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Don Halter
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Location: Bryan, TX Joined: 25 Mar 2004
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Posted: Mon 20 Dec, 2004 2:49 pm Post subject: Purple Dirk |
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Here's one I finally finished up for a friend out in California. I had fun with this one and have been messing with it on and off for over a year before finally finishing it up. The single edged blade is 1050 steel which has been claycoated and quenched like I do my Japanese blades...kind of. It has a neat blotchy "hamon". The handle has a stainless frame around the tang an the purpleheart slabs are pinned through it. I figured using stainless on the section where sweat and such are would help reduce any handle corrosion. The tang is a through the pommel and peened down tight. The gaurd is brass/copper mokume with a fileworked stainless spacer.
The scabbard is purpleheart with a lacewood spacer and figured oak upper throat section. I thought of the laced leather upper while watching my wife make a bodice for a lady :D . I think it has a nice "medieval feel" to it. I wet the leather, applied a bit of wood glue, then laced and let dry. It's pretty permanent now! Anyway, onto the pics.....
Blade length:11.5"
Overall length: 16"
Steel: 1050 plain carbon steel
Handle: purpleheart wood
Fittings:brass/copper mokume
Sheath: purpleheart, lacewood, oak, leather
Would look stylin with some platform shoes and a velvet jacket :cool:
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Don "Krag" Halter
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Daniel W. Holayter
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Posted: Mon 20 Dec, 2004 5:41 pm Post subject: Dirk |
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Most excellent! The laced frog around the scabbard really sets off the beauty of the wood. Fine work indeed.
Daniel Holayter
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Joel Chesser
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Posted: Mon 20 Dec, 2004 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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:eek: WOW! I am duly impressed
..." The person who dosen't have a sword should sell his coat and buy one."
- Luke 22:36
Last edited by Joel Chesser on Tue 21 Dec, 2004 7:22 am; edited 1 time in total
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Nathan Robinson
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Kirk Lee Spencer
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Posted: Tue 21 Dec, 2004 7:13 am Post subject: |
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Don...
Fantastic job on that one... I love the graceful lines and beautiful color.
Would love to see some more of your work. :D
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Two swords
Lit in Eden’s flame
One of iron and one of ink
To place within a bloody hand
One of God or one of man
Our souls to one of
Two eternities
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Don Halter
Industry Professional
Location: Bryan, TX Joined: 25 Mar 2004
Posts: 94
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Posted: Tue 21 Dec, 2004 9:28 am Post subject: |
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The university closes in a day, so i don't have to be back at work until the 3rd of January. I should be able to finish up a pair of seaxes and a couple tantos. I'll post pics here when they're done. My time lately has been taken up with a couple armour projects and a knife competition piece.
Here's a link to the comp piece which I just finished:
http://knifenetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?p=182616#post182616
It was meant to be a fun contest...and definitely was. Mine was a unique twist on a Japanese blade! :lol:
Don "Krag" Halter
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Ben Sweet
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Posted: Tue 21 Dec, 2004 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Now that is a beauty!
Any chance to see larger pics? When I click on the pic it opens a new window but the pic is only tiny bit bigger...
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