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Ben Potter
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 Posted: Fri 15 Apr, 2011 2:54 pm Post subject: Ben Potter, Bladesmith, Cutlass/knife set |
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Here is what I have been up to the last couple of months:
I haven't had a chance to measure the knife but everyone who handles it comments on how fast and light it is (parabolic distal taper, deep fuller).
Let me know what you think.
-Ben
Ben Potter Bladesmith
It's not that I would trade my lot
For any other man's,
Nor that I will be ashamed
Of my work torn hands-
For I have chosen the path I tread
Knowing it would be steep,
And I will take the joys thereof
And the consequences reap.
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Stephen Curtin
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| Posted: Fri 15 Apr, 2011 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Ben I really like that scabbard you made for your cutlass, actually quite surprised that nobodys snapped that one up yet, it makes an even nicer set with that knife, anyway keep up the good work.
Éirinn go Brách
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Ben Potter
Industry Professional
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| Posted: Fri 15 Apr, 2011 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks,
This one is sold. The buyer commissioned the matching knife and scabbards.
Ben Potter Bladesmith
It's not that I would trade my lot
For any other man's,
Nor that I will be ashamed
Of my work torn hands-
For I have chosen the path I tread
Knowing it would be steep,
And I will take the joys thereof
And the consequences reap.
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Isaac H.
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| Posted: Fri 15 Apr, 2011 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Very unique and beautiful work,man.I can picture a sailor on the Dawn Treader weilding those weapons.Inspiration for all of us 
Wounds of flesh a surgeons skill may heal...
But wounded honor is only cured with steel.
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Each of us should please his neighbor for his good ,to build him up.
Romans 15:1-2
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Stephen Curtin
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| Posted: Sat 16 Apr, 2011 2:00 am Post subject: |
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| Ben Potter wrote: | Thanks,
This one is sold. The buyer commissioned the matching knife and scabbards. |
Oh, well then in that case I guess congradulations are in order, for both you, and the lucky buyer.
Éirinn go Brách
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Matthew Stagmer
Industry Professional
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| Posted: Mon 18 Apr, 2011 5:32 am Post subject: |
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Nice work my friend. Thats a lot of work right there!
Matthew Stagmer
Maker of custom and production weaponry
Youtube.com/ThatWorks
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Ben Potter
Industry Professional
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| Posted: Mon 18 Apr, 2011 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| Matthew Stagmer wrote: | | Nice work my friend. Thats a lot of work right there! |
Thanks,
I was surprised at how long it took for all the brass rivets (but then there are several hundred) and how fast the engraving went since I got a set of real gravers.
Stephen,
Remember you can always commission a piece similar. I don't charge extra for custom work, just labor and materials, And you can have that piece that you always wanted but no one has made.
Ben Potter Bladesmith
It's not that I would trade my lot
For any other man's,
Nor that I will be ashamed
Of my work torn hands-
For I have chosen the path I tread
Knowing it would be steep,
And I will take the joys thereof
And the consequences reap.
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Benjamin Rial
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| Posted: Mon 18 Apr, 2011 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful work sir! I salute you.
"The only thing new in this world is the history we don't know."-Pres. Harry S. Truman
www.forgedintime.com
Vel Arte, Vel Marte
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