red beak

[hellize]

Red beak.

Heat...unbearable heat. The sun rules over the land, scorching it with its blaze of glory. A parched flock of grasshoppers diligently devouring the dried up grass are the only signs of life far and wide.
Only silence accompanies the heat.
An ancient gallows stands in the middle of nowhere. A memento to the law's far reaching hand. Its once proud, yellow wood turned to grey long time ago, under the suns relentless burning assault. Since eons it have been the last way point, before they met their maker, to many thieves and rascals who thought that coin could be earned in a faster way too.
The lonely gallows wasn't really alone this time either. A quiet rouge relaxed his neck in the grasp of the gallows loop, swinging slowly in the hot, windless ether like a giant pendulum trying to measure eternity.
A crow disturbed the peaceful scenery, as it landed on the gallows arm with a loud wing clatter. The bird looked down examining the strange, dangling fruit of the dead tree and driven by its hunger, leaped onto the shoulder of the poor fellow. Its courage was just enough to taste it, denting its razor sharp beak into the right eyeball.
It was pleasantly salty, just as he liked it, but the bird couldn't finish its meal, since the cadaver suddenly jerked itself, frightening the crow away. The man's newly regained senses violently drove its limbs back and forth till he found the hidden knife at its back. With great difficulty cut the rope and dropped to the ground like a sack of potates.
Good thing that the hangman was his mate, but too bad that the damn crow came with a feast in mind.

The knife is 21.5 cm long. The blade is 10.5 cm long 3.2 cm wide and 5 mm thick at its base, which gets gradually thinner till the tip. I forged it of 5160, 1.2516 and L6 steels, with about 200 layers.
Its handle is made of antler, padouk and wenge, with iron accessories.
The sheath is made of thick cowhide.

[Quick Steel]

hellize, A beautiful piece of work. The pattern on the blade is super. Love everything about it.

[hellize]

hellize, A beautiful piece of work. The pattern on the blade is super. Love everything about it.

Thank you very much!
Well, it is a weirdly un-wild pattern, compared to what I usually make. But I like them all anyway

[edge213]

Dude, your work is amazing. Love all of them.

[hellize]

Dude, your work is amazing. Love all of them.

Thanks man! I will try not to disappoint you

[Steve Warden]

A beautiful piece of work!

[hellize]

A beautiful piece of work!

Glad you like it, Sir!

[stagman]

Well we already know your forging skills are amazing !!!
But how bout the shape of the handle on this one....
new ground for you bud...how does it feel in the hand ???
I gotta know, very unique and interesting...and I meant to
ask you in one of the other pieces you done, I take that is
your mark on the front rather than your name or initials hey ???
Always look forward to "anything" you put pics up for us to enjoy
And oh yeah, the stories ain't bad either !!!

Stag
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/stagman

[hellize]

Well we already know your forging skills are amazing !!!
But how bout the shape of the handle on this one....
new ground for you bud...how does it feel in the hand ???
I gotta know, very unique and interesting...and I meant to
ask you in one of the other pieces you done, I take that is
your mark on the front rather than your name or initials hey ???
Always look forward to "anything" you put pics up for us to enjoy
And oh yeah, the stories ain't bad either !!!

Stag
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/stagman

Thanks a lot!
Well, the handle is a not new design. I have made several other like this one some time ago, although with different materials, but the shape was largely the same.
It is not a "full grip" handle if you know what I mean. This design of mine is mostly used at smaller neck knives, which are better for more delicate things, not for hacking around as my other robust examples.
It does have enough space for all 4 fingers, but it is a lotmore usable with 3-3.5 fingers.
My mark is a hoof print (my friends call me moose, hence the mark )

Here are some of my earlier works with similar shape:

http://hellize.wixsite.com/mysite/knive ... m-iqv08ilu

http://hellize.wixsite.com/mysite/knive ... -iqv08imn1

http://hellize.wixsite.com/mysite/knive ... -iqv08imo1

http://hellize.wixsite.com/mysite/knive ... -iqv08imj1