Who's got pics of dogbone and coffin handles?

[Mace]

Hey guys,
I need a bit of inspiration. I'm working on a bowie and need some ideas.
So any of you guys got some pics?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Mace

 

[Bruce Evans]

Here is Dog bone I did..

and here is a Woodhead style coffin handle I did

Hope these help,
Bruce

 

[Bruce Evans]

Here is one Alex Daniels did.

and another

Bruce

 

[Mace]

Bruce,
Just the kind of stuff I was looking for. The dogbone of yours is sweet!
Love the style of it. I have to say that one is helping me the most(all are fantastic works!).....my problem is I started with a squareish coffin which I started to round off up front by the ferul.......all seems well up front but now I go to the back of the handle and I'm just not sure how I want to finnish it. seeing the dogbone reafirms some of my ideas.
If you find any more I would love to see them.
How about a close up of your dogbone handle?
Thanks a bunch.
Mace

 

[Ilovetoolsteel]

Hey guys,
I need a bit of inspiration. I'm working on a bowie and need some ideas.
So any of you guys got some pics?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Mace

Take a look at google or yahoo image search

There was 125 hits for coffin handle on google

http://images.google.com/images?q=coffin+handle&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search


Dog bone only turned up a few, this was the only knife.

http://www.bladegallery.com/pics/knife2895.jpg

 

[Gossman Knives]

Mace here is one I did with ebony handles.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=326755

Scott

 

[howiesatwork]

Here's some more dogbone Bowies:
http://home.hiwaay.net/~jamesd/dogbone.htm
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=312646
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=291658
http://harveydean.com/Antique_Reproductions.htm
http://www.watsonknives.com/018-MVC-014X.htm
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7197&postcount=1

Howie

 

[Bruce Evans]

Mace,Thanks for the compliment on the Bowie,Sorry I don't have a close up of the handle.With all the other pictures on the thread I bet you can figure something out now.
Good Luck,
Bruce

 

[RogerP]

This thread has some detailed pics of the making of one of the most spectacular Dog Bone Bowies I have ever seen, including pics of the construction of the handle:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=329359

Roger

 

[Mace]

Thanks very much guys. All these pics have been great and very helpfull.
Didn't see any thing like the mess I'm making, but gave me some ideas for the transition.
I do have a question: Bruce, on your dogbone and the one by Harvey Dean in Howies reply.....Reg. the transition between the handle material and the ferul....is the handle material NOT flush? As in sticking up a bit?


RogerP,
I have seen the tutorial before and it's fantastic! I met Ron when I took my intro to bladesmithing class and have been a fan of his work ever since.



I really dont NEED any more pics, but I sure dont mind seeing some more.
How about I open up the thread a bit.......lets broaden our horizon to include any "Clasic" type Bowie........can never get enough!
Thanks again
Mace

 

[Bruce Evans]

The ferrule on my Bowie is a hollow one that slides up on the Ivory,like a band of N/S to hold the scales and frame together.Yes my scales are a little higher that the band and the Ivory was smoothed over to make a nice joint,As for Harvey's I cannot speak for him on his construction.
Bruce