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Richard Furrer
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Posted: Thu 09 Feb, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject: Bowie (or very late period seax) |
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Hello All,
I just finished this one
7" blade 11" over all with a palm-leaf pattern damascus. The same pattern is found on the heat colored guard and sheath clip as well as the maple sheath due to some creative woodworking. Mokume spacers and a brown bark fossil walrus ivory handle rounds out the piece.
I have a sword billet with the same palm-leaf pattern in the hot shop now and hope to get to it by Fall.
Ric
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Ric Furrer
Sturgeon Bay, WI
www.doorcountyforgeworks.com
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David Martin
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Posted: Fri 10 Feb, 2006 5:21 am Post subject: |
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Wow! Congratulations on having made a beautiful knife!
"When war-gods meet to match their might,
who can tell the bravest born?
Many a hero never made a hole
in another man's breast."
- Sigurd, The Lay of Fafnir
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Wolfgang Armbruster
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Posted: Fri 10 Feb, 2006 6:07 am Post subject: |
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I really like this design! The kukhri-style hole is a nice idea, and blade looks amazing anyway.
A lot of modern designs are just going overboard with their designs (= the smiths add too much ideas and stuff to the design), but this one has it.
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Eric Myers
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Richard Furrer
Industry Professional
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Posted: Sun 12 Feb, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Bowie (or very late period seax) |
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Thank you folk for your comments. I think the sword blade from this pattern will look nice.
Eric, I learned how to make the palm-leaf from Don Fogg, Don learned it from Larry Sandlin, Larry from the old Indonesian blades where I believe it originated.
I have a few of these old Javanese blades and they are very well patterned.
For more reseach into these Indonesian patterns (pamor) I would suggest the books by Tammens titled "De Kris" and also the book "The world of the Javanese Keris" by G. Solyom. There is a wealth of information in patterning techniques largely untapped in Indonesian metalworking history.
Ric
Ric Furrer
Sturgeon Bay, WI
www.doorcountyforgeworks.com
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