Honyaki Bowie with Ironwood and Walrus Ivory

Product Description for Honyaki Bowie with Ironwood and Walrus Ivory

Maker: Aaron Wilburn, M.S. (Wilburn Forge) (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 100780
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 9.25 in.
Cutting edge length: 8.50 in.
Total length: 14.25 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.52 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.25 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.19 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.03 in.
Item weight: 15.80 oz.
Shipment weight: 23.2 oz.
Blade: Hand forged W2 carbon steel with forge finished flats and a clay zone heat treatment
Bolster: Heat blued, forged wrought iron
Handle: Ironwood and ancient walrus ivory
Sheath: Hand tooled leather sheath
Description: Aaron Wilburn became a journeyman smith in June of 2009 and a master smith in 2013. Aaron creates serious knives for some of the most avid collectors and this bowie is a dramatic example of his work!
The 9-1/4 inch blade was hand forged to shape from W2 carbon steel. The heat treatment technique is borrowed from the world of Japanese swords. The clay zone heat treatment results in a clear hamon traveling across the blade. The line (called a hamon) shows the transition between soft, supportive steel at the spine and hard cutting steel at the edge. The flats are forge finished showing Aaron's skill at forging a knife closely to shape. Aaron's maker mark is on the left side of the ricasso and his M.S. mark is shown on the right side.
The handle is formed from a stunning section of desert ironwood burl (Olneya tesota). Desert ironwood is a rare wood that is only found in the valleys of the Sonoran Desert below 2,500 foot elevation. It is among the most desirable of exotic woods used for knives. The handle frame is formed from heat blued, textured wrought iron surrounded by nickel silver fileworked liners. A spacer is formed from ancient walrus ivory. The frame handle is secured using five domed nickel silver pins. Handle scales meet perfectly with the blued, textured wrought iron S-guard.
To keep the knife close at hand and protect it during transportation, a custom leather sheath is included. The sheath features a basketweave tooled pattern and an alligator leather throat.
Exceptional work throughout!


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