Snakewood and Bronze Dagger

jhiggins · Sep 9, 2005

Just finished this. My hands are all cramped up now. Anyway, have a look. I feel like I just gave birth.

Overall Length: 9.75"
Blade Length: 5"
Handle Length: 4.75"
Blade material: 1095
Handle Material: Snakewood
Fittings: Bronze and 303 Stainless

A little Yin Yang flower carving on the pommel.

Oldnamvet · Sep 9, 2005

WOW! What a baby. :thumbup:

Dan Pierson · Sep 9, 2005

That's beautiful Jeff! Your workmanship and style are both very impressive.

rebeltf · Sep 9, 2005

Sexy ! love that snakewood

is that a flower of sorts on the pommel ?

jhiggins · Sep 9, 2005

rebeltf said:
Sexy ! love that snakewood is that a flower of sorts on the pommel ?

Yes... well sort of. Two petals and a yinyang?

Mark Williams · Sep 9, 2005

That's a purdy Jeff. Diggin the carving.

L6steel · Sep 9, 2005

Very nice!!!!
How did you get the point so sharp?
I always end up with a rounded off point on daggers. They actually have a cutting edge on them because the center is thick where the two grinds meet. Never have been able to over come that. Got one almost finished now and I dread that about finishing it.

indian george · Sep 9, 2005

Come on who did you buy it from????HEHEHE!!! Nice job Bro.

B . Buxton · Sep 9, 2005

Very nice Jeff, really cool piece, every part on it flows beautifully. 2 thumbs up :thumbup: :thumbup:

Bill

happycat · Sep 9, 2005

Hig, that is a work of ART! What a beauty! I love the carving. I gotta get me some bronze. Been meaning to try it now you've made up my mind.
Great JOb!
Ed

Bruce Bump · Sep 10, 2005

Nice one Higgins! That grind and the pommel are exceptional!

ddavelarsen · Sep 10, 2005

Way to go Jeff! Man, that's outstanding. I dig the snakewood and the way the colors fall together. I just want to pick it up!

jhiggins · Sep 10, 2005

Thanks for the kind words, guys. That snakewood was the ugliest piece in my drawer full of handle materials. I decided to give it a try because my gut was telling me it might work out. As I started shaping it I started seeing it get nicer and nicer.

Raymond Richard · Sep 10, 2005

Higgy, I'd be sore after pooping something like that out. Looks really good! Hope the snakewood doesn't decide to do any tricks on its own.....

Michael J. Spangler · Sep 10, 2005

damn!! way to go higgy, after all the bad stuff IG says about you, you really can make a nice knfe

anvilring · Sep 10, 2005

I'm gett'n some snake wood. I've never used the stuff but this looks great! Nice knife Jeff....

mitch

h2ostx · Sep 10, 2005

Wow! Looks good, Jake!! (sorry, I'm regressing to the jig post)

Man, the double grind looks really nice. I've never tried one before, but it looks like it would be very hard to keep straight. Your material choices look really good together. I like the snakewood, too.

Good job Jeff. Hey, I'm really liking that tapper. Sure works well with the small taps in the ti. Haven't broken one yet.

Kelly

John Andrews · Sep 10, 2005

You are getting really fancy there, Higgy! Nice work, to say the least. Who's gonna latch onto that beauty?

blgoode · Sep 11, 2005

looking good. I like the flower butt. And teh color of the snakewood sets everything off nicely

J. Neilson · Sep 11, 2005

That is one sweet knife Jeff. Reminds me of some fo the old Roman daggers in some of my books. I sure never could get bronze to look that good, just overall great work.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

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