art-of-swords:Hand-made Daggers - Barbarian Dagger – Kullervo Swordsmith: Jake Powning Mediu
art-of-swords: Hand-made Daggers - Barbarian Dagger – Kullervo Swordsmith: Jake Powning Medium: the dagger ~ Damascus Steel; the stand ~ birds-eye rock maple Measurements: at its widest point Kullervo is 4.8cm and it is 38.5cm long This dagger, named after the Finnish tragic hero Kullervo, is loosely inspired by antenna hilted knives from the Hallstatt period. It’s forged of four strands of pattern-welded steel– the two center strands are nine layers each and the spine and edge are seven hundred layers. Source & Copyright: Jake Powning SO GORGEOUS. -- source link
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