Rococco dagger

bailey bradshaw · May 22, 2009

I had this one at the Arkansas show in January. It's a smallis dagger with blade length of 4.5" of 4 bar turkish twist damascus. The handle is mild steel with sculpted engraving, 24k gold wire inlaid background and blue tiger eye inlay.

Thanks!!

Peter E · May 22, 2009

WOW...that is a work of art Bailey.

Pleasure seeing it.

PEter

soj · May 22, 2009

Bailey, that is sure getting the most out of mild steel, it's beautiful.

Sam · May 22, 2009

Bailey, that is killer! Tell us how you did the sculpting. It has a beautiful, vintage look.

Christian DeCamillis · May 22, 2009

Absolutely stunning!!! Chris

Mike Cirelli · May 22, 2009

That is sweet. Love what you did. Couldn't have been done better!

bailey bradshaw · May 22, 2009

Thanks everyone. Always appreciate the kind words.

Sam,

I cut the sculpting, polished all of it with RA stones to 400, then frosted it with the air eraser. It was then blued, but the bluing made it all too dark and masked the sculpting while making the stone blend in to the point that it almost looked like the steel. I removed the bluing with Naval jelly, which leaves a slightly darker finish.

Thanks again

Andrew Biggs · May 22, 2009

Beautiful and highly skilled work Bailey

Fabulous

Cheers
Andrew

Hot Knobs · May 22, 2009

Dagger

baily, great grind on the blade, fantastic handle, does it have a fantastic sheath to go with it.

bronc · May 22, 2009

Bailey,
That is incredible. What beautiful work. Thanks for showing.

Stewart

Roger Keagle · May 23, 2009

Love working and engraving mild steel and malable iron, also how it ages, not like SS that will only get scrached...there is a warm feel to these traditional metals...this work is fantastic...carved and gold what a combo !

Leonardo · May 23, 2009

Hi Bailey!
What a wonderful work of art!
Please, excuse my intrusion but I can resist the temptation to make a color adjusting to the photos.

All the best!
Leonardo.

Steve223 · May 23, 2009

Amazing Work Bailey!!

Steve

ddushane · May 24, 2009

Outstanding Job Bailey! Looks like it's been hid away in a safe somewhere for a couple hundred years. Beautiful,

Dwayne

Kevin P. · May 24, 2009

Leonardo, Bailey's work is terrific and your color adjustment really makes the work stand out.
Kevin P.

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