Swiss baselard auction- Sold

[Ironbadger]

Long sold- forgot to update.





We'll try a price reduction to $160 and shipping.
I'm definitely not making any more baselards like this one.


Just finished a Swiss styled baselard dagger.

Carbon steel blade, sharpened, double edged and a touch over 9 inches long.
Overall length is about 14 inches.
Rough mirror polished.

4130 chrome-moly steel guard and pommel on a substantial, full, peened tang.

Walnut grip, hand carved at considerable effort and labor on my part.
Its really nicely matched and uniform, considering that I carved and sanded it completely freehand with files and sandpaper.
Sealed with period beeswax/paraffin, rubbed in hot.

What tiny flaws it has simply make it even more clearly handmade.
Its a truly beautiful piece.
And reminded me once again why I hate making double edged blades....

I based this dagger on multiple examples in European museums; choosing the guard and pommel style, grip style and blade profile from numerous intact, and dug relic baselards from around the late 14th to the 16th century.

Mine has a thicker and wider tang that any of the relic originals I have seen, where the tang can be measured.

This one came from a scrap from a larger project where the shape dictated the final piece.
I do not expect to make any others anytime soon- Maybe never.

I wanted to have this done before Christmas for sale.. But sometimes you just can't rush the making of a knife.

Price is now $160.


Buyer pays shipping- Should be about $18 to US addresses, and I'll need overseas bidder's country of origin to get a shipping quote.

I regret that I still cannot offer sheath options at the moment, as I am slowly resupplying leather and the like.

Payment by paypal needs to be sent within 3 days of end of auction.

And now, pics...







Yes, these two are both sides of the dagger, set upright.
They match awfully close and even, as you can see.







-Badger-

[Ironbadger]

[Johann Lederer]

That is beautiful!

[Ironbadger]

Thanks.

I'd love to keep this one for myself, but I have bills to pay before my annual convention in January.

There was more labor in making this one than usual.
The guard and pommels plates on it now are the second set I cut and shaped.
The first set were nearly twice as thick. And after a month or deliberation, I decided they needed to be lighter.
(Its hard to tell from the photos that they are 3/16ths inch thick...About the same thickness as the blade stock.)

The grip took several days of hand carving, and I nearly threw the damned thing out the window a few times in frustration just trying to keep it even.

Its a beautiful thing to hold in the hand.
Even I felt a nearly overwhelming desire to stab something with it!
(I settled on stabbing a roll of paper towels....Good thing I can still use the cut up roll down in the shop.)

-Badger-

That is beautiful!

[Nathan Hartman]

Beautiful work as always.

Wish you'd make another long seax. Still my all-time favorite of yours...

[Ironbadger]

I don't know if I'll make any more as long as that one.
I am pretty sure I won't make with all the details I put into that one.


14 to 18 inch blades are more likely.
But all ideas must wait until I have steel again.


-Badger-

Beautiful work as always.

Wish you'd make another long seax. Still my all-time favorite of yours...

[Wenzel]

I really hate that I can't see the pics on my office computer... I'll check this out when I get off work today.

[Ironbadger]

Ends thursday.

[Ironbadger]

Ends tomorrow.

[Ironbadger]

Auction ended, no bids.

I am rather surprised.
Might be the timing, but I thought the price was fair for the work I have into it.

This will be available for a while yet.

-Badger-

[Ironbadger]

Price reduced.

[Ironbadger]

Sold.

-Badger-