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    Thank you Sirs!!!
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    Thank you, now the knife is finished, just the silver pin still missing. Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, for edc, whittling and desk knife I made this gents knife. Not 100% finished yet, as I need to do some fine tuning and the sterling silver pin in the handle. 88mm wharncliffe blade from 1.3505 silver soldered guard from 1.2510 11cm handle from warthog ivory with a mammoth spacer. I wanted to do the entire handle from ivory, but the warthog had a deep crack so I needed to insert the spacer to reach the desired 11cm. Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, the owner wanted a Jäger knife with Scagel style ricasso and guard, so we took a nice one from the Dr. Lucie book of W.Scagel. Here the result 12cm drop point blade from 1.3505 12cm handle from brass, aluminium, fiber, copper and buffalo. Kind regards Nico
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    Thank you very much for these nice words!! One of my favorites is this one, but now I would make the guard a little longer or the handle as it's a little out of proportion I also like the walnut handle on this knife, but maybe my favorite will be this one, I want a steel guard, slim Bronze Spacer, sterling silver pin and actually I'm looking for a Mammut or warthog handle Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, here I made a "Nicker" knife, these knives the bavarians use and carry in their leather pants The deer seems to be a fighter, as the stag had several deep marks and nicks on the outer curve. So I tried to conserve these and even let them show up on the ferrule, as the sambar structure, as well. 88mm blade from 1.3505 115mm handle ferrule from bronze. Kind regards Nicolas
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    Thank you Sirs! This turkish walnut is really nice, not the easiest way to polish it, but I think it's worth the effort. Soon I'll make a similar one, but with Wharncliffe blade Regards Nicolas
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    Freshly from my workshop, a very small "Wanderer" with only 75mm blade made from 1.3505. Silver soldered guard from nautical bronze, spacers from fiber, copper, buffalo and aluminium, handle from a nice piece of sambar stag. Pommel from bronze. Kind regards Nico
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    Thank you! I hope, it will see some action Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, I just finishid this job with a handrubbed satin finish 1000 grit. The sheatmaker made a nice sheath as well Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you Sirs!! Yes, it took longer, but it was my fault as I had to repeat several details - this was the first one of this kind. First I glued the ring into a grove I made on the guard and later tryed to texturize it with a small hammer - it came loose again So I had to make it again, and again.. now it's rivited to the guard with 8 tiny copper pins and glued in place as well. The pommel first was made from iron but it didn't match exactly the hole I drilled, so today I had to take it off again and made the silver one.... Next time I know how to make it Kind regards
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    Hello, I just finished this gents knife, this time with another handle form. The guard from iron with a rivited copper ring to give a rustic contrast to the elegant handle. 84mm blade from 1.3505 Iron guard with copper Turkish walnut handle with london gunstock oil finish. Handle a 115mm Pommel from sterling silver Regards Nico
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    Stunning work!! Absolutely professional!
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    That looks VERY VERY VERY NICE!!!!! Is there anyone who makes Harris Tweed Micarta? Regards Nicolas
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    Finished!
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    Buffalo is far less expensive than walnut burl or Sambar and buffalo won't need the oil finish (about 20 layers of oil, hardener etc.) A fully shaped buffalo handle takes some time, but the material is not that expansive. Sambar is expensive but not difficult to make a handle, as you only shape the upper part, oiling, polishing, but needs a nice pommel to look good. Walnut is similar to work with as buffalo, but expensive and loads of polishing after the handle is done. With wood and even buffalo you have to be very carefully working on the knife, as it easily dents in the
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    A perfect small user, nothing more needed!! Regards Nico
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    Ok, first oil finish is done, yet to do 2-3 more.. Nearly no open pores, feels like velvet Regards Nico
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    Hello, actually I'm working on this tiny gentsknife, nearly finished, just missing the final polish on the wood. I took this time exhibition grade turkish walnut burl, as it's used normally by stockers and so it was asking for an original london oil finish a la Purdey. The blade from 1.2442 with forging texture, 85mm long Guard from iron, this time not soldered but press fitted and glued, I didn't want to mess up the forging texture with the solder, press fit looks cleaner. The iron ferrule has a copper layer, not as usual with black fiber, but with a about 1mm deep,
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    Thank you, I really enjoy making the details on the guard and handle. Actually I'm thinking about to make a case like these from TEG London - absolutely useless for a knife - but so nice :D:D:D Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, yesterday I finished this Wanderer, 95mm blade from 1.2442 Solver soldered guard from bronze, Spacer from aluminium, fiber, copper, olive micarta and mammoth ivory, the handle with 11,5cm from very nice sambar stag with a depth and all kind of brown, yellow and orange tones, the pommel as well from bronze. Kind regards Nico
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    Thank you very much, for your kind words! I really enjoy sharing my work with you, is there anything more satisfying than creating something with your hands that will maybe last for generations? I think I was wrong when I decided studying graphic design, I should have been learing for gunsmith or something similar Kind regards Nicolas
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    Hello, today I finished this drop point Jäger with a 11,9cm blade from 1.3505 Solver soldered guard from brass, spacers from aluminium and micarta, sambar taper and the pommel from brass with a 7x57 FNT 1930 cartridge. Kind regards Nicolas
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    Wow!!! Impressive big knife!! Reminds me of the Scagel full tang knives. I like the brass with copper rivets. You definitely should make more knives!! Regards Nicolas
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