Clay Coated Bowie

[Gary Mulkey]

I decided to play around this week. This is my first clay coated blade. The steel is 1095 that was coated with Satanite.



Description:

Blade: 8 1/4"
Overall: 13"
Handle: Mesquite Burl laminated with vulcanized spacer corner to corner both ways (doesn't show well in the pic) and fluted.
Fittings: 416


Gary

[McAhron]

Very nice bowie Garry.Cool handle treatment.I like this one.I would comment on the hamon but i cant actualy make it out due to the darkness of the photo.

[hammerdownnow]

I can see the hamon fine. And what a beauty it is.

I use to have a problem with every pic on here looking too dark. It is funny cuz, I would take them to photo shop and lighten them up, then send them to the people who posted them. I bet some of them thought I was crazy when they recieved a washed out pic of their own knife. I thought I was doing a great public service. I got suspisious because everyone else seemed to see the pics fine, so I asked Coop about it. He was kind enough to send me this greyscale in the link below. He said to set my computer so that I could see a graduation in every shade of grey to the end. Hope it works for you too.
greyscale (click4pic)

[oljoe]

Beautiful work as always Gary!! That clay coating adds a lot to the blade (as if you need to add anything).
I saw one of your knives on a dealer?s table at the KC gun and knife show last weekend. He had a couple more in his private collection. Kyle Hill was the dealer?s name. One of the nicest guys you?ll ever meet.

Joe Foster

[McAhron]

Well thanks to Hammerdownnow i can see the hamon and its a mighty fine one!