Handle: Polished Ruby in Zoisite Gemstone (Tanzania)
Sheath: Frog Skin Inlaid in Hand-Tooled 9-10 oz. Leather Shoulder
Knife: My Patriot design was originally created for
a Special Forces combat grade weapon, and this piece couldn't show
off the style better. The blade has a deep hollow grind, with a full
length top swage that adds an aggressive, profile-reducing geometry
without sacrificing spine strength. The full filework is my
square-faced Hopi style, and matches the borders on the
hand-engraved low carbon steel bolsters. The engraving style of
piled blocks, the engraved bolster borders, and the filework all
match to accentuate the squared crystalline facets of solid Rubies
floating in the bed of Zoisite mineral. These are real rubies, and are among the most
admired gemstones in the world. They are very thick and plentiful in
the matrix of blue-green Zoisite. Rubies are a 9 on the Mohs scale;
only diamonds are harder. I've worked with Ruby in Zoisite before,
but have never encountered the mineral with so many large rubies.
This was one tough piece and it cost me literally hundreds of
dollars in belts and enormous time and labor to finish it! But I'm
glad I carried it through, because it is absolutely stunning.
Sheath: A knife this beautiful had to have a special
sheath, so I created a hand-carved and tooled sheath of russet 9-10
oz. leather shoulder, and inlaid it with six beautiful pieces of
frog skin. The repeating pattern on the frog skin goes well with the
rubies in the handle, making for a unique and stunning ensemble with
high investment value.
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