clint c Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Finished this commissioned piece the other day. Blade 11" long feather pattern of 1084/15N20. Guard made of railroad spike, 15N20 and couple end pieces of damascus. Handle stabilized redwood with centre core of mahogany that had some personal meaning for the customer. Was a challenge in may ways for me! Clint 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Pyne Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 That's awesome! I really like this one. Great work man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Benson Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Maybe a challenge for you, but it looks great to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Impressive! That's a big feather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clint c Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Thank you gents! It is a big feather...broke two cheap axe heads beating them down the centre! Way back when I built my press i didn't consider making it with long enough strok/enough room to do that process with dies, and now I regret it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Pretty. Really strong work right there. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stephens Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Nice work! -----------------------------------------------"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...
JPH Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Hello: Nice knife..great to see someone else doing fullers and yelmans on a blade.. as far as long feathers.. you haven't even started to get tortured until you get above 18" and anything over 22" or so is just agony to draw out.. Still..nice clean lines..very very nice... I use an old HF axe that I rolled the edge down a wee bit for the smaller/shorter stuff..on the longer pieces..well I am saving that for book IV..a man has to keep a few things to himself until the time is right.. You should of heard the vast amounts of very creative profanity that is still hanging out in a blue cloud over the gulf from when I was doing my Shamshir.. 31" of wavy feather is not for the faint hearted..or the easily offended... Nice clean work..and your leather work is 1000 times better than mine will ever be... JPH 1 If you wish to know the price of freedom..Visit a Veteran's Hospital...I am humbled by their sacrifice... Why is it when the Mighty Thor throws his hammer he is dispensing Justice and fighting Evil..BUT..when I throw my hammer I wind up in a mandatory 16 week anger management course??</p> I came into this world naked, screaming and covered in someone else's blood...I have no problem going out the same way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Gastellu Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 She really is a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 that is a clean blade, and the complex geometry is really cool. Great work. 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...
Doug Webster Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 WOW, That is just perfect in every way. I hope you kept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 On 6/20/2021 at 5:41 AM, Doug Webster said: WOW, That is just perfect in every way. I hope you kept it. I was hoping he could sell it for a lot of $.... “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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