I made a ball bearing damascus billet a few years ago at david lavoie's shop under his instruction. this is the last piece of it. its a small bowie, 6 1/2" blade. the furniture is stainless. the frame is snakewood and the scales interior mammoth ivory. my idea for the grip was to be a frame handle but toward the pommel each layer swept away from the lower layer in a gentle curve, revealing the layers. it makes a set of steps or terraces when viewed from the side. the guard is soldered. leather sheath with a caiman face. (a small type of alligator). it was a fun challenge piece that required a lot of time and fiddling around and so please forgive my overindulgence as i post post both the wonderful sharp by coop photos and my own pics. thanks for looking ! john thumbnail by john april, on Flickr thumbnail-1 by john april, on Flickr fullsizeoutput_5f by john april, on Flickr fullsizeoutput_60 by john april, on Flickr fullsizeoutput_63 by john april, on Flickr fullsizeoutput_62 by john april, on Flickr fullsizeoutput_61 by john april, on Flickr fullsizeoutput_64 by john april, on Flickr
VERY impressive buddy!!!!!!!!! I can only imagine the time you have in that badboy.....WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! You're stepping your game up so high it's going to be tough to keep up to yourself....
Wow John! That’s my favorite piece I’ve seen from you yet. Absolutely love the snakewood frame. Really beautiful!
I loved capturing this. I have seen a LOT of Bowies, and I really enjoy when someone bring something NEW to the project. This was a fresh idea and the quality was exemplary. (As you would imagine, and you can see.) Thank you John!
