Short Bowie's Little Brother

Had this one in the works at the same time, just fell behind when the "have to's" got in the way. Same handle materials - camel thorn and crown stag.
Blade is 6" recurve forged from OSB with file work. Hammered bronze & etched guard.
Bear paw theme on knife and sheath.
OAL is 12".

Wow, that's a beauty...Your skill with knife making never ceases to amaze me...

Man that is nice Carl! What kind of antler is that?
Doug
Jn. 3:16

Thanks Doug, supposed to be sambar stag, but I have my doubts after working with it. Picked thru a couple of boxes at Blade last year. Getting harder and harder to find good true sambar. Still good chunk of antler regardless (definitely not whitetail or mule).

Very nice work as usual, and merry Christmas.

Great looking work of art.

Great work as usual !!!

Thanks Folks, hope all of you have a blessed Christmas.

Knife is gorgeous, but my eyes are drawn to that sheath. That's amazing and I love the dual loop style.

Thanks SH. The split loop is a very old design (I'm not the originator by any means). My long time mentor and "adopted" Dad, Sandy Morrissey showed me how to make these. He's a Master Leather Craftsman - one of the best of the best in his day and a WWII Vet. He and his crew actually worked on my real Dad's F4U (Corsair) during the war (South Pacific). They never met but Sandy's crew was responsible for modifying the landing suspension on the all the carrier based F4Us.
Anyway...the design has a few advantages over a full flat loop. The split allows better conformity to the body profile (very few of us are flat around the middle), this keeps the sheath from moving around while moving and twisting. The split also can be centered around a belt loop to prevent any movement at all. It obviously works best with the larger blades since they are a bit more problematic to belt-carry. Most of all, I find it estheticly pleasing.