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Offline CaptainBeaky

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Here's one I made earlier...
« on: March 05, 2013, 06:41:21 pm »
Hi All

I currently have 3 ash bows on the go, at varying stages - a flat bow, a monster pyramid bow and a molly. I'll post those when they're finished, but in the meantime, as suggested, here are a few other things I made earlier...

Small utility knife in rose damasteel and ebony. Full height convex grind, stainless Corby bolts and lanyard tube.





Aikuchi tanto, forged from an old file, clay tempered.
Fittings in tulipwood, brass and buffalo horn.












Puukko in siversteel - blade by Pekka Tuominen.
Handled in desert ironwood with nickel-silver fittings and mammoth ivory.
This one is mine!






And finally - a restoration job on a daito blade I was gifted from my sensei.
A 16th century blade in a mish-mash of fittings, with a set of very bad lateral and co-planar bends in the blade: I restored the blade to it's proper shape and made a complete new set of fittings.
A taster:




Thanks for looking  ;D
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2013, 06:52:54 pm »
All of those are gorgeous. That tanto though is like a dream knife. It's incredible!

Jon
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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2013, 06:57:23 pm »
I agree 👆
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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2013, 07:01:20 pm »
That first knife is beautiful! Very nice work CB.
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Offline KHalverson

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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2013, 09:25:36 pm »
very nice.
i really like the hamon on the tanto and the puuko is gorgeous
kevin
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2013, 09:41:52 pm »
Very, very nice! ;D
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2013, 09:56:44 pm »
You are a craftsman! Beautiful work!

Scott
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2013, 12:39:46 am »
very beautiful and functional sharp pointy things. keep em commin.
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Offline barecgesh

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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2013, 05:39:35 am »
amazing work you would almost get hypnotized from staring at that first knife
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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2013, 06:20:48 am »
Beautiful work,I like them all.  :)
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Offline jonathan creason

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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2013, 05:32:26 pm »
Those are all beauties!  I'm really partial to that puukko, though.
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Offline bow101

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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2013, 07:23:41 pm »
Geat work, what grade leather ya using for the sheaths,,? EG.  6oz. 8 oz...............etc........
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Offline Scowler

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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2013, 08:29:37 pm »
Wow!  Great work on all of them but the small utility knife has some crazy cool patterning.  Ya got some skillz, Cap't.
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Offline CaptainBeaky

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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2013, 12:49:30 pm »
Quote from: bow101 on March 09, 2013, 07:23:41 pm
Geat work, what grade leather ya using for the sheaths,,? EG.  6oz. 8 oz...............etc........
Err...
3.5 - 4mm vegetable tanned. I'm not sure what weight that equates to. :o
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Re: Here's one I made earlier...
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2013, 09:11:22 pm »
yeah, these are beautiful works,for sure!
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