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white tiger

white tiger

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Hi Gents


The blade for this harpoon point style Bowie has a core of 1095 steel laminated with white paper steel cheeks. The blade length is 185mm, the blade thickness is 5mm on the spine and the overall length of the knife is 318mm. The single branch carbon steel hand guard has a patterned surface, has been gun blued and is backed by a single nickel silver spacer. The handle is Macassar ebony and is held to the tang with one 4mm stainless pin.
The double welted leather sheath has been dyed walnut brown with a black frame on the front panel inlaid with faux ostrich leather. A Sam brown stud is at the throat to keep the sheath in position for a sash carry and at the sheaths tip there is a single eyelet to attach a lanyard if required. I would like to thank Joe Paranee for that idea, I saw a film he had posted on YouTube with a sash carry sheath he had made with a hole for a static line attachment. I thought it was a cracking idea, I hope you don't mind me borrowing it for this sheath Joe.
Thank you for taking the time to look, all of your comments and critique are very welcome.

Steve









 
Gents thank you for your comments, I have to say I was very happy to finish this blade as she seemed quite happy to fight me at every turn. The trials and tribulations of custom knife making I guess.
 
Lovely work as always. :thumbsup:

I know exactly what you mean about some projects fighting you all the way. I worked on a 10" bowie off and on for about 18 months which had become such a battle that I eventually lost my patience with it. The fittings went over the hedge, and the blade was thrown on the floor, bending the tip over and was dumped into my 'steel that might come in handy one day box'.
I picked it up a couple of weeks back and re-ground it into an 8 1/2" bowie in a different style. Since then it's gone perfectly.

Some things are meant to be and others aren't.

Ian.
 
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