Pattern-welded knife with nickel silver fittings/wire inlay

Aaron Schnatterly · Post by **Aaron Schnatterly** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:36 pm

My lovely bride Shan-Aan just finished up her latest project... a nice dirk-like knife.

Fiddled with the lighting to "pop" the pattern:

A contrast shot of the spine:

And one of her mark:

13.25" over all length
8.5" blade length
Blade is hand-ground from a billet of pattern-weld made by Rick Barrett.
Fittings are nickel silver with a Macassar Ebony spacer, grip is African Blackwood with a 2-strand 22g nickel silver twisted wire inlay.
Shan-Aan has added filework to the spine of the blade - a nice accenting touch.
Very sharp... and I don't mean just the edge, which will shave hair off my arm.

Fortunately, the her knife-making skills far exceed my photography skills...

This piece is available - $600

Randy W · Post by **Randy W** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:15 pm

WOW .... that is a fantastic piece!

Victor Martin · Post by **Victor Martin** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:11 pm

Good Lord! That's beautiful!

Ingvarr · Post by **Ingvarr** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:15 pm

Victor Martin wrote::shock:

Good Lord! That's beautiful!

^2

Aaron Schnatterly · Post by **Aaron Schnatterly** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:10 am

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

Certainly brought a smile to Shan-Aan's face this morning!

Zubeydah · Post by **Zubeydah** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:57 am

That's just exquisite.... :shock:

- Zubeydah

Aaron Schnatterly · Post by **Aaron Schnatterly** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:41 am

Thanks, Zubeydah!

Pattern weld is an interesting media to work in. I did some playing around with a couple of small scraps... Really, really neat stuff.

Aaron Schnatterly · Post by **Aaron Schnatterly** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:11 pm

... this piece is now sold.