Frontier Bowie and Sheath..........

[Nolan Sackett]

This is the third collaboration piece between Wild Rose Trading Co (aka my wife Linda, who does most of our beadwork, and me) and Tai Goo - thus the Wild Goo moniker -  and the first where I've gotten to put the knife together using one of Tai's fantabulous blades as well as build the sheath....

Here's the blade as I got it from Tai (99% hand forged - NO power tool used - to shape with minimal filing to clean it up! - I've seen/handled a lot of forged knives in the last 40+ years and Tai's work is just absolutely fantastic.....) and after I got the guard and grip mounted.....


and here it is all finished up...........






A couple of detail shots.......




Blade: 7 3/4" x 1 1/2" hand forged from 1065 steel by Tai Goo
OAL: 13 5/8"
Grip: Sambar stag crown with bison rawhide wrap and brass tacks
Guard: brass - cast from an original Bowie some 30+ years ago (I just love those old "orphan pieces)
Buttcap: Nickel concho from an old circa 1890's saddle
Pewter inlay engraved with the owner's initials
Sheath: elk rawhide over a bark tan liner with a brain tan deer cuff. Deco is copper and glass beads, horse and buffalo hair, tin cone tinklers, brass tacks, and rattle snake skin.

Hope ya'll enjoy looking as much as we did making.........

Hope you enjoy the look see..............

[Dai.S.Loe]

That is absolutely beautiful.

Congratulations on creating a functional piece of artwork.

The green eyed monster in me rears its ugly head.

Dai

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Outstanding. I love the beadwork with the double row of tacks on the scabbard. Great knife, too. Mkes me drool bigtime. 

[Triggersmith]

I been to three county fairs and a goat race and that is the wildest lookiing rig I have ever seen.  Beautiful job
Triggersmith

[Slowhand Bob]

Pard there are just not enough words, well actually, there may be.  Its getting about time for a full color picture book, with drool proof pages of course.  I really love the picture gallery you included as extras with your new DVDs.