J.S. Submission knives, W.I.P.

[StephanFowler]

I will be testing for my Journeyman Smith ranking at the next Blade show here in Atl.

I try to be the type to plan ahead with plenty of time to deal with mishaps so I decided to get started on the knives I will submit for testing.

My plan (yea, right) is to make 8 knives and send them to several Master Smiths for input and suggestions.

I got four of them forged out yesterday and today, all from Don Hanson's W2 (interesting future note, all of my JS knives will be from the same 2 1/8" bar of W2)



Pictures of the first four, ready for HT
http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/js-test-01.jpg

[StephanFowler]

Here's the first one done,

8.75" Blade
Stabilized Maple Burl Handle
Stainless Single guard

I tried to show as much detail in the photos as possible

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-01.jpg

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-02.jpg

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-03.jpg

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-04.jpg

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-05.jpg

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-06.jpg

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-07.jpg

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-08.jpg

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-09.jpg

http://fowlerblades.com/web/wp-content/gallery/js-knives/campbowie-10.jpg

[Jon Brand]

Thats a sweet knife, i really like it!

[Kevin Jones]

Looking good and making good progress Stephan.

[Jerry Manuel]

Nice work Stephan -

[StephanFowler]

Looking good and making good progress Stephan.

Thanks very much everyone

I will let this sit for a couple days to get my eyes off it, then go over the whole thing with a 20x optivisor.

if I don't find anything to fix I'll be sending it on to it's first critique

[Don Hanson]

Lookin very good, Stephan.

I don't foresee you having any trouble in Atlanta... Except maybe finding room for more W2 :p

[Jon Brand]

For whatever reason this might be my favorite of yours to date..

By the way, I'm not sure I ever said anything, but it was good to meet you and check out your knives while hanging in the pit last Blade show. I get pretty shy, so I like when people come and chat and your a good dude. :)

[StephanFowler]

For whatever reason this might be my favorite of yours to date..

By the way, I'm not sure I ever said anything, but it was good to meet you and check out your knives while hanging in the pit last Blade show. I get pretty shy, so I like when people come and chat and your a good dude. :)

probably because it's nice and thin.

wait till you see the fighter I'm gonna finish next pointy pointy

and really rather thin also.

I did enjoy our conversation in the pit, I hope to buy
you a round in celebration of my J.S. this year

[Jon Brand]

Or maybe I should be the one buying it..