Some kind of ancient warriors belt knife, ....from whatever culture.

Blade is 205 mm long and ground from 1.2442 (115W8), bolsters made from mild steel and the scales are rams horn pinned with sterling.

Overall length measures 305 mm

so because its a warriors knife I wanted the sheath as martial as possible.

I armored buffalo raw hide with steel and riveted it togehther with copper.All steel parts are counter riveted from the inside.The  two massive liners are made from a single water buffalo horn which had a natural radius that allowed following the blade shape.The throat is also reinforced with buffalo horn bands......at the end it consists of 177 worked parts .

Cheers

 

Inovative and impresive as always. I enjoy your work very much.

Super nice. That sheath is amazing too.

Small details make a big difference, the bolsters are my favorite. Well done.

Beautiful job!!

My first thought was an integral bolster, but it's still really cool anyway. I like the way you did the handles too.

This is nice on so many levels! Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely stunning.

Was back looking at your blade once more.. Again beautiful work. The profile, bolsters, the butt of the handle, I really like it all.

I'm curious though how you colored the bolsters?? I've tried heat coloring, but never got anything like that.. Was it chemical? Or heat? Or?? Please advise..

Also not seeing any pins? Are they blind? Or did you weld them on?

Justin

 That’s a beautiful piece of work. Seems like a bit of a departure from your usual simplicity, but you’ve done an amazing job of incorporating tremendous complexity within a design of enormous sophistication. Once again, my hat is off to you!

Thanks for the fine comments,Guys!

 

On 2.5.2018 at 6:34 AM, Justin Carnecchia said:

Was back looking at your blade once more.. Again beautiful work. The profile, bolsters, the butt of the handle, I really like it all.

I'm curious though how you colored the bolsters?? I've tried heat coloring, but never got anything like that.. Was it chemical? Or heat? Or?? Please advise..

Also not seeing any pins? Are they blind? Or did you weld them on?

Justin

I colored with gun blue from Birchwood and Casey.after some time the blue fades and changes in antique grey like its now.

the bolsters are pinned with 3mm pins.normally I take 3 pins and press them in a vise.

cheers

Wow TH. that is stunning work. The sheath is amazing. As is the knife but way more then I ever see in a sheath. Awesome! 

Would look at home on the belt of one of the Khan's generals. 

Daswulf, Stormcrow, Thanks a lot!