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Historical Inspiration This forum is dedicated to the discussion of historical knife design and its influence on modern custom knife work. |
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16th Century Left Hand Dagger (sorta)
This one is going to be the center piece of my display at the mini knife show tomorrow. It's a 16th Century Left Hand, Single Offside Ring Dagger. The Blade is 10 1/2" x 1" welded cable. The ring hilt was made from a single piece of welded cable. The "scent stopper" pommel nut was turned from a piece of welded cable that was left in the round. The handle is made from a piece of holly. The whole point of this knife was to be a test bed for this type of hilt. __________________ Scott B. Jaqua http://www.hagersonforge.com http://hagerson.livejournal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important right of all, is that of Free Speech. With out that, all your other rights will soon be taken away. So, I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend until death, your right to say it! |
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Nice work Scott!
I loke the details in the hilt, the twists especially. When you have time I'd like to hear some more about this dagger. Is that the colour you get from a piece of holly without any treatment? I can see I'll have to try some.... Roger |
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Holly is very white. It is also a very fine grained wood. It turns well and sands very smooth. The big thing here is to keep it from staining while working it. While a tight grain prevents slight stains from penetrating, I still needed latex gloves while doing all the finish work. Almost any wood finish is going to add a amber cast, but you really need to seal this stuff. I used a wood turners rubbed on finish. It sealed the wood with as little color change as possible.
__________________ Scott B. Jaqua http://www.hagersonforge.com http://hagerson.livejournal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important right of all, is that of Free Speech. With out that, all your other rights will soon be taken away. So, I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend until death, your right to say it! |
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yowsa
nice knife, scott. and thanx for the tip re: holly. i have always avoided it because it stains so readily, but may have to try your method.
__________________ wayne things get better with age ... i'm approaching magnificent |
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Scott.
Thats a great looking dagger......actualy, its superb...great use of materials. Kevin |
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Roger, Wayne, Kevin,
Thank you. I had a lot of fun with this knife. Even if It did take two trys to get the hilt the way I wanted it. Between a mini knife show held by the local collectors club and a major SCA War (GWW) it got looked at a lot this last week. The most fun came from telling people how I made the hilt and watching them try to find where I welded the ring close. __________________ Scott B. Jaqua http://www.hagersonforge.com http://hagerson.livejournal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important right of all, is that of Free Speech. With out that, all your other rights will soon be taken away. So, I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend until death, your right to say it! |
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