Swedish&Austrian Combo

[belabear]

hello folks,

as always there is a story behind that knife

will be doing a forging course at gränsfors bruks in september and thought that, if everything turns out well, i´ll give a present to the tutor.... yes guessed right, a knife

so i gave it a lot of thought and decided to use a swedish blade and some wood from austria

got some nice plum wood from a friend as a birthday present and searched now for a suitable blade from a swedish bladesmith

got in contact with maikhel eklund, very nice dealing with him and soon got a blade

a funny thing happend when i did hold it the first time as there was a story etched on the blade... see for yourselves

and as i´m an archer that´s an unexpected extra

here the specs:

blade: carbon blade with etched petroglyphs, thanks maikhel!!
handle: mammoth ivory, black vulcanized fiber and austrian plum wood

pics done by a friend of mine, much better than i could, thank you kuno!!

what do you think

greetings from austria

belabear

 

[Retired Member southey]

I think thats a bit stunning, I really like the blade, the story looks like a rubbing from a cave wall. great!

 

[pinerevolver]

I would certainly buy that. I like the designs on the blade, what did you do to get them like that ?

 

[caliban]

That's well cool ! Love the glyphs.

 

[belabear]

thanks folks, glad you like it

about the etchings, just send a message to the maker

i´m sure maikhel will answer all your questions, he´s a real nice guy!!

http://www.art-knives.com

cheers
belabear

 

[brancho]

Belabear
I love that combination of materials and blade what great work