New Bowie

[toadboy65]

I made this one on commission. It is supposed to be in the style of a knife that might have been carried on the frontier in the early 19th century.

The scrimshaw depicts the "old home place" of the family of the customer. All the shiny bits are German silver. The sheath is leather over barn wood from the customer's farm.

The blade is layers of 1095 and 1080 steel. Not really Damascus, but you can see the pattern if you look closely.
The handle is Elforyn Super Tusk, which seems to work just like whale ivory. I am not big on synthetic materials in general, but Ivory is scarce these days.

 

[Brokennock]

Nice knife. Functional artwork.

Maybe you meant early 20th century or late 19th? 1890's to 1910ish?
Early 18th would be 1700 to roughly 1740ish...

 

[toadboy65]

I meant 19th. I used some examples from the Texas revolution as inspiration, with some more modern elements as well. I will edit that mistake.

 

[William Lincoln]

Work of Art.

 

[WP_375]

Nice looking bowie!

 

[zerosprk]

"Now that's a knife..!"

 

[Treestalker]

DAYYAM!

 

[muzzlecap]

Beautiful Bowie! Well done.

 

[Mujiir]

That is awesome. Very nicely done.

 

[user 48679]

Great workmanship, there - Your customer must be doing the happy dance, for sure !

 

[fixer02]

Looks so nice