Worth Baker Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) My end of a trade with a friend. We have done a lot of blacksmithing together and wanted a piece of each other's work (especially now that we live very far apart). So we decided to each make a knife for the other. He designed the handle carving to have urnes period viking style hawk and deer. It is a bit difficult to see the carving in the handle as the grain in the burl tends to hide it. This is a replacement for his everyday carry knife that broke, so it is a fairly simple blade that should be pretty useful for mostly anything. His original design sketch for the handle The final result Edited January 3, 2017 by Worth Baker 5 Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Very nice. Even the sketch is worthy of framing. 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...
Worth Baker Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Very nice. Even the sketch is worthy of framing. Geoff Thanks very much! I agree, he has a much greater talent for designs than I do. I rarely draw a plan even for more complicated pieces. 1 Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worth Baker Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) Finally got around to making the sheath for this one and had some better photos taken before I sent it off. His only request for the sheath was that it have a Norwegian fjord horse on it. Edited December 29, 2017 by Worth Baker Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Very nice "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Toneguzzo Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Fantastic work "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes" - Tom HALL - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Morgan Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lester Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Outstanding! 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...
Worth Baker Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Thanks very much everyone, had it shipped to him the other day. A bit late for Christmas, but I am looking forward to hearing what he thinks. Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worth Baker Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Made it back from this friend's wedding. Proud to report that the knife was worn by him not only the entire day, but I did not see it leave his side once for the entire four days except in the name of safe dancing. He loved it so much that it was used to trim his nails just an hour before the wedding despite perfectly good nail clippers sitting six inches from his hand. It was also a great chance to work together again, this time making over 90 forged leaves as wedding favors. It was a wonderful reminder of why I love my propane forge. The trip also gave me the chance to see some of the incredibly impressive glasswork at Corning. Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Wimmer Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Beautiful work . Does your friend happen to have a Norwegian Fjord Horse? I had one for my autistic stepdaughter. Wonderful horses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worth Baker Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 On 7/8/2018 at 9:59 PM, Vern Wimmer said: Beautiful work . Does your friend happen to have a Norwegian Fjord Horse? I had one for my autistic stepdaughter. Wonderful horses. Yes, he actually has two. A mother and son that were rescued. He is a little obsessed with them. When I first met him he carried around a water bottle with a lid carved into a Fjord Horse's head. Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Wimmer Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 The fjord was the last horse that ever bucked me off and it WAS NOT the horse's fault. My pit bull decided to try and get in the saddle with me and the horse wasnt having it. The first thing she did was come over and check on me and kept the dog away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worth Baker Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 They were definitely the sweetest horses I have ever been around Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Camper Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I'm impressed! Those ornamental pieces are great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Wimmer Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 SWMBO told me to tell you that she loves everything about that knife and sheath. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worth Baker Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thanks, much appreciated! Worth Baker Owensboro Kentucky PLENA ANGUILLIS EST NAVIS VOLANS MEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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