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