Geoff Keyes Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I've been working hard, 3 shows in 7 weeks, plus teaching, plus the worst upper respiratory infection in quite some time. Then I realized that I hadn't gotten pics of anything in a while. These are all informal, but they will have to do for now. First, a dagger, what I think of as an "Arkansas Toothpick". This is a blade that has lived in my head for a long time, I saw of a pic of one of Jimmy Lile's toothpicks somewhere before I even became a maker. OL 16" BL 10 1/2" Damascus 1080/15n20 NS lugged guard Sterling seppa Walrus spacer turned buffalo horn handle Sterling silver cap (found object, 19th century English hallmarks) Next. a Bowie OL 13 1/2" BL 8 1/2" Copper and NS stacked guard Buffalo and bone spacers, some textured Iron wood handle Basket weave Damascus My take on a Vendetta Corsa Walnut handle and scabbard OL 11 1/4" BL 5 3/4" "W" Damascus bolster Walrus spacer Low layer blade Gents boot knife OL 11 1/4 BL 6 3/8" Copper guard Textured purpleheart spacer Ironwood handle with fiber spacers lengthwise Another gents Bowie, I'm calling this one the "Mississippi Straight" after the Ray Wiley Hubbard song OL 12 1/4 BL 7 1/2 Dovetailed NS bolster Stabilized Holly slabs with domed pins Skullbuster pommel with a tapered tang And last, a slightly eastern gents knife OL 11 3/8th BL 6 3/4" Integral bolster Mammoth bark scales with a red fiber liner Sterling pins Damascus blade, low layer count mild twist Thanks for looking Geoff 2 "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stephens Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Wow. Those look really great, Geoff. I'm a big fan of the dagger. Love the guard on it. The Vendetta Corsa and the boot knife are also really cool. Cheers! 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...
BCROB Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Awesome work Geoff , nice to see a great variety of yours , well done "Never Quit On Improving" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lester Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 It would be hard to say which is my favorite, they're all great. That stabilized holly looks like it would be a good substitute for antique ivory. Doug HELP...I'm a twenty year old trapped in the body of an old man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 That Vendetta Corsa is great, as is the boot knife. The pattern on that boot knife is nice, and I love how it follows the taper of the blade. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Thanks folks. The holly looks like old bone in person, very nice. Now if I could just find some more. I've had that so long I don't even remember where I got it. Geoff "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Hougham Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Excellent work on all pieces!!! 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Great stuff, Geoff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Abbott Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Very nice work. I just sawed up some big chunks of seasoned American holly, but alas, the wood-bores beat me to it. Now it looks like Swiss holly. I think the boot knife is my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Geoff, good to see your stuff. I like them all, too. love the use of copper. I love the copper alloys, in general (some brasses are crap, and nickel silver isn't as much fun to work, but overall they are great). quite the collection of historically-inspired pieces. 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...
GEzell Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I too would be hard pressed to pick a favorite, beautiful work sir. 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...
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