Bladesmith Trade Knife

[Worth Baker 17]

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

[Geoff Keyes 342]

Very nice. Even the sketch is worthy of framing.

 

Geoff

[Worth Baker 17]

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.

[Worth Baker 17]

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

[Charles du Preez 307]

Very nice

[Rob Toneguzzo 161]

Fantastic work

[Eric Morgan 80]

Very nice!

 

[Doug Lester 157]

Outstanding!

Doug

[Worth Baker 17]

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 17]

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.

[Vern Wimmer 468]

Beautiful work .

Does your friend happen to have a Norwegian Fjord Horse? I had one for my autistic stepdaughter. Wonderful horses.

[Worth Baker 17]

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.

[Vern Wimmer 468]

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.

[Worth Baker 17]

They were definitely the sweetest horses I have ever been around

[Zeb Camper 510]

I'm impressed! Those ornamental pieces are great!

[Vern Wimmer 468]

SWMBO  told me to tell you that she loves everything about that knife and sheath.

[Worth Baker 17]

Thanks, much appreciated!