My boar dagger being made (photos only)

[brock and norris]

beautiful workmanship, a credit to its maker.

 

[paul o']

Thats a very nice blade top draw, i do like the two part scabbard so the belt part can be left on while the blade stays safe when not in use.

 

[gubrath]

It turned out even better than the photos show. We see that the maker, Maurice, put his trademark Mouflon emblem on one side, as he always does, but at no extra charge and just out of kind spirited generosity he decided to add a surprise by also engraving the other side of the ricasso with Scott's initials. Nice touch. It's also sharp enough to shave with. In the hand it looks and feels more like a hobbit's claymore than a knife. Some bit of kit I'll tell you and built to be a family heirloom as much as a tool.

 

[private fraser]

Looks good, is it yours or SL6.5's ?

 

[palmer_mike]

Looks good, is it yours or SL6.5's ?

Wasn't SL6.5 aka Tamus or am I getting confused, lol.

 

[gubrath]

It's not mine. I couldn't afford it. It belongs to a pal of mine who asked me to post the photos he promised but couldn't actually post himself.

 

[csl]

Wasn't SL6.5 aka Tamus or am I getting confused, lol.

No, you are correct.

Hello Tamus's 'friend'.

 

[Klenchblaize]

When is it due for first dipping?

K

 

[sikamalc]

No, you are correct.

Hello Tamus's 'friend'.

He gone!!

 

[Bladerunner]

Beautiful craftsmanship

 

[pinguisgod]

That is beautiful, a fine example of the craftmanship of the maker.

 

[JSW]

I wish i had that kind of skill in my hands

 

[private fraser]

I wish i had that kind of skill in my hands

Getting banned three times under three different names must require a fair degree of skill.

 

[49ERIC]

Getting banned three times under three different names must require a fair degree of skill.

Agreed , looks like there,s no need to worry to ''Much'' about getting Banned

 

[Tommo]

Nice on SL6.5

Look forward to seeing the finished article ready to go "up-country" for a spot of pig-sticking

According to Wikipedia, on pig-sticking Baden-Powell wrote-

In Lessons from the Varsity of Life he says that "I never took the usual leave to the hills in hot weather because I could not tear myself away from the sport."

Sounds good to me.

I met a old chap once (Ex-India Army Captain/Lieutenant or something) who said he and his friends were the last of the Pig-Stickers'

Quite what that actually meant i do not know, he was a proper Queens' man and handle-bar moustache

i had the feeling that was all he did out there from the way he was talking...
T

 

[Jagare]

Read Home From The Hill, by Hilary Hook. The book gives you a insite into that time in India. A good read about the last days of Empire.

 

[willie_gunn]

Or check out Baden-Powell on Hoghunting (though the full download of the colour pdf is over 100Mb): Catalog Record: Reminiscences of twenty years' pigsticking in... | Hathi Trust Digital Library

 

[Southern]

Saw a friend last week, who was excited to tell me about his first hog hunt with dogs and a dagger. He stayed back and watched as two smaller (150 lb ) boar were bayed and a handler slipped in with a 12-inch dagger to dispatch them with a thrust just behind the shield and into the heart.