Custom Scandinavian medieval inspired knife

[JEEP]

Just had to show of my new medieval inspired knife from Claus Bernhardt (http://www.cbknive.dk/). Sorry about the poor quality pics. the light is really bad today:


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/Jakobeep/Knive/CB_Middelalder_01.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/Jakobeep/Knive/CB_Middelalder_02.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/Jakobeep/Knive/CB_Middelalder_03.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/Jakobeep/Knive/CB_Middelalder_04.jpg


The blade, which is 7,9 cm. long, is made in a simple Scandinavian twisted two-layer damask
The handle, which is 11,5 cm. long, is bog-oak with fossil mammoth ivory
The scabbard, which is left untanned, is made simple and discreet for use on re-enactment fairs


Regards.

Jakob

[copperhead]

That's a beautiful blade.

[Ru4scuba?]

Fantastic blade!

[thirdeye]

Jakob, I pm'd my shipping address to you like you requested....:biggrin:

Very, very nice job sir, well done...

[JEEP]

Thank you. Claus is very talented bladesmith and knifemaker - and his prices are quite reasonable as well.

This will not be the last knife I get from him. I am already discussing the design of a large mountainman bowie/arkansas toothpick with him.


Regards.

Jakob

[petr]

Wow, I love that. Nice.

[petr]

may I ask, how much in us $ was that knife?

[JEEP]

It was a gift from the maker, because I assisted him in finding som useable refrences for historical medieval knives, for him to copy. I believe a knife like that would be around D.Kr. 2.500, spprox. $ 420. Maybe a bit less.


Regards.

Jakob

[sklegg]

Can we negotiate a group buy? :tongue:

[JEEP]

I am quite sure you actually could. Though you would probably have to wait quite a while for the knives - the man is an artist, which means his knives are fantastic, but he works without deadlines :001_smile


Regards.

Jakob

[TorzJohnson]

That's a beautiful piece of work. It almost looks like there's no edge on it, but I've read that Scandinavian blades usually don't have secondary edge bevels. Very nice!

[Mordecai]

That is a beautiful blade!

[blackfoot]

That is an incredible knife! Do you do reenactments? That is another hobby I am getting into, but a different time period.

[JEEP]

Thanks

Yes, I do re-enact, mostly North European medieval middle-class anno 1448-81; www.aarhus-middelalder.dk - I used to train and teach WMA before my shoulder died on me.

But, I also do a bit of North American late 18. c./early 19 c. mountainman/trapper reenactment - and occasionally shoot some black powder.

Re-enacting is my main hobby, it is my thing, I can highly reccomend it - but I must warn you; the AD's are terrible :wink:


Regards.

Jakob

[Hank]

Nice Knife indeed

[philamac]

I can highly reccomend it - but I must warn you; the AD's are terrible :wink:


Yes, I am taking it that the tents and plate armour are rarer and more expensive than Gillette Techs:001_smile The galleries on your website are very interesting, worth a peek.

The food looks interesting.

The only thing that niggles with me about re-enactments is that everyone looks so clean and healthy, I have it in my mind that people back then washed themselves or their clothes rarely and were riddled with various poxes and vitamin deficiencies. But I understand why you don't take it that far:wink:

[tpoof]

awesome blade! very nice work, thanks for posting

[JEEP]

The maker asked me to say hello and thank you for all your kind words.


Regards.

Jakob

[The Nid Hog]

Jakob--

That is an astonishingly beautiful blade. I would be proud to own something made by such a master craftsman. My grandfather was from Aarhus--I like to think that one of my kin once carried something like that. I hope that you get many years of good use out of your knife.

[GreatDane]

Nice little cutter... I've always liked Scandinavian knives, and actually have a couple (dozen) Mora's laying around (house, car, garage, various bags...)

[blackfoot]

Thanks

Yes, I do re-enact, mostly North European medieval middle-class anno 1448-81; www.aarhus-middelalder.dk - I used to train and teach WMA before my shoulder died on me.

But, I also do a bit of North American late 18. c./early 19 c. mountainman/trapper reenactment - and occasionally shoot some black powder.

Re-enacting is my main hobby, it is my thing, I can highly reccomend it - but I must warn you; the AD's are terrible :wink:


Regards.

Jakob

I am trying to get a character together for early 19c. You are so right about the AD's. I collect weapons myself. I hope to get a viking era sword next. I no longer tolerate nonfunctional "toys" so my buying is slowed up considerably.
I have numerous hobbies but many are related or even led to the next. Although I don't look it at all, I have a lot of indian blood, Blackfoot to be exact. This and my love of history led to reenactment.

[JEEP]

For viking swords, try this guy; http://www.ildsmeden.dk/

He is not the most expensive, his designs are not the most fancy - but they are faithfully based on originals and the quality is very high.


Regards.

Jakob

[blackfoot]

Thanks. Looks like a great site. :a24:

[SRock]

That is a beautiful blade.