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bae
11-8-11, 7:36pm
Yes, you *could* go to Home Depot or Wal-Mart, and buy a cheap knife, with poor tempering and a lousy edge profile, and then use it in frustration for a few years before you give up and buy a new one.

Or, if you have a friend who is a talented smith, you can have him whip up something like this:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sPihDbDGYMk/TrnI-_wN2zI/AAAAAAAAEKw/MeuynD-xRtc/s640/bowie1.jpg[

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J_V-VeKvQws/TrnJVDMd7bI/AAAAAAAAEK4/_WNV2grimCM/s640/bowie7.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-T6KnQhzHSNQ/TrnJXHsA7hI/AAAAAAAAELA/12NJjx9FiG8/s640/bowie10.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5X3gYygngIk/TrnJjT91zgI/AAAAAAAAELQ/UZKL7eByZDU/s640/bowie35.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-30fGHmbt2O4/TrnJyIg4NiI/AAAAAAAAELg/O7ehB1ej_LE/s640/bowie-in-sheath.jpg

I've been using this almost every day for a couple of years, and it's holding up very well. I suspect my great-grandkids will be using this one.

Lainey
11-8-11, 7:41pm
That's a great combination of useful and beautiful. Thanks for posting.

cdttmm
11-8-11, 9:44pm
Wow - that's incredible!

redfox
11-8-11, 11:52pm
Damascus steel! Fantastic stuff. Nice, thanks.

Acorn
11-9-11, 1:21am
How cool to see your own knife get forged!

lhamo
11-9-11, 5:58am
I love it when function and beauty meet so effectively. Thanks for sharing.

lhamo

jania
11-9-11, 9:51am
Wonderful craftsmanship and probably a joy to use. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

daisy
11-9-11, 11:00am
That is awesome!

kally
11-9-11, 5:43pm
now THAT's a knife. Good luck with your slicing.

Gardenarian
11-9-11, 5:51pm
What a great knife.
I think it should have a name - you know, like Sting, Anduril, Glamdring.

bae
11-9-11, 6:41pm
What a great knife.
I think it should have a name - you know, like Sting, Anduril, Glamdring.

I named it Nęgling



Nęgling forbęrst,
geswįc ęt sęcce sweord Bķowulfes,
gomol ond grǽgmǽl. Him žęt gifeše ne węs
žęt him ķrenna ecge mihton
helpan ęt hilde; węs sķo hond tó strong

Alan
11-9-11, 7:05pm
I named it Nęgling
Just call me baewulf?

Mrs-M
11-10-11, 1:15pm
What a work of art. I've never seen steel like that before with that sort of pattern to it. So unique.

Gardenarian
11-10-11, 3:46pm
Beautiful, bae.