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Title: Work begins on a new Bowie
Post by: pappy on May 12, 2016, 08:56:24 PM
(http://i1360.photobucket.com/albums/r646/pappyscalls/IMG_9801_zpsigdwr89o.jpg) (http://s1360.photobucket.com/user/pappyscalls/media/IMG_9801_zpsigdwr89o.jpg.html)(http://i1360.photobucket.com/albums/r646/pappyscalls/IMG_9805_zpsfjh0wtkn.jpg) (http://s1360.photobucket.com/user/pappyscalls/media/IMG_9805_zpsfjh0wtkn.jpg.html)
Have a member request to build a Bowie for a friend of his getting married this is what I have so far. The Damascus has 250 layers, silver soldered the tang after shaping the blank and now working on the brass guard and pommel. Going to make an old style sheath riveted together. By the time I am finished it should be around 15" long.(http://i1360.photobucket.com/albums/r646/pappyscalls/forge_zpsdordvezr.jpg) (http://s1360.photobucket.com/user/pappyscalls/media/forge_zpsdordvezr.jpg.html) Oh forgot i picked up a new toy too...a Devil Forge....for heat treating the blanks
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Post by: Farmboy27 on May 12, 2016, 09:15:20 PM
Always love the pics pappy!  You are a true artist!  Keep em coming!
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Post by: owlhoot on May 12, 2016, 09:17:08 PM
Always good stuff from pappy ! 
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Post by: jonathan creason on May 12, 2016, 09:26:47 PM
Very nice profile on that blade.  I love that raindrop Damascus too.
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Post by: pappy on May 12, 2016, 09:29:33 PM
I love the raindrop....and I have just got two more in from Alabama Damascus and a ladder pattern billet from India and a Feathered or Fire pattern from the UK....lots of fun ahead in the shop during my off season.
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Post by: tomstopper on May 12, 2016, 09:50:41 PM
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Post by: mgm1955 on May 13, 2016, 12:13:58 AM
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Post by: Smooth_Operator on May 13, 2016, 12:19:41 AM
Looking good Jack!