July 1, 201510 yr This is a traditional Scottish Dirk with an antler handle. The blade is made from 440c stainless and has a mirror finish. It has Scottish Yew and nickel silver accents. The tip got boogered up because I dropped it in a parking lot, so I'm aware of that issue already. Thinking of carving an inset in the antler axis for a pewter clan badge. Also it's not actually bent, as the first picture suggests. Hope you can see in the other pictures that it's straight.
July 1, 201510 yr Author Hey all,Posted this in the blacksmithing critique section but I think it may be better suited here.The knife is a large Scottish dirk that I made a while back. The handle is made from some kind of antler (either small elk or huge deer), with Scottish yew wood and nickel silver accents. The tip got boogered up when I dropped it in a parking lot, so ideas on fixing that are welcome. I think the first picture makes it look a bit bent, but it seems pretty straight in person. All critique and advice is welcome!
September 23, 20223 yr Looks good, but MY idea of a black knife has one edge so the back of the blade can have filework on it and the crown can be polished and. Some times I will carve faces into it. Your work is top notch I hope this helps. Duck. Oh the crown is a good place to put a clan badge.
September 23, 20223 yr July 15, 2015 was the last time BlackthornForge logged in so I doubt he will see this.
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