Frontier Bowie with beaded sheath and display stand

[Chuck Burrows]

Specifications:
Bladesmith: Taigoo
Knifemaker: Chuck Burrows
Sheath & Stand: Chuck Burrows

Knife: OAL 14.25" - balances at guard
Blade: W2 - 9.25" long x 2"wide handforged by Tai Goo
Handle: Colorado mule deer crown
Guard and fittings: German silver guard with cast pewter ferrule and buttcap
Sheath: deer rawhide with hand carved beavertail motif over bark tan core.
Sheath decoration: So Cheyenne style pound beaded braintan cuff. Full beaded edge of blade section
 - Brass tacks
 - Beaded and fringed drop
 - Fringed cuff edges with German silver beads, buffalo hair pipes, and tin cones
 - Tin cone, glass bead, and horsehair dangles
Display Stand:
 - width: 11.375"
 - length: 15.25"
 - Higth without knife and sheath: 11"
 - Deoration:
    - black cowhide cover with rawhide corners
    - aternating iron and brass tacks along all edges
    - mule deer antler uprights with beaded braintan wraps
    - mule deer leg bone stops for holding balde and sheath in poistion
    - tin cone and horse hair dangles
-   Circular buffalo hide drop with hair on one side and beaded cross and circle on the other

[Tim Crosby]

  Chuck, your work always just looks right, great combinations of pieces in the pix. Almost at a loss for words outstanding work.

   Tim C.   

[wattlebuster]

Very very nice. I like it

[pathfinder]

  Chuck, your work always just looks right, great combinations of pieces in the pix. Almost at a loss for words outstanding work.

   Tim C.   

I agree Tim! Everytime I see Chuck's work I'm in awe. "Just look's right is a perfect way to put it!

[RoaringBull]