Jason Fry Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Here's the latest from my shop, the first knife of 2017. The steel is forged W2. The guard is wrought iron from the first railroad into Dallas in 1872. The wood is spalted sycamore from the grounds at the Texas Capitol. The coin is an 1836 half dollar, the year Texas won her independence from Mexico. OAL is 15 inches. This is a fairly close copy of a knife I'll present to Texas governor Greg Abbott Jan 30th to commemorate House Bill 1935, which undid restrictive knife laws. http://www.frycustomknives.com/announcements/ktxs-abc-news-more-knife-freedom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I'd have to call that a "Gentleman's Bowie"; nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedCustoms Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Nice work all around! I've always liked the coffin handles. I look forward to seeing more of your work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joël Mercier Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Nice fittings. Where did you get your checkering file, if you don't mind my asking? Assume this was first for 2018, not 2017, but never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Fry Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Lol, good catch... Still don't know what year it is. Checkering file is a Grobet 20 LPI. I've had it a few years, don't remember where it came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 11 hours ago, Jason Fry said: This is a fairly close copy of a knife I'll present to Texas governor Greg Abbott Boy, do I wish I was the TX governor. Super nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Probably stays with the office than with the person. Gifts to politicians are "troublesome" otherwise... Though a picture of a governor shooing all the other folks out of his office and then sitting back and cracking pecans with the butt of his pistol and flipping a knife at a target on the wall whilst sipping a bit of moonshine and listening to some old country would do much to restore my faith in that class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmbobnick Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 3 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Though a picture of a governor shooing all the other folks out of his office and then sitting back and cracking pecans with the butt of his pistol and flipping a knife at a target on the wall whilst sipping a bit of moonshine and listening to some old country would do much to restore my faith in that class. Now that is a vivid image and imagination! Beautiful knife Mr. Fry...anyone would be proud to own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Smidt Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Gorgeous Knife! I am extremely envious of your skill good sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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