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So, my daughter just finished her college degree: four years on the Dean’s list, 4.0 gpa, and now the ceremony is canceled. She has been asking for a dagger. So, in lieu of a college graduation ceremony, she gets a college graduation ceremonial dagger!

Gifted it to her, and she was ecstatic! I can’t say how proud her parents are!

Forged and ground by hand, Mokume gane guard and pommel, bone handles, copper pins, cold blued blade.

Here’s some build pics.

Finish pics.

It is certainly not perfect, but this is probably my favorite build ever, because of its recipient and her journey.

Enjoy...

Looks great! Can't wait to see the finished knife!
Nice! You slipped the finished pictures in, while I was typing.
Sorry, for not being able to have a graduation ceremony
Congrats to your daughter, on a remarkable achievement!

WOW.... Tony, that is one very nice and exceptional dagger!
Great work and beautiful materials!
Congrats to your daughter in both cases....
4.0 COLLEGE GPA!!!
and
For receiving a beautiful, well made, dagger that YOU made for her.
again....
Congrats to you BOTH!!!!

Four years of hard work. Exemplary record and no graduation ceremony to publicly recognize it. That stinks but at least she has her dad to make up for some of the disappointment. Good job all the way around Tony.

Impressed with your daughters academic accomplishments, disappointed for her and graduation. Impressed that she would like a dagger as her graduation gift. Impressed with what a fine dagger you produced. Excellent all the way around.

Congratulation on your Daughter's outstanding accomplishment!
That is a great looking graduation gift that she will cherish.

That dagger is beautiful, and congrats to your daughter on her graduation!

Very nice!
Congratulations to the graduate! 4.0 took some effort and dedication.
Treefarmer

D) All of the above
Applause all around!
All y'all done good!!

Congratulations on such a fantastic GPA! Well done on the dagger!

A wonderful daughter; a wonderful knife. Congratulations on both.

Doc B wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:18 pm Looks great! Can't wait to see the finished knife!
Nice! You slipped the finished pictures in, while I was typing.
Sorry, for not being able to have a graduation ceremony
Congrats to your daughter, on a remarkable achievement!

Doc, Thanks for your kindness. I was in SA a couple weeks ago, "sheltering in places." We saw the Alamo, from the outside only. I was there once before, in the middle of the night, and there were more people around in the middle of the night. Crazy days.

Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:50 pm WOW.... Tony, that is one very nice and exceptional dagger!
Great work and beautiful materials!
Congrats to your daughter in both cases....
4.0 COLLEGE GPA!!!
and
For receiving a beautiful, well made, dagger that YOU made for her.
again....
Congrats to you BOTH!!!!

Mike, Thank you so much. It is all a joy.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:01 pm Four years of hard work. Exemplary record and no graduation ceremony to publicly recognize it. That stinks but at least she has her dad to make up for some of the disappointment. Good job all the way around Tony.

Jerry, she wept for a few minutes when she first found out the ceremony was cancelled. The same day, she received a call offering a position, which she accepted. She is doing ok now. Thanks.

doglegg wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:17 pm Impressed with your daughters academic accomplishments, disappointed for her and graduation. Impressed that she would like a dagger as her graduation gift. Impressed with what a fine dagger you produced. Excellent all the way around.

Floyd, thank you, thank you, thank you, all the way around.

rustyoldknife wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 3:11 am Congratulation on your Daughter's outstanding accomplishment!
That is a great looking graduation gift that she will cherish.

David, thank you. I just hope she keeps it oiled.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 11:16 am That dagger is beautiful, and congrats to your daughter on her graduation!

Thank you sir. Interested...do you collect BB guns?

treefarmer wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 11:32 am Very nice!
Congratulations to the graduate! 4.0 took some effort and dedication.
Treefarmer

Thank you, Sir. I will pass the word on.

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 11:36 am D) All of the above
Applause all around!
All y'all done good!!

Steve, much appreciated.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 3:12 pm A wonderful daughter; a wonderful knife. Congratulations on both.

QS, she is wonderful indeed. Thank you.

Thanks all. I will pass the words of congratulations on to my daughter.

Tony_Wood wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 3:27 pm

1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 11:16 am That dagger is beautiful, and congrats to your daughter on her graduation!

Thank you sir. Interested...do you collect BB guns?

Actually, my username is a Honda reference for off-road ATVs and motorcycles, "Ride Red."

That's a great looking dagger. Much to be proud of both the gift and all the hard work your daughter put in during college. Congrats on her graduating and he spectacular academic achievement. Best wishes in her new job.

Ross

Congratulations to your daughter on her achievement!
Congratulations to you on making such a cool dagger!

And also, good job on raising a daughter. I have done that twice, and IT AIN'T EASY!!!!

Rossr wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 1:56 am That's a great looking dagger. Much to be proud of both the gift and all the hard work your daughter put in during college. Congrats on her graduating and he spectacular academic achievement. Best wishes in her new job.

Ross

Thanks Ross. Definitely proud of her accomplishments. Her mom did well in rearing her!

Reverand wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:35 pm
Congratulations to your daughter on her achievement!
Congratulations to you on making such a cool dagger!

And also, good job on raising a daughter. I have done that twice, and IT AIN'T EASY!!!!

Rev, you got that right! Especially not these days.
Thanks for the kind words.

Very nice post, Tony, in many ways.