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Don Halter
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Location: Bryan, TX Joined: 25 Mar 2004
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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  . 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 
   
   
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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 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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Don...
Fantastic job on that one... I love the graceful lines and beautiful color.
Would love to see some more of your work.
ks
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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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! 
Don "Krag" Halter
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Ben Sweet
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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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