Loneforge Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Pattern welded twist of 15n20 and 1095. Brass guard with red Micarta spacer and Purpleheart. First time I tried dying leather. Comments and critiques welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 That is the best yet...Wonder wot lies in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhettbarnhart Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 all looks very square and symmetrical!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 no criticism from me...just praise, well done guess now I will have to try it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Thanks guys! :) This one was a challenge for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Beautiful blade.....very shick..... B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 lovely - i like the shape of that - how do you define a dagger from a knife? mac - whats Shick? :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Tim215 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Looks more like a "Red Dawn" to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRobb Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Very nice! Nice shape. Good contrast between blade and handle. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maillemaker Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Generally, a dagger has two bevels/edges, primarily used for thrusts and stabs. A knife is usually single-edged, used for slashing. However, there's a very large overlap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 *Traditionally* a dagger is a large knife designed for fighting---can be single edged like many a scottish dirk or rondel dagger were or double edged. What it *isn't* is "small". There is quite a lot of confusion in case law about what constitutes a dagger as in many places "daggers" are banned from general carry as they are perceived as strictly "weapons". So where you might carry a "hunting knife" with impunity a "dagger" could land you in jail. (The double edge is considered a factor in the difference from a "using knife" and a "weapon knife") As such basically anyone can call most any knife a dagger and be correct somewhere/somewhen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 thanks for that. but youd be better off calling it a knife if you were carrying it somewhere you shouldnt. .? . ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 It gets weird indeed: Arkansas used to have a law that if your were traveling a certain number of miles outside your usual daily wont you were allowed to carry a large knife "against the dangers of the road". However a college physics text book carried in your backpack could qualify as a "concealed deadly weapon" as you could do serious injury to a person with one. (I researched weapons law in AR 35 years ago to give a talk to the local SCA group about it: my basic take on it---if the cops don't like you; you are in a heap of trouble!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 thomas - thats juts about it i reckon! if they dont like you the game is up :) talking of the book being a weapon i was just on a speed awareness police course where i was told a road atlas on the back seat had decapitated the driver in an accident at ...cant remember speed.. surprisingly low though. not exactly a weapon, but an example of a book doing some proper damage.... sory loneforge, total nonsense on your thread! lovely dagger :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old N Rusty Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 20 years ago I mistakenly carried my Schrade belt knife into a casino In Atlantic City N.J., It was confiscated . there was plenty talk of locking me up too. Eventually I walked free. It took a letter from a lawyer we knew to his buddy, the owner of the casino, Donald Trump, to get my knife mailed to Louisiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I Love that blade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Nice blade you made there! well done B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchjv Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 incredible work! the sheathe looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Thanks for the compliments and I'm glad I'm not forging textbooks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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