Stag Sub Hilt Fighter ( New pic in post #17)

David Loukides

David Loukides

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Or I should say, the project from Hell.
I started out with a stag handle that I had to reject.
Second stag the pith was to grease for my comfort in using. Reject #2
Brazilian Rose wood looked just plain wrong. The guard was already mounted and I had fitted the tang to the block of wood. Reject #3
So this is what I ended up with.

India stag. (Third try)
153 Layers of 1082 and 15n20 in a slow twist pattern.
Blade length tip guard is 8 & 7/8"
Over All length is 14"
The max blade thickness is .230"
The 416 stainless guard and sub hilt are satin finish on the sides and mirror on the faces.
The but plate is mirror polished and did not photograph well.

There is room for improvements on this one so I would like to hear you thoughts.

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Thanks Looking,
Dave
 
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Sounds like you had some dramas mate! In the end though, it turned out just great. Goes to show how persistence pays off :surprise:
Cheers Keith
 
Hi Keith,
I left out the part that the blade cut right threw my jeans. Luckily it Missed my skin
That would of been a little over dramatic :eek:
Dave
 
that is a very cool knife! The furniture in particular is amazing- crisp, flowing lines.
personally, I think I'd prefer a monosteel blade as I feel that the damascus makes things very slightly too busy.
that being said, this is a fantastic piece worthy of praise!
 
Beautiful, as always, Dave. I have two comments. The lower extension of the S-guard being so much longer than the sub-hilt looks slightly off to my eye, but it might grow on me. Also, the ricasso could be longer to allow better access to the rear part of the edge for sharpening.
 
Dave, I actually really like the stag/sub-hilt. My only comment is that the handle, sub-hilt and guard have a lot of "motion" going on. To my eye they almost look alive. Then when I get to the blade it looks just a little too straight. It might just be the angle of the photo, but with all the flowing curves in the handle and guard area, I would like to continue that; perhaps with a bit of a recurve or an upswept Persian tip.

Kevin
 
Thank You for the Critiques.
Why Critiques are so important to me is after spending many hours making a knife my mind can convince me what might be off is Good to Go.
Sincerely,
Dave
 
It looks a little unbalanced to me also that the guard is noticeably longer than the subhilt, and the curvature of the guards make the blade look too straight.

Funny Kevin mentioned the idea of a Persian type sweep to the blade as I was thinking that may look good also.
I think it would look better if the guard was modified to be the same length as the subhilt.

The fit and finish look very good.

Peter
 
black mamba said:
Beautiful, as always, Dave. I have two comments. The lower extension of the S-guard being so much longer than the sub-hilt looks slightly off to my eye, but it might grow on me. Also, the ricasso could be longer to allow better access to the rear part of the edge for sharpening.
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Interesting how folk's preferences differ as the varying lengths between the lower "S" guard lug and the sub-hilt is one of my favorite parts of this piece. It's a fine piece especially the overall execution of the handle. As to Kevin C's point, the handle is so nice the blade leaves me wanting a little more. Where do you get all this super nice stag. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
I too like the guard/sub hilt arrangement.

You've been putting out some great work Dave!

Greg
 
After listening to Some Excellent comments Wendy wanted to try to take a better picture. This is to give a better representation of the knife.
Some of your suggestions will be implemented in a future knife.
Thanks,
Dave

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Dave,
The recent picture gives it a truer, flatter, straight on look. I was going to suggest something like that. Very nice!

Russ
 
I think you have the design pegged. There are no improvements that I can see in that regard. It is a unique and natural take on an established genre.
I think that you will do well with it regardless of materials used. I wouldn't change the design at all, except for subtleties.
 
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