Been a while since ive posted, trying to play catch up and dont have much time for the computer nowadays.
Forged 1095 & Stag Bowie, overall length is 15-1/4", blade is 10-1/4" x 1-7/8", .260 thick at spine. Guard/pin/butt cap are stainless. Thanks!

It appears flawless, an inspiration.

How is your name etched and blackend.

Thanks for posting great pics.

Mark

HI Mark, thanks for the kind words... flawless though its not ;-)

The name is etched then blued, then lightly sanded over.

Absolutely beautiful!

That's really nice, Matt.
Wish I'd made it!
I hope to see it in Atlanta.

Sigh, a thing of beauty:)

Really good work Matt.

Great work, Matt. How's the Beaudry working for you?

very nice blade design! I love the look of a stag handled knife.

Hey Matt, that is one "sharp" bowie. I really like it. High benchmark for sure.

thanks for posting,
Kevin

Thats real nice!! did you use clay on the blade during your heat treatment ?

Dude! Awsome stuff! How much is one of those going for? And how did you fit the handles? To my knowledge, you dont burn stag handles...how do you work it? Thanks man, and keep forging!

hi all, HW- still using the Champion #1 at this point, hopefully that will change soon.

Clay was used to differentially heat treat, and the stag is very easy to work. Just drill/scrape the pith out, and fit the hole to the tang etc.... As far as fitting it to the guard, was done with a 5/8" round wheel on the grinder and blended in by hand.