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05-20-2014, 12:36 AM
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Jerry Fisk - NLT '14 Bowie style fancy fighter
This is a very nice large Bowie style fighter by Jerry Fisk - another in his series of National Living Treasure (NLT) knives. The blade is 10.5 in. - OAL is 16 in. The damascus steel features Jerry's "Dog Star" pattern. An excellent sheath by Paul Long completes the package.
Per Jerry, "This knife has a bit of history. I mixed some World Trade Center steel in with the Damascus. I started with 13 layers, one for each Colony of our country so I could tie the beginning and modern times together. The blade was one of those I forged out on an upcoming episode of the History Channel were I was teaching Jesse James how to make Damascus. When I tested the knife it buried up into the 2x4 a bit wider than the width of the blade so I got about 2 inches deep in one cut, that made it worth finishing. The handle is female fossil Walrus, the mountings are of stainless.
The client wanted sea shells on the guard and the handle bars but other than that he did not care what I did, just make it nice. I hope I was able to get to that point. He was wanting a center piece for his collection. When a client does that I always try to give him more value than he paid for. Good business and good friendships are based on that principle so it was a fun piece for me.
I would never have thought years ago that engraving would take so much time to do. Nor would I have thought it gives me so much satisfaction on completion. I learned on this knife some things that I want to extend further, which is the whole point of making knives, to learn."
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05-20-2014, 09:40 AM
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Wowzie!!! Wonderful knife, engraving, sheath and pitcher taking!!
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05-20-2014, 02:14 PM
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Stunning!!!!!
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05-23-2014, 05:44 PM
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Oh my, that is a true gem!!!
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