Hi all,


I just finished this piece up.
Its 17.25" long with an 11.25" blade.
5160 differentially etched
Leather grip over a stabilized wood core.

I named it Kronos because that is what the voices in my head told me. So who am i to argue. :wtf:
The fittings are hand carved, filed and finished from w1 round bar. Hope you like it.

Regards,

John

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HOLY CRAP!!!! That's awesome!!

Awesome etch!!

Wow, John. While I definately lean towards the historical side of things, that is just plain cool!

After that WH40K Chaos knife a while back, you know what this looks like to me?

An Eldar dagger.

And a beautiful one, at that.

Very impressive and attractive work, John.

Very impressive and attractive: I like the whole package but I do have questions about how the pattern on the blade was achieved. If I was more knowledgeable about how different patterns are created through forging the means to this great result might be obvious to me: So pardon if I am asking what might be obvious to a blade smith.

Eldar? Mayby Dark Elf! What a pity that there were no such daggers in 15 cent...and I can't use it for reenacting :(

Thanks everyone for the compliments, i am very happy that you all like it.
When designing this one it did'nt occur to me that it resembled a dark elf, dark eldar / eldar blade :D. It is very cool that it does though now that you mention it.

Jean that pattern was achieved by using a resist that i painted on with a very tiny brush, then deeply etched in ferric chloride.

Regards,

John

Very nice work John. The etch is very cool!

Hey everyone,

Just thought i would update this thread with the scabbard and frog for Kronos. Hope you like it.

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DAMN, you stabbed that frog with the scabbard on the blade! Simply Awesome!!!!!! :lol:

Wow, that piece is nothing short of amazing. An awe inspiring work, thanks for sharing.

-James