Knife Display Stand

[jawilder]

Here is a Civil War inspired dagger / letter opener that was requested.

At first I had a very narrow rounded handle on it and absolutely hated it, so I broke the wood off and remade the hande out of a branch from a maple tree that I cut off a couple of years ago. The handle came fromt he crotch of the branch and I used the other piece of the branch as a display stand. It turned out much better than I hoped.

The steel is 1080 with deep FCL etch and bleach to stain it.
The blade is 6" with textured brass fittings that have been aged with amonia fumes. The wood is maple and the spacers are hickory.

The owner wanted scratches, battle scars, and "blood stains". He was tickled pink when he received it this morning.

I know that I need to work on my dagger plunge lines. Those buggers are hard to do.

I like how the display stand worked out and just wanted to share what I came up with.

 

[ATF6281914]

Both knife and stand look awesome! Nice work.

 

[AVigil]

That actually looks like a period piece...Good job.

It is nice to have a customer satisfied :thumbup:

 

[jawilder]

Thanks.
I forgot to add that this knife, along with a thicker version of it are being "given" to the customer in return for him buying a new marching snare for our school's drumline. So I suppose they are Pay It Forward knives.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Nice knife and display.

Driftwood pieces, antler, wood branches, and attractive cut-offs all make great display stands. Manzanita root is really nice.