This was fun!

J. Neilson

J. Neilson

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This was fun! I've been wanting to try forging copper and I think it goes well with this one. I thought ('till I trial set it) that the guard would be too much for the knife but, it balanced out quite well. The knife has a coal forged and etched 4 3/4" blade of 5160 about 1/8" thick. The knife itself is 10" overall. The handle is impale bone with a turquoise throat and black spacers. The guard and the sheath post are hand-wrought copper. The sheath is, of course, by Tess.

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Awesome work man! I don't know just how to explain it, but that whole package just looks 'right' to me. Nice job.
 
I like it, I don't like, I'm not sure if I like it or not. This is a knife that I would have to see in person. I feel the guard overpowers the rest of the knife. It might look great on a big Bowie, but on this knife it seems like too much to me.
 
That, John, is actually not one of the problems I have. There's too many others to mention right now though.
:p

I agree that the guard does look big, at least at first. I actually did shorten the guard from it's original size. I still thought it may be too long but, when I trial fit it all together it balanced very well and... hell, I just liked the way it looked. I think it's one of those knives you just have to get your hands on to see. Maybe I'm wrong but, I still like it.
 
J it is different looking, but I trust your judgment, if you say it balances then it does. I like it :eek:
 
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