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This was a custom order that I finished just before the holidays and I figured it was about time that it was posted.
The blade is 4in long made of 1095 with a multi- bevel grind and hamon. The main bevels are hollow ground, the false edge is flat ground and the tip is convex ground. The bolsters are bronze that I heated to give an antiqued look. I also beveled the front of the bolster to give the illusion of a habaki and carved some decorative lines into it as well. The scales are antique elephant ivory. The thumb opener is hand carved bronze and made to look like a menuki. The titanium liners have been anodized a bronze/purple color and fileworked to resemble bamboo. The back spacer is textured on the inside and there is a small skull crusher formed from the end of the spacer. All the screw heads have been heat colored bronze.
Overall length is just over 9inches.
Thank you for looking,
Chuck
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The blade is 4in long made of 1095 with a multi- bevel grind and hamon. The main bevels are hollow ground, the false edge is flat ground and the tip is convex ground. The bolsters are bronze that I heated to give an antiqued look. I also beveled the front of the bolster to give the illusion of a habaki and carved some decorative lines into it as well. The scales are antique elephant ivory. The thumb opener is hand carved bronze and made to look like a menuki. The titanium liners have been anodized a bronze/purple color and fileworked to resemble bamboo. The back spacer is textured on the inside and there is a small skull crusher formed from the end of the spacer. All the screw heads have been heat colored bronze.
Overall length is just over 9inches.
Thank you for looking,
Chuck
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