matt venier Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Since I saw the Cloud Cutter and the Dragonfly from Jimmy Fikes and Don Fogg I've always wanted to make one. It's got about an 15" blade and about the same for the handle. about 5/16" at it's thickest with a tapered tang. Snakewood handle scales with a multistrand Japanese styled cord wrap. Sorry about the bad pictures, I was pressed for time and this is as good as I got There's no kissaki like an O-kissaki!http://www.venierdesign.com/Venier_Design_Inc./Welcome.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stephens Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Ooh. That's really nice! Very cool, sir! --Dave -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 DANG, Matt, you went and got friggin' excellent! A worthy interpretation. Did Don and Jimmy see it at Blade? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt venier Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 I didn't see either of them, were they there? it would have been really cool if they had seen it. I had so much fun with and it was such a departure for me I might make another. There's no kissaki like an O-kissaki!http://www.venierdesign.com/Venier_Design_Inc./Welcome.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Helmes Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 wow! What a lovley sword! Well done! http://www.jeffhelmes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sveinn Kallinen Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Wow, thats beautiful. To say the least. For the less, even as for the greater, there is but one deed which he may accomplish only once, and in that deed his heart shall rest. I may not have a fiery beard (yet), but it is fire colored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Miller Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 That's a beautiful interpretation and tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon W Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Very cool! There are some really nice lines throughout the piece. What are the darker horizontal lines through the hamon? I don't think I've seen any so prominent before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F. Ellis Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Love it! My website- Dunstan Forge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Yates Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 OOOHHH Daddy Likely that I want it for home defense with a back Scabbard over my right shoulder However , My 7 year old would take it from me for herself . Sam Robert D. Yates , 13 & On Forge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Hernandez Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Outstanding, Matt. Enjoy life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenR.T. Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 That thing is ridiculously cool, great work! Ben TendickFollow me on Instagram - WIP pics added dailyB.R.T. Bladeworks http://www.brtbladeworks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt venier Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 I believe the horizontal lines are alloybanding I seem to get a lot of it with this batch of 1075. There's no kissaki like an O-kissaki!http://www.venierdesign.com/Venier_Design_Inc./Welcome.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 that is great, Matt. I am seriously impressed. please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon W Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Ah, that makes sense, I only recall seeing those lines on other single alloy blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon W Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Ah, that makes sense, I only recall seeing those lines on other single alloy blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Helm Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 That is absolutely gorgeous! James Helm - Helm Enterprises, Forging Division Come see me at the Blade Show! Table 26R. Proud to be a Neo-Tribal Metalsmith scavenging the wreckage of civilization. My blog dedicated to the metalwork I make and sell: http://helmforge.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBranson Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Beautiful piece!! That snakewood works very well with the length of the handle. I like your take on the Kiodai Murasaki Jabara Maki style of wrap. What did you use for cord? - Stuart www.sbransonknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Matt Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Wow, that is awsome! You sir are my inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Light Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Stunning! Some fair sized pieces of snake wood too! Cheers, Stew. stewartjlight.atchoo.org stewartjlight-knives.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt venier Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hey Stuart, I used 1mm Chinese knotting cord. It comes in many sizes and colors and I dont have to try and sew strands together like the cord the Japanese use. Stewart, actually the peice I had to buy was a lot bigger, almost 28" long but it had really nice grain. So I have some left for another project down the road. Thanks for all the comments guys! There's no kissaki like an O-kissaki!http://www.venierdesign.com/Venier_Design_Inc./Welcome.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter-Paul Derks Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 wow, that thing is wicked awesome!! http://mefecit.nl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Matt... don't mind me. I'm just gasping in awe and quivering with lust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Man, that is a sweet blade.... I gotta make one of those. I doubt it will be that pretty though.... George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stifle Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I love everything about it. But (and primarily because I have so much trouble with it) I'm drawn to what a super job you did on the wrap. Lovely job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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