Dogbone Bowie with Ringed Gidgee

Product Description for Dogbone Bowie with Ringed Gidgee

Maker: Kevin Harvey, M.S. (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 110113
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 10.60 in.
Cutting edge length: 9.70 in.
Total length: 16.10 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.49 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.25 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.22 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.05 in.
Item weight: 15.40 oz.
Shipment weight: 26 oz.
Blade: Hand forged 1050 carbon steel with a Japanese clay zone heat treatment
Bolster: Nickel silver
Handle: Ringed gidgee with nickel silver fittings and a damascus spacer
Sheath: Hand tooled leather sheath with nickel silver fittings
Description: Mastersmith Kevin Harvey is well known for his tremendous attention to detail -- only matched by his skill at design. Kevin and Heather Harvey are one of only two husband and wife Mastersmith teams in the world and have been extremely influential through the knifemaking school they founded called Heavin Forge. Mastersmith Kevin Harvey teaches bladesmithing courses, with students travelling from all over the world to learn his techniques.
The 10-1/2 inch blade is hand forged from 1050 carbon steel. The steel was recovered from a train track and certified by a lab to be 1050 carbon steel. Harvey borrowed a technique from Japanese swords and gave the blade a clay zone heat treatment. The line (hamon) that travels along the blade shows the transition between the softer, resilient spine and the keen, long lasting cutting edge. The blade is flat ground and razor sharp. Because the knife is forged from carbon steel, we recommend using camellia oil to protect the blade and natural wood handle.
The dogbone style handle is Australian ringed gidgee wood, secured using hand domed pins. Gidgee (Acacia cambagei) is an exceptional wood for knife handles and is considered to be one of Australia's most beautiful timbers. It has tremendous stability even when exposed to fluctuations in humidity and temperature. It is among the densest woods in the world and has a beautiful curl similar to Hawaiian koa. A polished nickel silver escutcheon is featured on the right side of the handle. Thin, fileworked nickel silver spacers surround a W's pattern damascus spacer. A polished nickel silver guard finishes the handle.
To keep the knife close at hand, a tooled leather sheath with nickel silver throat and 303 stainless steel frog is included.
This knife features Kevin’s “Scales of Justice Balanced on a Bowie Knife” hallmark, which he reserves for knives that are knives that are perfectly balanced for control and precision.
Excellent work throughout!


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