A knife going "Across the Pond"...

[Longdog]

Hey guys heres my latest work!
This blade is made for a collector over in England, and first off he was an absolute pleasure to work with. He saw one of my previous blades and wanted to buy it however it was already sold, and thankfully so! I say that because it gave me the opportunity to revisit a design and improve on it, at least in my opinion, and they only real requirement from the collector was that the handle be made of ironwood, which i was not at all reluctant too!
The blade is hand forged W2. this was the first time i had ever used W2 as well as my very first forged hidden tang. Since the blade is W2 there just HAS to be a hamon so i gave a whack at it for the first time. The guard material is 416 and so is the peened and polished pin. The sheath is also made by me. Thanks!

As always comments or critique is greatly appreciated

 

[Ed of all trades]

You will have a happy customer. Ed

 

[DBAR]

Very Nice work Mark! You did a a Great Job. I do like your customers choices.



Don

 

[Longdog]

thank you both!

 

[BrandantR]

Now that's a gorgeous knife! Nicely executed.

 

[Longdog]

much appreciated man!

 

[Freds Edge]

Very nice , I really like this knife.

 

[Justin Presson]

I said it on Instagram but worth saying again, Nice work!! Really liking this one Mark.

 

[JawJacker]

Awesome package, six shooter comes to mind.

 

[Longdog]

thanks everyone!
thank ya Fred, was a lot of fun to build
thanks Justin for following along

Funny! JawJacker: you're the second person to say that. i didn't realize it at the time but the handle is very "pistol like"

 

[Djinn]

I like that.