Elegant ladys knife

[LRB]

Finished this one a week and a half back. 3 1/2" blade of 01, climbing vine file work on spine, sterling silver ferrule, elephant ivory grip. Sheath is brass with sterling furniture.

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[Nifeman]

Wick, it looks good. All it needs is a Sterling neck chain. Once again your work amazes me...Bud

 

[LRB]

Thanks Bud. I wanted sterling chain, but had no time to find any, went with blue silk 1/4" ribbon.

 

[tom hargrove]

i have an elegant lady,wish i had the knife to go with her :hmm: -that knife and scabbard is beyond words :bow: :bow: you sir are a master bladesmith for sure :bow:

 

[wetpowder]

I agree....Master Bladesmith :bow: A beautiful knife :hatsoff:

 

[anvil1231]

Wick,As always I am amazed. Beautiful work Sir! :bow: .....anvil

 

[Claude Mathis]

I like the way you laser etched the guy with the camers onto the sheath.

Seriously, it's beautiful! :hatsoff:

 

[spitfire]

Simply elegant work of art :thumbsup: !

 

Very pretty. Scale that blade up to 9.25" and you'd have a pretty good copy of the sandbar knife used by Bowie--Noah Smithwick claimed that Bowie had an ivory handle trimmed in silver added to his plain knife after the fight. You blade is a good image of the original Bowie blade shape.

 

[timbuckII]

Wow! Man that is a beauty!

 

[CrackStock]

Hmmm -- looks like a British officer's knife. :rotf:

Seriously, great work.

CS

 

[Smokey in Oz]

That's really neat work Wick. :hatsoff:
Do you make the stirling silver furniture yourself or source it from elsewhere? It adds an elegant touch not normally seen on knives, a pleasant change. Did someone order it this way or did you have someone or some theme in mind when doing the work?
Smokey.

 

[LRB]

The fancy filigree is called gallery wire, and is easy to find from jewelry suppliers. From there I make up the ferrule with a piece of silver. Last year I wanted to make my wife something special and had everything on hand to make her a small neck knife and just kinda stumbled along until I ended up with what you see. On hers I used an antique mother of pearl grip I bought at a flea market in the seventies for five bucks. It had a silver ferrule, but the silver was damaged so I just made my own.

 

Wick - looking GOOD! You're work as wlays is spot on.....Reminds me of the San Francisco "Bowies" by Michael Price and others - in fact I have several pics of that style - if you're interested drop me an email and I'll send them on to you.....

 

[LRB]

Thanks Chuck. Coming from you, I consider that quite a compliment. Your work just about knocked me out the first time I saw it.

 

And right back at you Wick :hatsoff: !
BTW - my email is [email protected] - I love those Will & Finck and M. Price Bowies and IMO they'd be right up your alley (and they have good collector interest.... :thumbsup: )

 

[ky_man]

Nice work, I really like it. I'd love to see some photos of the build process.