The "Samurai Hunter"........

[Karl B. Andersen]

.........or West - meets - East - meets - Mid West.

Seems like every time I get in the same room with Joe Keeslar I get this "infection" and need to come back home and make a Brut de Forge.
It's a disease.
So, I came up with the "Samurai Hunter"!
A traditional wrapped handle with ray skin under-lay, but with a clipped hunter profile on a 1095 blade with a hamon.
With a mirror polished spine and clip.
And I do believe she's gettin' a Kydex sheath!
Confusing.

 

[Dusty One]

Super looking piece....Great handle wrap !

 

[zeuqramjj2002]

beautiful!!

 

[Bailey Knives]

Wow, that is quite a mix of different styles, but I like it. Nice work and very nice hamon.

 

[scs.knives]

Very nice, love brute de forge. how do you wrap a handle like that?

 

[Leatherface]

love it bro

 

[jim poling]

Nice primative with a twist Karl, It works.

Jim

 

[Contained]

Wow, that is amazing! I love the design and the stingray is just awesome.

 

[Bastid]

Great looking work. Everything flows on this knife. Great mix of styles together with fantastic lines. I really like the subtle curve of the spine from the blade tip to the butt of the handle along with all the rest of this knife.

 

[Hengelo_77]

I like it.
I like the combination of the rough forge marks, the fine hamon and the unexpected cordwrap.

One question came to mind:
-Samurai hunter-
Is it a knife for a samurai who likes to hunt or is it a knife for a man who hunts samurai?