Jacek Robotka Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) Hi, my name is Jacek I am new on this forum. I mainly make historical knives and would like to present my work. Please feel free to comment and ask questions. 1. Knife with yew handle. The blade is made of carbon steel, yew hilt with leather plait to help with pulling the knife out of a scabbard. Hand stitiched scabbard, leather plait to hang the knife on belt. Overall length 220mm, blade length 110mm, blade width (at the widest point) 23mm, blade thickness 2.5mm. 2. Viking knife from Gotland Viking knife based on finds from Scandinavia (Gotland). The blade is made of carbon steel, wooden hilt with leather plait to help with pulling the knife out of a sheath. Sheath made of waxed leather with brass bindings, leather plait to hang the knife on belt. Overall length 190mm, blade length 90mm, blade width (at the widest point) 20mm, blade thickness 2mm. 3. Viking knife from Gotland Viking knife based on finds from Gotland. The blade is made of carbon steel, wooden hilt with leather plait to help with pulling the knife out of a sheath. Sheath made of waxed leather with brass bindings, leather plait to hang the knife on belt. Overall length 190mm, blade length 90mm, blade width (at the widest point) 20mm, blade thickness 2mm. 4.Viking knife with reindeer antler hilt Viking knife based on finds from Gotland. The blade is made of carbon steel, the hilt is made of polished reindeer antler, provided with leather thong to help with pulling the knife out of a sheath. Sheath made of waxed leather with brass bindings, decorated with stamped ornaments, leather thong to hang the knife on belt. Overall length 170mm, blade length 90mm, blade width (at the widest point) 15mm, blade thickness 2mm. 5. Folding sickle (koser) The blade is made of carbon steel. The handle is made of polished antler adorned with carved circles and lines. Metal ring to hang the sickle on a belt. This sickle is based on finds from Chech Republic (Mikulcic) and Poland (Gniezno, Poznań, Ostrów Lednicki). Overall length 280mm, blade length 120mm, blade width (at the widest point) 25mm, blade thickness 3mm. 6. Slavic knife from Sowinki Knife is based on find from Sowinki, Poland. The blade is made of carbon steel, full thang, the hilt is made of bone adorned with carved circles and lines. Sheath made of waxed leather with brass bindings based on finds from Poland, leather plait to hang the knife on belt. Overall length 295mm, blade length 175mm, blade width (at the widest point) 27mm, blade thickness 4mm. thanks for looking. Jacek Edited November 13, 2017 by Jacek Robotka 3 http://jorgencraft.com/ http://modern.jorgencraft.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vili K Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'm afraid I can't see any photos in this thread, and only half of the photos in your other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacek Robotka Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 hi I am sorry for this. I hve uploaded them again. Hopefully there will be visible now. http://jorgencraft.com/ http://modern.jorgencraft.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Hebbard Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Very nice work Jacek! To become old and wise... You first have to survive being young and foolish! Ikisu.blogsot.com. Email; milesikisu@gmail.com mobile: +27784653651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacek Robotka Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thanks you Miles http://jorgencraft.com/ http://modern.jorgencraft.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Most excellent! There must be something in the Czech water, you all do such lovely work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ullrich Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Nice work, I like every one of those I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan.... - Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Page Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Excellent work! I have a particular affinity for the folding sickle, one of my favourite designs, and you did a great job with it Welcome to the forum! John Not all those who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien-Shards of the Dark Age- my blog-Nine Worlds Workshop--Last Apocalypse Forge- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Green Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Very nice. I love them all. Well done. Mark Green I have a way? Is that better then a plan? (cptn. Mal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emiliano Carrillo Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Those are some really clean well made pieces! Awesome work and welcome to the forum man! -Emiliano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karter Schuster Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Oh wow I was just admiring your Deviant Art knife posts (for inspiration), have a hearty welcome Jacek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hloh Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Most excellent! There must be something in the Czech water, you all do such lovely work. Thats possible, because all Czech basin lies on uranium Nice knives by the way. New email: hloh.noze@gmail.com New blog: http://knivesbyhloh.blogspot.cz/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krateros Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 great work!i love them all!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vili K Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Very clean work, I especially love the folding sickle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacek Robotka Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Thank you for all friendly comments and warm welcome. Btw I am Polish but this is the same Slavic water :D 1 http://jorgencraft.com/ http://modern.jorgencraft.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas pludra Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Great work, Jacek. I really like your style of knives and although I´m not particularly interested in folders - the one you showed us here is a real beauty. Welcome to the forum. http://www.highland-dirk.ag.vu http://www.messermacher-thomaspludra.de "If I have an apple and you have an apple and we exchange these apples, then each will still have one apple. But if I have an idea and you have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas" (George Bernard Shaw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacek Robotka Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thank you Thomas http://jorgencraft.com/ http://modern.jorgencraft.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacek Robotka Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) Latest work.Two of them are 14th cent. knives and one Slavic and one Viking knife. Thanks Jacek Edited November 2, 2014 by Jacek Robotka 1 http://jorgencraft.com/ http://modern.jorgencraft.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 nice work. Welcome, sorry I didn't see your post earlier. I love the style you are working in (a lot like puukkos, and I love them). thanks for sharing with us! kc 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...
Alan Longmire Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 More beautiful work! Sorry about the mistaken nationality, I took a guess based on your surname and missed. But if the water is the same, it still explains a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacek Robotka Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 thank you for the comments no problem Alan http://jorgencraft.com/ http://modern.jorgencraft.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacek Robotka Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) Hello, First knife from a new range 14th cent. knife with sheath based on finds from London. thanks for looking Jacek Edited November 13, 2017 by Jacek Robotka 2 http://jorgencraft.com/ http://modern.jorgencraft.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacek Robotka Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Hello, Please see my latest work. Bog Handle Slavic KnifeKnife inspired by historical finds. The blade is made of carbon steel, the hilt is made of deer antler and bog oak with brass bolster, leather thong to help with pulling the knife out of a sheath. Sheath is made of waxed leather with brass fittings, povided with leather thong to hang the knife on a belt. Overall length 340mm, blade length 200mm, blade width (at the widest point) 25mm, blade thickness 3mm. Thanks for looking Jacek 2 http://jorgencraft.com/ http://modern.jorgencraft.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake cleland Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 love the lines of this, and the embossing on the sheath. may forge one of these tomorrow... Jake Cleland - Skye Knives www.knifemaker.co.uk "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Hebbard Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Very nice work! To become old and wise... You first have to survive being young and foolish! Ikisu.blogsot.com. Email; milesikisu@gmail.com mobile: +27784653651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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