Sinuous bush sword: KnifeRights.org donation

[Storm Crow]

Back in January, while visiting the ABS Expo here in San Antonio, I met Doug Ritter of KnifeRights.org. Knife Rights is essentially the NRA of the bladed world. He asked if I'd be willing to donate a blade for their auction they hold to fund the legal battle defending the second amendment as it pertains to knives, and I agreed.

I forged out this sinuous bush sword from 5160. It has an integral socket handle, a recurved blade, and a raised false edge that is thin enough it could easily have a secondary bevel added and become double-edged.



Added some paracord impregnated in Minwax Wood Hardener and sharpened it:



Then I handed it over to Luke Swenson (http://www.swensonknives.com) who built a multiple carry option sheath rig for it and donated that to the cause. The inside of the baldric has an ostrich print inlay.







And then I did a wee bit of test cutting to show it's a working tool:

[video=youtube;nmhTE1EiFgo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmhTE1EiFgo[/video]

I delivered it this past weekend to the KnifeRights.org booth at the Lone Star Knife Expo, along with my buddy Tobin Nieto's entry. You can see all of the donated work here: http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=179&Itemid=1 They're all getting auctioned at the end of July.

 

[Storm Crow]

Just got an e-mail from Doug Ritter with a couple of minor corrections.

1. It's a drawing, not an auction. So the more a person donates, the more tickets they get and the higher chance they have to win.
2. KnifeRights.org is the website, Knife Rights is the organization.

 

[Bruce Bump]

Well done James! This is a great donation to Kniferights. A very worthy and necessary organization. I feel they are going full out for us knifemakers so I also donated a knife. All donations are expertly photographed by Point Seven Photography so it will be cool to see yours again.