Taurus 15

[erik markman]

Hi all,

This is something different from me.

Blade guard and pommel made of O1.
Guard and pommel also hardened.
Black Gunkote coating ( thanks Toni!).
OD green Micarta handle.

Bladelength 15 cm.
Overall length 27,8 cm.
This knife will get a sheath made by Martin Swinkels.

Ther will be 12 cm, 10 cm and damascus versions of this knife in the near future.

Thanks for looking!

Merry Xmas!

 

[xaman]

I really like that knife. Great lines and the Gunkote looks awesome.

 

[tmayberry50]

That is a great looking knife. I am sure that when offered for sale it will go fast.

 

[Lorien]

tough bastard! That's a great looking knife:thumbup:

 

[willrise]

Nice !!!

 

[theflyingplatypus]

Wow, that is incredible. Looks like something a Marine would carry (one with a sense of style that is .

Kaleb

 

[T.K.C.]

I REALLY like that knife!!! I like it a whole lot!!

 

[raylaconico]

That's a really nice looking knife. Great Job!

 

[RogerP]

That is a seriously cool piece.

Roger

 

[Toni Oostendorp]

Great knife Erik, half integrals rock!

greetings,

Toni Oostendorp

 

[RussB]

Very clean piece, I like it.

 

[d762nato]

Good looking knife i like the hardcore user look. A bigger one to match it would be sweet too.

 

[fivefold]

That is really sweet looking. I like the OD green micarta with black... nice work.:thumbup:

 

[Redsnake1997]

Love it. Looks like a very useful military design! Let me know what type of $$ this one would run.

 

[Jos]

The man with the wooden shoes...

Nice work. Not my style though. Damascus versions sound very promising!

Kind regards,

Jos

 

[erik markman]

Love it. Looks like a very useful military design! Let me know what type of $$ this one would run.

Email sent.

 

[stabber]

Very nice Work Eric:thumbup:

 

[jurgen]

really great,cool knife buddy !!!

grtz,jurgen.

 

[wiros]

Erik,
Nice piece. Looking for the one in damascus and NO kydex sheat

in bocca al lupo

Wim

 

[erik markman]

Thank you all for your nice comments!



The Taurus is not a full integral, I usually make them like this:

The Taurus has the about the same bolster as the knife above but with a separate guard added behind that. Wich leaves much more room for a tang that is much stronger than possible on a conventional knife.



This is the tang before tapering the tang, the size of the tang is 12 mm thick by 18,5 mm high. ( see below )

This is a topvieuw of the tang before tapering. ( see below )

This is the tang after tapering the tang and flattening the back side of the bolster, the size of the tang is still 12 mm x 18,5 mm measured against the bolster. ( see below )

Guard, handle and pommel fitted. ( see below )

Hardened and partially finished all steel parts. The blade is differentially hardened. ( see below )

Testfitted before final finishing, etching my logo, beadblasting and coating. The end of the tang is still 7,5 mm x 9,5 mm where it goes through the pommel. ( see below )

Knife finished and assembled, tang peened. The peening is the strongest way of fixing a handle, it has been done for over a thousand years so it must be good.

Knife finished. 8)

I hope this gives you more insight on the construction of this knife. It is not the easy way but it leaves much more room to make the strongest construction possible.



Thanks for looking!



Erik