This is a special knife that I made to exhibit at the CKCA Mini Show on Thursday night before Blade this year. I was honored to be chosen as one of the makers. It's my take on an 18th century Persian Kard. It's not meant to be an exact replica of any one piece, but rather has features and details influenced and blended from a couple different historical examples. This knife was something I've had on my mind to make for quite some time. I've done a bit of study on kards and thought it would be a good platform to try something new but still keep a lot of my style elements. I thought the special occasion of the mini show would be a good time to do this.

This knife challenged me in a few ways but I'm happy how it turned out. I knew I would be interested in making it but as I started the project and saw it starting to come together, I REALLY enjoyed making this even more than I thought I would and it won't be my last one.

Specs:

Hand forged from W2 steel, clay quenched

9 1/2" blade, 14 1/4" overall

'Twisted Steel' fileworked spine

Bronze collar w/ stippled band

Bronze 'Thorn and Vine' fileworked accents

Fluted damascus spacer

African Blackwood handle, hand carved w/ high relief leaves and vine motif and stippled background

Damascus Finial

All comments and discussion welcome.