that is a cool combo Tai and Ray. great work. love the copper pieces you fab'd for that one. copper is a lot of fun to play with.
beautiful, too. You and Ray both hit your stride well with this one. He is really doing some great stuff with his new sheath style/technique, and the accents or furniture you made for this blade show a lot of style, to. I love to see it when someone builds something esthetically-appealing and sophisticated from a collection of relatively simple parts and techniques. Sure, some of the individual steps require a significant bit of skill, but its putting all of them together into something that becomes a lot more than the individual pieces or steps. I know that sounds corny. Everyone knows what synergy is. Still, doesn't mean it never applies.
cool stuff.
kc