I wanted to get your take on this knife.  A fella called and asked me if I could fashion a knife that would match his GRAYBARK recurve from a famous bowmaker. I was intrigued, and told him I would try.

I tried to obtain riser material...that didnt work. So I had to MAKE a riser block for a BW by cutting gray acgtionwood in slabs, adding in red and black spacers and epoxying it all back together..had to do it 3 times, to get it right. I put white material in the first two, but that was a bust since it would not stay clean when I was making the knife I knew over time it wouldnt stay clean when he was using it after a couple of seasons.

I tried to get red wood to build it with, and that was impractical since I had to buy 300 board feet of it...so I used something else.

Third times the charm I think. It also had to have a real heavy duty finish on it because of what I used to build it with...so I put a superglue finish on it....its got six coats in this photo...I'm adding four more. Then I will buff to a satin finish.

The rear of the scale appears white in the photo, I think thats the light coming off the superglue because its as gray as the rest of the handle.

I'm going to match it up with a solid black sheath.

What do you think? Does it replicate the BW enough?

   

 

Looks good.  As a spider bow fan, I am impressed!!

It turned out really nice Ray. Lin

Very nice Ray!

That looks good ray.  So, you laminated the handle?  Didn't understand from your post.
Dan

Another beautiful knife Ray!!

very nice

Ray, where are you getting your damascus blades?

I get billets from on the web suppliers and cut then grind them. US made only- do not buy Pakistani or Indian damascus...its j u n k

I like it alot! Do I see file work on the blade?

yes...forward of the scales.

Another amazing effort, Ray.

Looks great!

Great job again Ray!!!!