work....absolutely superb. :)
 
Absolutely beautiful John! I love the shape and sculpting of the handle.
 
BEAUTIFUL John! Those domed pins look perfect on that ivory and it is so well balanced looking.

Peter
 
That's a GREAT looking knife John. I love the damascus and the contrast of the ivory against the steel makes the whole thing 'pop'.

Very nice work.
 
Awesome hunter Mr. White!!! Love it all around. That handle sculpting looks really nice. Thanks for showing it. :)
 
Sweet! The sculpting on that handle is out of sight!! John, do you get any pushback for using elephant ivory? I know that the legal stuff is for US consumption only, but it almost seems like it is actually easier to get than some other premium materials nowadays. It is certainly not cheap and getting more expensive very day, but I can get pretty much anything of a legal pachyderm persuasion that I want from a custom pool cue supply house here in Florida if I am willing to pay for it.
 
Another great knife John!

A small question, is there some functional reason behind the relatively high domed pins or is it purely a artistic choice? Don't get me wrong, I love them, but I am just curious since I never worked with ivory and thought it may have something to do with it. Thanks.
 
Thanks for the compliments, guys. This one was fun.

Joe, all my Pre-Ban knives are custom orders, and I've not had any push-back. In this country, we have customs control to counter smuggling, as well as a supply of legal, Pre-Ban ivory, as you note.

Like many an aging hippie, I'm a rabid conservationist. All wildlife is threatened by ever-increasing human population, and it's attendant habitat loss. In addition, lack of effective government in many African countries, and the blind eye to smuggling by other countries adds poaching to the elephant's threats. Wild animals only chance in an increasingly crowded world is to be of some kind of economic benefit to to host countries population, and to have their habitat preserved by active government and non-government efforts. In southern Africa, this type co-operative work has given the elephant a space to exist. Just as in the U.S, legal regulated hunting, safaris, preserves, private and government conservation efforts that also benefit humans, are the only practical ways to save wildlife.

There, got that rant off my mind.

Patrice, the high, faceted domes are just my particular artistic choice, although a side benefit may be a lessoned chance of cracking the ivory, since I peen "over" the surface. That's not the primary reason, though. I just like the way it looks.


John
 
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