A couple out of the shop

[Drac]

Here are a couple that I just got back from my sheath maker.

This one is one of my GP (general purpose) Hunters. It was a commission from a co-worker. He wanted a "little black dress with pearls." I went with stabilized ebony for the handle. To add a little touch to catch the eyes I put a couple spacers of black and metal. The sheath is made by a friend who has been making sheaths for around 60 years. This one has faux snake and sting ray. He's the only person I know who can do these and make you thing it is an inlay. Normally the snake skin is colored to duplicate rattle snake but in this case it needed to keep with the black theme.



This one was made for a retiring military member but he left before I could give it to him. So I couldn't figure out what to do with it. One of my Lamont brothers said he had a friend who had retired from the Navy and he would like this. So we made an arrangement. He would make a donation to the Lamonts for the knife. This is one of my Spearpoint Gent's EDCs (everyday carries) using live oak from the USS Constitution. I got some when I did a couple of my 2 week a year duty in the Reserves on the ship in Boston. Of the 10-15% of the ship that is still original it is normally considered this. I sent it to my sheath maker to make a sheath can be used as a sqian dubh. In this one he simulated elephant skin.



Jim

[Friday]

Very nice work

[Standard]

Very nice work. Looks like you will have a couple of very happy customers.

[Pleater]

Normally knives do not attract my attention, but the oak handle and the curved outline plus the shark tail shaping is really eyecatching.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[NewEnglander]

Beautiful work. Do you have a website you sell from?

[ShaunMaxwell]

Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing.

[dfmacliam]

Beautiful work!
And a little side note, I am a descendant from Col. George Claghorn's family line. He was the builder of the USS Constitution.

[berserkbishop]

I am so jealous of that second knife. If it wasnt already spoken for I would nab it in a heartbeat. Just to be able to say (as a sailor) that I have a piece of the USS Constitution as a useful everyday knife would just be amazing.

Great work, both knives are beautiful. Hope to spend some time on or near the Constitution in the future

Regards
Bishop

[Santa Kona]

I love the 2nd one also.

[Drac]

Thanks all,

It's still fun to turn out the knives so I think I'll keep doing them.

Sorry, I don't have a site. I most work on commission and I will say I give more away to charity than I sell. I'm finishing on that I am dong a trade on and than hopefully going to try to get a art knife done for an art auction to benefit the Humane Society and one for a silent auction for the DFW USO.

Peacekeeper, that is way cool. You might appreciate a lucky project I got to work on several years ago. I was on my first AT (2 week duty) on the ship and I was given wood from the mast by the wood shop. It was a large size of spruce. While I ohing and ahing over the wood I realized that there maybe more materials to be had. I went to the shipyard and checked with the restoration shops. I was gifted iron from a cannon, copper plate from the powder room, a couple of copper pins and a brass spike. the pins and spikes are thought to be original so they would have been made by Paul Revere.

I got together with a couple other makers since I don't do forging. One guy did the blade using the iron in the center part of three damascus blades. I did the handles with the wood, copper pins and brass. Another did the sheath with the copper plate and finally the last guy did the engraving. One was given to the Captain of the Constitution, one to the ships museum and the final one was auctioned and the money was divided between the two.

Here's how they turned out. We tried to go with something kind of period -

Jim