templehound Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 When I was a kid I loved to hang around in the Natural History Museum, ...I loved this place! Stuffed with the most beautiful horns, teeth and weapons a ten-year-old could wish for. I liked the Africa section best...all the items had this dark, sinister patina....the black forged spears with the bright edges, the rawhide combat shields covered with leopard skin, the Massai swords....and I dreamed of a puukko that would look like it came from Africa...and today I know what a big influence that had on me and my taste. Here you see a hunting knife with forged blade from O7, copper bolsters and steel pinned Thompson's gazelle horn for the handle slabs and the liners of the sheath. Blade length is 110 mm and it measures 230 overall. I wish you guys a nice weekend Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryFahnoe Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Graceful and powerful with a patina that would look at home in the Natural History Museum. Well done Daniel. --Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 I really love your signature look - A gentlemans blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1forgeur Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Just awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Templehound, Amazing work, as usual! I love the design, it says "use me". What is the knife laying on in the pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Beautiful as usual. A good using blade is my preference and yours is a fine example. I was wondering too, what are the "berries, fruits, ?" in the picture? They make an excellent background. Just busy enough to keep the eye from wandering off the subject but not so busy they distract. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hefty Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Beautiful work as usual, Templehound! How do you create such an accurate overlap on the oversize scales/slabs? Cheers, Jono. P.S. They appear to be pandanus fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 The background are in deed Pandan fruits as Hefty(Jono) already pointed out. It is very close to an old fashioned artificial indefinable sweet taste like vintage chewing gum(not spear mint or the like)...even natural it tastes super artificial, I don't like it. But the smell is really fragrant. Finding a good background for the pictures is mostly not easy, especially for very dark knives like this one. Some of the fruits were already in an very overripe state and I found myself between stench and scent. Larry, Simian, 1forgeur, Les L, Frosty, anvil and Jono, Gentlemen thanks a lot for taking the time commenting on the knife, very much appreciated! 7 hours ago, Hefty said: How do you create such an accurate overlap on the oversize scales/slabs? Jono, I once took pictures of the process to explain a fellow knifemaker how I do this. Give me a little time to find the pictures again then I will post them here....I won't forget Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 4:35 AM, Hefty said: How do you create such an accurate overlap on the oversize scales/slabs? Here is the basic process: For light material grind a hard pencil super sharp and thin to keep the scribed lines as narrow as possible. Dark material as horn I take a fresh sharpened steel scriber. There are three main bevels, one is on top of the scale and two are on the inside. To speed up the process I take my belt grinder with variable/adjustable speed. I grind with a very low speed and a medium sharp 240 grit belt and grind the three bevels on the rubber covered contact weel.The bevel which is closest to the tang is difficult because it is very flat. This flat bevel is done safely by sanding by hand. Then I connect the bevels by rounding them up with a sandpaper file. You can do the whole process with sandpaper but with a belt grinder it is faster and the alignment of the bevels are more accurate. The amount of the material which is removed is so small that you really have to watch out not screwing it up.... Work slowly and with patience then it will turn out well, that's it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 A beautiful knife, great photos, and illuminating process photos. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davor Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hefty Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Thanks Templehound! That's a great explanation. Cheers, Jono. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 On 7/26/2023 at 8:21 PM, JHCC said: A beautiful knife, great photos, and illuminating process photos. Thanks! JHCC, my pleasure, Sir! On 7/26/2023 at 8:54 PM, Davor said: Nice Thanks, Davor! On 7/27/2023 at 12:06 PM, Hefty said: Thanks Templehound! That's a great explanation. Cheers, Jono. Thank You, Hefty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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