"shiv" dagger with redwood burl and hamon

Knifemaker87

Knifemaker87

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hey everybody...
here is something i just finished.. i have been playing around with the idea since i saw pictures of Don Fogg's shiv daggers. the blade was forged from W1 and was quenched with water. (that is my first that didnt crack) also i blued the "integral" part of the blade where it transitions into the handle.. so it is darker than the pictures give it credit for.
the "cap" on the end is made from copper and blackened. the handle is redwood burl.
let me know what you think... i was going for an "antique" look. you think i could sell it?
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thanks for looking!
~Chris
 
AWESOME! As long as its legal to do so, i say sell it. No warp? WHen i did a double hamon double edge chisel grind, it of course warped towards the grind and i had to straighten right out of tempering.
 
"you think i could sell it?" I don't know, Does anyone want a absolutely great looking knife out there? :rolleyes::D all kidding aside that is really nice! the whole thing works!
 
Nope... no warping.. i was really surprised... right now i dont have it polished up very much... i took it to about 400.. but with some of the 220 scratches. i wanted the antique look.. but i dont know if i like the scratches.... i think i may repolish it but it will look the same.. just more "mirror" looking.
what do you think?
and thanks for the encouragment!
~Chris
 
i meant to add.. when i asked if i could sell it.. it was kinda a "i wonder if that would work" kinda knife.. but i was working on other stuff too, so i didnt take ALL the scratches out and such... do you think i should sell it for less?
thanks
~Chris
 
That is probably one of my favourites made by you, and that is saying alot. I love integrals, hamons and burly wood. I like the grind and especially the pommel. Nice job!
 
thanks guys!
and thanks Jim for supplying the wood for the handle!
thanks keith! i really appreciate your support!

and i AM wondering how much to ask for it.. any ideas?

you asked if i am taking any orders? well...possibly.... it would depend on what it was!
thanks so much!
~Chris
 
Ha, that's the million dollar question, no pun. Lately, I've been figuring up my costs and doubling - knives have been selling pretty good, and the prices "seem" about right, maybe a little on the low side in some cases. However, they haven't been this fancy or time intensive to make. You're offering a service that not everyone can match, even on this site (that end-cap gives me a headache just looking at it...how many things would get thrown across my shop in frustration from trying to make it fit as well as your's seems to?). I don't even know if it's proper or acceptable to throw numbers out at you - good luck figuring it out...it's a pretty cool piece.
 
*laughs* that end peice was... involved. the actual cap is a peice of pipe i "squished" in the vise and then hard soldered a peice of 1/8 copper i got from work (i LOVE working at NASA) on the end.. the fitting wasnt that bad actually. first i have one it and it didnt seem to hard.. you had to go slow though. and the reason i put it on there was i was going to try and make a "screw on" butt plate.. but that didnt work out so nce.. so i had to cover the hole in the end. the tang goes all the way to the butt.
so yeah.. i was thinking like 300 for the knife.. but i think i am going to make a sheath for it and repolish before putting it up for like 450.
thought?
thanks so much!
~Chris
 
That rates the highest on my coolness scale of any knife I've seen lately. I'd keep that one personally if I made it.
 
ya i love working with copper and brass. looks very very nice, what did you use to coat the blade to get the hamon. i use furnace cement
 
i normally used Rutland black furnace cement.. but after watching walter sorrells videos.. i have switched to satinite (which is what this blade was)
it didnt crack.. i am happy
thanks!
~Chris
 
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