wieland 7 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 hi all,this fighter was built for a good customer:W1forged and diff. hardenedbronzewalrus-ivory (with CITES)total: 37cm - 14 1/2 ´´blade only: 22cm - 8 1/2´´spine: 5,8-2,0mmthanks for looking!gerhard My Webpage ceterum censeo ferrum esse cudendum! gerhard a.d. 2007 Link to post Share on other sites
Miles Hebbard 2 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Oh man! that is just superb Gerhard!!! 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 post Share on other sites
kevin hopkins 10 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 absolutely beautiful The smith also sitteth by the anvil, And fighteth with the heat of the furnace, And noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, And his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh, He setteth his mind to finish his work, And waitethto polish it perfectly. -Ecclesiasticus Link to post Share on other sites
Dennis Mitchell 6 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Incredible! Great lines and shape! Link to post Share on other sites
Franck Meurou 0 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wow... Gorgeous! Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Miller 139 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I love that bronze(?) guard, and the ivory works really well with the forge finish and the etch on that hamon. Outstanding lines, too. “If you trust in yourself. . . believe in your dreams. . . and follow your star. . . you will still get beaten by the people who have spent their time working hard and learning things, the people who weren't so lazy.” ~ Terry Pratchett Link to post Share on other sites
Richard van Dijk 268 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Fantastic Gerhard, I love how the spine and the hamon mirror each other. Richard Richard van Dijkwww.hoihoknives.comMy link Link to post Share on other sites
Emiliano Carrillo 290 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I agree, the forge finish spine and the hamon play off each other beautifully, and the perfect lines in the handle are insane! amazing work! Link to post Share on other sites
Caleb Harris 51 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 What's that finish on the spine? And how'd you do it? Trying to make each knife just a little better than the last Link to post Share on other sites
Rudolf Harmse 2 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 0_o.....that's stunning... Less haste, more speed. Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,881 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Yay, a new Wieland piece! And a stunning one at that! Beautiful as always. Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Waddell 11 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 That looks perfect I'm in love! Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Kelso 56 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Lovely work Gerhard.... My website and INSTAGRAM Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Williams 0 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Amazing! Love everything about it! Link to post Share on other sites
Jess Yeigh 0 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 If I were a walrus I would want that to be my tooth. You honor the materials you use and the gift you have to put them together. Beautiful knife! Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Colwell 171 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 great work, again! question - what do you quench your blades in? this is one of the coolest hamons I have ever seen. 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 post Share on other sites
Wes Detrick 493 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 What a stunning knife. Wow. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to post Share on other sites
Krateros 11 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 ''it's just too good to be trueeee.......'' :D another amazing piece!! Link to post Share on other sites
wieland 7 Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 thank you all for your posts! @kevin, this one was a clayless quench in polymer like so many others before. and like so many others before it has its different look... but I´m really happy, what came out here. @caleb, the spine shows the remaining forged surface, sandblast and brushed with a rotating steelbrush. My Webpage ceterum censeo ferrum esse cudendum! gerhard a.d. 2007 Link to post Share on other sites
Wade Hougham 1 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 The whole piece is amazing eye candy.......................................Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wade Jos et löydä rauhaa itsestämme on turhaa etsiä sitä muualta. If you can not find peace within yourself, it is useless to look elsewhere. Visit my website http://www.wadesknives.com Link to post Share on other sites
C Craft 207 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) That's one of those pieces that gets a WWWhoa baby, when you first put your eyes on it! The workmanship is so flawless, that you begin to look for anything that you could call a flaw and.............well there is none! That is just one of the finest pieces of workmanship I have seen in a while! A big, two thumbs up! Edited December 12, 2014 by C Craft C Craft Customs ~~~ With every custom knife I build I try to accomplish three things. I want that knife to look so good you just have to pick it up, feel so good in your hand you can't wait to try it, and once you use it, you never want to put it down ! If I capture those three factors in each knife I build, I am assured the knife will become a piece that is used and treasured by its owner! ~~~ C Craft Link to post Share on other sites
jdsmith02115 36 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 super work man...just super. Link to post Share on other sites
GEzell 143 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Always a joy to see your work. What amazes me is that over the years I've watched you, though I fail to see anything to improve upon, you still push the bar higher and continue to improve. 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 post Share on other sites
wieland 7 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 thank you all for your positive echo, I appreciate it! @GEzell, ´standstill is backwardstep!´ an old saying, but so true- My Webpage ceterum censeo ferrum esse cudendum! gerhard a.d. 2007 Link to post Share on other sites
Theodore An. 20 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Just amazing!!! http://www.facebook.com/groups/205149489611061/ http://www.greekblades.com/index.php Link to post Share on other sites
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