Make Stuff With Your Hands

I met Joe Keeslar  this year at the ICCE knife show this year and I wanted to make a dagger in his style. Below are some photos of the process.

Here it the initial forging. I started with 1.5″ x 1/4″ 1084 steel:

Here is the forging complete:

Profiled and finish ground:

Then a mystery wood handle (rosewood or ironwood, not sure – it was a gift):

A handle detail showing the sterling silver and copper pins:

I etched my logo:

I also made the sheath:

And here is the entire package:

This was a really fun build – it pushed my abilities in both blade and sheath and I am happy with how it turned out.

Thanks for looking – keep making,

Jim