Dance of the Silver Sasquatch

[D.Ellis]

Here's a bowie blade I am working on......one of the first 3 pattern welded blades I made. low layer count. This is 7 layers 1084 and 15n20, twisted......looks like a whole tribe of bigfeet dancing down the blade(at least if you are insane like me it looks like that)thus the name. Length is just over 9 inches from tip to where the guard will be.
Also in the pic is the handle block that it will wear. Birch burl that I harvested and had professionally stabilized. It is some very pretty stuff. The tree the burl was on had been cut down and left during the logging, so I rescued it from rotting away on the ground.     Here's a pic.

 


Hope to have this one done in the next week or so.
Darcy  

[gudspelr]

That looks great, Darcy. The wood for your handle looks really nice. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. Thanks for sharing.

Jeremy

[milehi101]

looks great dont forget to post finished pictures

[tomsm44]

Originally posted by D.Ellis:
the low layer ones need to be finished first before I allow myself to move on to the nice ones.  

How could dancin silver sasquatches possibly be considered not nice.  That'd be a great album name for a country western band by the way.  Looks great.  I actually like lower layer count twisted Damascus patterns.  I would tell you to hurry up and get it finished but I've got pics up of an unfinished bowie right now that have been up a couple of weeks.   :D  

Matt

[srtben]

Yeti's doing a fire dance, nice!!
I don't think I have seen such a low layer twist, it looks very cool. Can't wait to see it finished out.

[2treks]

I see it,
I like it a lot.
Nice job

[Track]

Patterns really different. I like it!

[D.Ellis]

Originally posted by tomsm44:
 

Originally posted by D.Ellis:
the low layer ones need to be finished first before I allow myself to move on to the nice ones.  

How could dancin silver sasquatches possibly be considered not nice.  That'd be a great album name for a country western band by the way.  Looks great.  I actually like lower layer count twisted Damascus patterns.  I would tell you to hurry up and get it finished but I've got pics up of an unfinished bowie right now that have been up a couple of weeks.    :D    

Matt [/b]

Maybe we're working the same schedule Matt  :D  
Thanks for the replies fellas.
Darcy  

[Bobby Urban]

very nice - I really like the low count Damascus - especially in a twist pattern.  Very well done.

I hammered out three new similar billets this weekend.  Felt good to be back in the shop.

[Steve Nuckels]

Darcy, I agree with the consensus concerning the low count Damascus!  I like it!

Great looking Burl too!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member W.F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation.
ABS

[Lamey]

very interesting, more pics!

[D.Ellis]

Originally posted by Lamey:
very interesting, more pics!

(said in my best Yoda voice) Busy I am, Patient you must be!  :D  
Thanks for the replies. It'll be early next week before I get back to it.
Darcy  

[Doug Campbell]

   

[D.Ellis]

Finally got this one pretty much done. Not sharpened yet, and still have to build the sheath.
Darcy    
 

 

[2treks]

Whatabeaut!

[Doug Campbell]

Looks like it'll do go after Sasquatch Darcy, fine job.

[Kevin Evans]

I like that  

[srtben]

Very nice, I love the copper fittings.

[tippit]

I like that low twist very dramatic.

[Bodork]

That's a sweet knife all around!