Here's a knife I made for a banquet in Atlanta when the Blade Show gets going.
It's a twisted Ws blade with a stag handle and wrought iron fittings.
There are two ways of going about putting a stag-handled knife together.

You either fit the stag to the knife, which, since stag tapers are mostly non-symmetrical, requires one to remove portions of the taper to fit the knife.

Or, you build the knife to fit the stag taper, leaving the taper intact. This way may have portions of the knife irregular and "organic".

This was built somewhere in the middle. I did have to remove just a tiny bit of stag on the passenger side so as not to be sticking way out from the guard.
And since the stag face is not symmetrically round/oval, the guard is not equally balanced from side to side.

But it is these things that make these type of knives one-of-a-kind.

And building one of these in a take-down fashion is something I call the "Stag Ballet" - it can be a real 'dance' around the work shop getting all surfaces mated perfectly.
Doing one of these makes putting together a take-down wood handle knife like child's play.

Regardless, all I need to do now is hot-blue the Damascus and run it over to Scott Roush for some better photography.

I hope some of you can make it to Atlanta.

       

 

That's a beauty Karl. A lot of work went into it but the results are a great looking knife.

A beautiful piece Karl!  Classic Andersen Forge.

Russ

Thank You for posting! That is awesome!

That's mighty pretty Karl.

Excellent work Karl.

Very Nice Karl.

Love it!

That is soooooo easy on the eyeballs!

A very *nice* piece of craftsmanship.

I can only imagine what the sheath for that beauty is gonna look like?

Someone is going to be pleased....

Keep up the great work!

Shoot straight, Shinken

 

Another Beauty Karl!

I am going to make an effort to find you at the Blade Show to finally get to meet you and talk.

Also I will be at the W.F. Moran Foundation Booth selling the New Book "Forever A Legend" come by and take a look.

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Museum & Foundation
ABS AP

Steve, I will enjoy the visit.

Here are a couple photos after I hot blued the blade, which greatly increases the contrast.

Top notch Karl     . Hard to beat stag and Damascus.
Darcy

Fantastic knife Karl, love me some stag!! Is it a take down?