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Offline leapingbare

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Two ugly Daggers.
« on: March 06, 2010, 09:14:38 pm »
As most of you know I've been trying to learn how to make danish daggers for the past year. there have been many many many failed attempts and countless hours of frustration and confusion. But i am starting to finally get it, though these are not up to Par there getting darn close. The Type III is made from KY Blue and is 7 inches long and the Type IV-E is Gorge Town and its almost 6 inches.
 They both have there problems i lost stitching off one side of the type III when i was dressing up the pommel and lost stitching on the other face when i was pressure flaking the blade. And my stitching is cockeyed on at the pommel on the Type IV and i don't have stitching around the Pommel because i failed to get sharp enough edges to stitch also the blade is not as clean as i would like.
 But I'll get it right one day, here are the pics, enjoy!

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2010, 09:21:48 pm »
They could both use a little bee's wax to hide all those finger nails.
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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2010, 09:29:31 pm »
Looking pretty darn good to me Jesse! Your light years ahead of me being that you even know how to build a dagger ;D. I'm going to have to get into that one day..
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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2010, 09:34:36 pm »
Oh man Paul, there crazy complicated. So much go's into it so many stages and tricks its mind boggling!
 Thats a piece of your Gorge town BTW.
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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2010, 10:42:36 pm »
OK, i reworked the type IV-E, I successfully stitched the pommel and i did secondary pressure stitching over the primary punch stitching, then i waxed it. now i am proud of it.

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2010, 10:50:55 pm »
If they are ugly, I will take every ugly one of them!  ;D  They look pretty dern good to me.
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Offline david w.

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2010, 11:10:55 pm »
those are amazing
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Offline RG

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2010, 11:14:24 pm »
Good job Jes did you make them at the club this weekend or at home

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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2010, 11:16:15 pm »
Jesse, It's been less than a year an I can't believe how fast you have progressed on something so difficult,lookin real good an bet it's a job just finding big enough material for daggers. Later Bob
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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2010, 11:23:00 pm »
Thanks guys  ;)
 I did them at home. i did the type III last night and the Type IV-E today. I probably have 5 hours of working time in the type IV-E dagger
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Offline jamie

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2010, 11:43:44 pm »
theyre both great but that iv-e is incredible
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2010, 11:46:37 pm »
ifn them is ugly,then i like ugly
cause i like them
dont know if my skills will ever hit that level,but man you sure caught on to them fairly quick
keep up the saweet work
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2010, 12:33:57 am »
I know those are out of my league, because I don't even understand most of what you are talking about! ::)  Anyway, they look great to me! :)
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Offline Timo

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2010, 12:50:22 am »
Those are perty nice Jesse! You'd probly like to know that D.C. Waldorf lives near me and he always has to show me his daggers. Be good if you could set down with him sometime.

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Re: Two ugly Daggers.
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2010, 07:26:03 am »
Really impressive Jesse. Can't even imagine trying that.  Keep up the good work.
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