Frame Handle Feather Damascus Bowie with Mammoth Ivory
Best Fixed Blade, ICCE, 2021

Product Description for Frame Handle Feather Damascus Bowie with Mammoth Ivory
Best Fixed Blade, ICCE, 2021

Maker: Kelly Vella-Vermeer, J.S. (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 103925
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 7.25 in.
Cutting edge length: 6.75 in.
Total length: 12.40 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.69 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.21 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.15 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.04 in.
Item weight: 16.40 oz.
Shipment weight: 27.4 oz.
Blade: Feather pattern damascus forged from carbon steels
Bolster: Gun blued mild steel
Handle: Mammoth bark ivory set on a twist pattern damascus frame
Sheath: Tooled leather sheath
Description: This Frame Handle Feather Damascus Bowie with Mammoth Ivory is a spectacular knife by Journeyman Smith Kelly Vermeer-Vella. Kelly is a Forged in Fire champion, an exceptional bladesmith, and a renowned farrier. This beautiful knife is among her master works to date. Given the exceptional level of work, it is perhaps no surprise that Kelly won Best Fixed Blade
for this knife at the 2021 ICCE show in Fort Worth Texas.
The 7-1/4 inch blade was hand forged from Kelly's own feather pattern damascus. The finely detailed pattern was forged to shape from 1075 and 15N20 carbon steels, ensuring excellent toughness and edge holding. The long swedge runs along the top of the blade. Because this knife is forged from carbon steels, we recommend camellia oil to oil the blade and natural mammoth ivory handle.
Mammoth ivory bark scales are secured to a twist damascus handle frame using internal pins. Mammoth ivory bark, taken from the exterior of a tusk, is well matched in coffee, cream, and chocolate tones with deep black veins moving throughout the ivory. The handle is contoured to provide a comfortable grip that fills your hand nicely. A damascus spacer separates the ivory from a gun blued mild steel S-guard.
To keep the knife close at hand, a tooled leather custom sheath is included.
Exceptional work throughout!


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