First of 3 (I hope) for Eugene, a mono-steel rustic bowie.   It's got a hammer forged NS guard and butt cap with a stag handle.  Everything has been hammer textured or acid washed.

 

OL 14 1/4"

BL 9"

Handle Stag

Guard forged NS

Spacer copper and NS

Butt cap textured NS

Cap nut turned mild steel

Blade steel 1084

 

It's interesting, if I don't think about it, this 9-10 inch blade is my default size.  It just seems to fit my eye when I'm forging.  If I want bigger or smaller, I have to force myself to think about it.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

 

Geoff

That's a brute.....did you cold forge the NS?

Yes I did!  It started as a chunk  3/4 x 1/2 x 4.  I took a heat to anneal it and then hammered until it started to stiffen up, took another heat, and so on.  It takes a while.  I was going to polish it out, but I liked the look of the butt cap and so in the end, I left it.

 

Geoff

Beautiful! I'm a big fan of the rustic look.

How do you anneal NS? Same as copper?

I heat it until it blushes, and then quench, which is what I do with copper.  NS is a Cu/Ni alloy, so it acts a lot like copper.  I've never worked with pure Ni, but I think it works pretty much the same.

 

Geoff

Nice knife, Geoff! But I would never expect less from you!

Looking forward to late May :)

Dave

I Like it. Very well done.

Take care

TJ Smith

Awesome knife! Like the rustic look, the beautiful handle is perfect with the sharp blade. Excellent job

Pure nickel is probably extremely HARD!  I have worked Monel which is about 2/3 nickel... it's REALLY HARD TO MOVE!!!!!

Pn is comparitively soft and easy to work.