Mat Maresch

Absolute Hotness!

Wonderful Design perfectly plain executed. Whoa!

This is drop dead gorgeous!!!

The blade is wonderful, and the handle and sheath do her justice.

Thanks for showing,

Mat

Wonderful Sam!

I am looking forward to the blades you hammer out there.

Now all you need is a finishing section

Mat

Spring? It´s autumn over here ( and friggin cold by the way)

Wonderful spring you got there, too beautiful to make choppers from it in my opinion.

Chris, you are going to be a great knifemaker.

I wish you a happy future with your fiancée.

Keep up rockin´!

Hey Chris,

looking very good so far!

You might want to check this out:

http://www.thecarvingpath.net/forum/

Tons of information for carving etc etc.

Mat

Richard, I just wanted to show my respect for your way of energy-neutral living.

If more people would use solar energy, maybe our grandchildren could live on this planet :/

It is my deepest fear that we are destroying anything which keeps us alive.

Thanks for showing!

Hello Toni,

I don´t know why noone responds, but.... i like it a lot.

It is awfully well executed, and the combination full/hidden tang really seems a good choice. I´ve seen some knives done this way from a german knifemaker before, and I like this.

Lines do work as well, nice job!

Mat

Hello Tonu,

it is a pity and a shame this years´ Sicac has to exist without you and your knives.

You just ruined my day

I´ll send you an email this evening.

Mat

Hello Tonu,

you really have the talent to make your work smaller than it is. But the pictures are telling the truth

I am looking forward to seeing you in Paris in ten days. Hope your wife comes along?

Keep rocking, friend!!!

Mat

Dave, classical design well executed. The finish is real clean.

I like it if knives are so.... demure?

Mat

Don, I love your large knives. Elegant, yet wicked - wicked, yet friendly to the eye.

I really look forward to handling one of those one day.

The ivory is absolutely gorgeous.

Thanks for showing!

Mat

I guess that is what I wanted my knives to look like. Wonderfully done!

Awfully good job on the lines !!!

Mat

"Bloody brillant" puts it right.

Looking forward for more

Mat

A wonderful sword / machete you made there!

And it does look like a wicked cutter. W2, hmm? This is gonne be real sharp!

Thanks for showing!

Mat

edit -UHHH! I am deeply honoured to have given inspiration for the butt cap! Had to laugh out loud upon seeing the butt of my " Black Bird" on the makings page.

Hello Tonu, wonderful knife, I love your facets

Nice to see something out of your workshop again. I hope to see you again soon!

Greetings from SW-Germany

Mat

Funkey Funkey. Me like!

Slick slim and slender, and a wonderful guard.

It is kind of.... hansonesque, and thats a compliment

Love your style, Ray.

Uhm, I just keep coming back and looking again and again....

So I´ll just tell you again: This is friggin beautiful.

The blade´s shape is gorgeous!!!!

Mat ( who´ll be comin´ back and back and...)

Uh, Sam I can´t believe it. You finished a sword?!?

AND it´s lookin´gooood.

Now you have totally left the non-finishers club I guess.

Keep on rockin´!!!!

Mat

Jake, I love your swords.

It is a pleasure to see how you move from early medieval to high medieval.

If you need a glove.... I could lend you mine for ceremony´s sake ))

And if there´s a museum involved the better.

Thanks for showing! And.... make some more, will´ya?

Mat

Hello Chris.

You do yourself honor to ask before completion. So I will tell you MY opinion.

Use the gas burner ( torch?) and heat the guard´s ends very carefully ( one at a time ). When they are well heated, take a tong and start bending the end towards the blade ( back-side) and towards the pommel ( edge-side), thus shaping it to a slight S-form. If you are REAL brave, you might even forge the ends a bit, trying to make them a bit longer.

I guess it would really suit this - real elegant - knife a lot.

Best regards, and nice work so far!!!

Mat

Glad you like it, guys. I made the sheath yesterday and will have a few pics up tonight.

Adlai, I have been worrying about grease and fat too. So I sealed the sinew off with glue. Still, the owner will have to get accustomed to cleaning it thoroughly, thats for sure.

Be back on you guys later,

Mat

Wonderful shape on this one, David.

I especially like how you shaped the hilt.

For my taste the tip could have been a bit more pointed, but thats just my love for scary tips

Keep it up! And keep showing what you come up with over the summer!

Mat

This is awesome!

And considering your age, and when you started putting your shop up.... this is stunning.

You make great progress, and I am really looking forward to your next blades. Have a nice and productive summer over there,

Mat

Hello friends of the blade.

It has been a long time since I shown anything in these forums, but it is time to show a bit more presence here I thought...

So let me start with a customers order for a "large barbecue knife":

Blade forged from high carbon steel and 15N20 - 6 2/8 inch, 1/8 inch thick

Handle scales desert ironwood, with peened bronze pins and sinew, 5 inch long

Sheath is still in the makings, will be a simple leather sheath.

What do you think?

Greetings!

Mat