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Since I rarely do non-commissioned work, I rarely have the opportunity to have something sitting around the shop staring at me, pestering me with it's little foibles. I recently acquired a piece of 5 to 6000 yr old bog oak from Mark Farley at ItsaBurl (came with a carbon date report!) and it was just asking to be on the war knife. And I also wasn't happy with the scars on the bolster from the multiple pourings that it took to get the pewter in place. And I also wasn't happy with the dead look of the pewter that I used. So... I removed the original handle.. did some further grinding on the blade (to remove the partial touch marks), and made a new grip. This one has a silver based pewter which is much prettier to me and has markings which I snagged from a hilt in the 'Swords of the Viking Age' book. And the bog oak sports a wire brushed finish. I, personally, vastly prefer the look of this iteration.
It is frustrating to have to do such a drastic re-work on something.. but the release I feel with finally feeling happy with the end product makes it worth it.
I just listed this for sale (along with a camp knife and axe) on my Facebook 'Big Rock Forge' page if there is interest: https://www.facebook.com/BigRockForge?ref=hl
It is frustrating to have to do such a drastic re-work on something.. but the release I feel with finally feeling happy with the end product makes it worth it.
I just listed this for sale (along with a camp knife and axe) on my Facebook 'Big Rock Forge' page if there is interest: https://www.facebook.com/BigRockForge?ref=hl
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