Most of the knives I have made in the past (not that I have been doing this forever, I made my first knife in March of last year) have had an aged look to them because that is what seems to be popular for the folks involved in this great hobby/addiction of flintlocks & reenacting, and such. However, I doubt that in the time period we are trying to recreate a person would buy, or make a knife that looked old, that came from daily use.
This knife in particular is for a more modern crowd as far as I know. I have never made a knife for any type of "live" auction before, so this will be a learning experience for me. The man I know running the banquet seemed to think one of my knives would raise some $$ for the organization, and let me take what path I wanted as far as design & finish. I personally like the aged look better, but my thoughts were some people may wonder what was wrong with the blade if I aged it.
Anyways here is an example of another knife I recently finished.
And this would be my third knife I made. this one is on my shooting pouch.
