Zanshin Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hallo to all of you, This is a knife I made to test my skills a couple of years ago. Yes, I wasn't be able to forge yet so I'd like to share my old knives... Knifemakers always say that the most difficult fixed blade to build is a sub hilt, so, I tried making one even if I totally dislike those type of knives as they are intended as "fighters" (bleah). I want to make clear that knives, to me, are tools, the most ancient ones and I have a lot of respect for these "friends" that take us company until the first man was born. Said that, the knife: 16 cm, 6 mm thick, 5 bars composite damascus. Handle: hilt, sub hil, and butt cap twisted damascus 1070+iron, mirror polished, vulcanized fiber spacers, erica arborea handle (the wood used to make pipes), pommel wrought Iron. OAL 28 cm The difficult part was that the whole knife had to be finished before assembling because otherwise I wouldn't be able to etch the damascus without ruining the wood... I hope youl'' enjoy it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccustomknives Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Not bad for someone who doesn't like sub-hilts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnewberry Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Yeah, that will just about do. Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilt and Hammer Workshop Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Beautifully executed. Not being a stringently a "knifemaker", can somoen enlighten me on why the term "sub hilt" is used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhartironwerks Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Amen to the nice work. Thanks for the pics! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanshin Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Thanks to everyone. I am glad that you like it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanshin Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Beautifully executed. Not being a stringently a "knifemaker", can somoen enlighten me on why the term "sub hilt" is used? Hi, the term "sub hilt" is used on those knives which have two hilts. The first one is the main hilt, the second (the sub hilt) is used to grip the knife better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantofolder Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Another beautiful piece Zanshin!! Thank you for the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanshin Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Thank you guys for looking! And for all the comps!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Iron Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Stunning stuff. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanshin Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 Thanks, Hyper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtmayes0124 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 This is beautiful work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Beautiful work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanshin Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Thanks a lot. I am very glad to see so much appreciation!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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