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Greetings!


Here's a gothic dagger that I have made some time ago.
The blade is forge of 5160, the accessories are hammered of wrought iron and the handle is made of glued and stacked leather.

Hope you guys like it

Just Gorgeous hellize !!! And looks really stout and heavy duty..
Stacked leather as well came out great,,,how long is the blade
and OAL of the knife ???
Always enjoy the pics of your work

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

stagman wrote:Just Gorgeous hellize !!! And looks really stout and heavy duty..
Stacked leather as well came out great,,,how long is the blade
and OAL of the knife ???
Always enjoy the pics of your work

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

Thanks a lot!
The blade is around 28-29 cm long and the total length is just under 50 cm. 48-49 maybe.

Another beauty from the forge of hellize!!!

Steve Warden wrote:Another beauty from the forge of hellize!!!

Guilty!

hellize wrote:Here's a gothic dagger that I have made some time ago.

Wow, what a great looking dagger. Has very clean lines, very sleek in appearance. The sheath looks excellent as well, and not only does it cover the dagger well, the designs on it are attractive.

I've seen fixed blade sheaths before that I thought were just extremely ugly but this one makes them look like a matched pair. Very nice. You do some very good work Sir.

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Mike

XX Case XX wrote:

hellize wrote:Here's a gothic dagger that I have made some time ago.

Wow, what a great looking dagger. Has very clean lines, very sleek in appearance. The sheath looks excellent as well, and not only does it cover the dagger well, the designs on it are attractive.

I've seen fixed blade sheaths before that I thought were just extremely ugly but this one makes them look like a matched pair. Very nice. You do some very good work Sir.

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Mike

Thank you very much! Your nice words are much appreciated!
I am not a real leather guy, but I do try to evolve on that plane too and I am really happy that you think that the effort is worth it

A Gothic dagger. Well so not we not only are slaying the dwarfs but we are going after the Goths as well?
Absolutely beautiful as always Csizmar. Your are an artist.

hellize wrote:I am not a real leather guy, but I do try to evolve on that plane too and I am really happy that you think that the effort is worth it

Without a doubt. One of the brands that I like, "Bark River", makes excellent knives that look really good, but sometimes the sheaths that go with them are just plain ugly. I think the look & style of the sheath should compliment the knife itself, hence the term I used to describe what you made, "Matched Pair".

The sheath shouldn't be just something that holds and protects the knife, it should follow the same lines as the knife. There is one custom knife maker that I feel does this, his name is "Randy Lee". His knives are always featured in AG Russell's "The Cutting Edge" periodical. The sheaths are handmade by his wife Sonja.

I feel the two of them make a great working pair as both the knife/sheath always seem to go together very nicely, just as yours do.


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Mike

doglegg wrote:A Gothic dagger. Well so not we not only are slaying the dwarfs but we are going after the Goths as well?
Absolutely beautiful as always Csizmar. Your are an artist.

Thanks!
Oh no, I refer here to the gothic masonry style with giant blade like colorful windows and such, not the goths (visi, ostro) and certainly not to the now popular "goths" - I don't really understand this last one, hmm...

XX Case XX wrote:

hellize wrote:I am not a real leather guy, but I do try to evolve on that plane too and I am really happy that you think that the effort is worth it

Without a doubt. One of the brands that I like, "Bark River", makes excellent knives that look really good, but sometimes the sheaths that go with them are just plain ugly. I think the look & style of the sheath should compliment the knife itself, hence the term I used to describe what you made, "Matched Pair".

The sheath shouldn't be just something that holds and protects the knife, it should follow the same lines as the knife. There is one custom knife maker that I feel does this, his name is "Randy Lee". His knives are always featured in AG Russell's "The Cutting Edge" periodical. The sheaths are handmade by his wife Sonja.

I feel the two of them make a great working pair as both the knife/sheath always seem to go together very nicely, just as yours do.


Mike

Yeah, I think about their unity in the same way
You know, the sheath story is quite a difficult thing. If the maker doesn't make the sheath himself, or in that case the gents lovely wife, than in most cases, you have to wait weeks and even months till the sheath is finally ready too. And not many people are willing to do that. Everyone wants his stuff, right now.
So the only way for a knife to have a sheath as fast as possible (if you don't make it yourself I mean) is to order them plain and ugly or to make them prior in large quantities, loosing uniqueness.