Australian blade 4th edition

a person that doesn’t necessarily stick with tradition, Ian came up with a new handle design in
Being
and created what he calls his “coat hanger Bowie”. It all started with a nice piece of antler with
2016
coronet attached and an idea that he could create a solid handle mount without the need for the
the
number of pins or hole down the centre for a hidden tang.
usual
design allows me to feature the steel along
“The
full length of the spine and down the butt end
the
just something different I came up with to
“It’s
the best out of a beautiful piece of natural
get
Fitting the antler handle to a new Coat Hanger Bowie.
of the handle, back into the antler at the bottom.”
material.”