Lerch
Well-Known Member
Hi all
Well a coworker of mine asked me a while back if he could work with me on making a knife for him, he said he wanted something historical and i told him to figure out what he wanted and we would get it done. he came to me a couple of days later and asked me to make him a Sgian Dubh celtic knife, i said i had no idea what the heck he was talking about :les:
He gave me a little brief history of the knife and we looked up some google pics of the various examples and settled on one that was his favorite. in the beginning i wanted to fancy up the knife some for him but he is a VERY functional based person and doesnt care for much of anything fancy though he does like "old or antique" stuff. He also fell in love with mammoth ivory after i got my first shipment in, like i said he likes old stuff :9:
anyway here are the specs:
7.25" OAL
1095 differentially heat treated blade 1/8" thick
heavy etched and lightly hand buffed finish
416 stainless bolsters blued and antiqued finish
mammoth ivory slabs and stainless pins with blued finish
He loves the knife so i am happy for him, i dont know for sure if am happy with all of it but i think that is more based on the knife not being a style i am familier with. this was the first knife i have ever completely finished then disasembled and etched the blade and blued the bolsters and then reassembled which was a challenge getting everything to fit back up tight. this was also my first try with hidden pins in the bolsters which was also a challenge but all in all i learned a lot and can apply the experince to future projects
thanks
steve
Well a coworker of mine asked me a while back if he could work with me on making a knife for him, he said he wanted something historical and i told him to figure out what he wanted and we would get it done. he came to me a couple of days later and asked me to make him a Sgian Dubh celtic knife, i said i had no idea what the heck he was talking about :les:
He gave me a little brief history of the knife and we looked up some google pics of the various examples and settled on one that was his favorite. in the beginning i wanted to fancy up the knife some for him but he is a VERY functional based person and doesnt care for much of anything fancy though he does like "old or antique" stuff. He also fell in love with mammoth ivory after i got my first shipment in, like i said he likes old stuff :9:
anyway here are the specs:
7.25" OAL
1095 differentially heat treated blade 1/8" thick
heavy etched and lightly hand buffed finish
416 stainless bolsters blued and antiqued finish
mammoth ivory slabs and stainless pins with blued finish
He loves the knife so i am happy for him, i dont know for sure if am happy with all of it but i think that is more based on the knife not being a style i am familier with. this was the first knife i have ever completely finished then disasembled and etched the blade and blued the bolsters and then reassembled which was a challenge getting everything to fit back up tight. this was also my first try with hidden pins in the bolsters which was also a challenge but all in all i learned a lot and can apply the experince to future projects
thanks
steve