Persian Style Knife

[Mike Stewart]

If you were following the Previous Thread on Knifeforums--This is the Persian We talked about making.

The Bosnian Skinner

http://barkriverknives.com/albums/2/Bosnian_Skinner_Proto.jpg

I Selected the name because I was inspired by MY Good Friend Senad.

He explained to me that this shape is very traditional in that Region. We also are both about the same age and most of us in that age bracket used Trailing Points in our young days.

Senad and I have a lot in common for two old guys that live on different sides of the globe.

These Persian Style Blades were Common all through Eastern Europe and were both a Fighter and a Field Knife.

Senad is a Veteran of the Bosnian Conflict and he fought on the same side as the U.S. Troops and Contractors. He was injured and still carries the wounds of Battle. He is a True Friend and True Friends are not easy to find today.

This knife is a Tribute To Him and To our Friendship.



We already have a bunch of orders on these.

Here are the Specs:

Overall Length: 9.875 Inches
Blade Length: 5.43 Inches
Cutting Edge Length: 5 Inches
Blade Steel: 12C27
Blade Thickness: .150"
Weight: 6.875 Ounces

Here is the knife on the Sheath.

http://barkriverknives.com/albums/2/Bosnian_Skinner_w_Sheath.jpg


The Prices on this Custom Limited Run are as follows:

We are offering the following Handle materials.

Micartas:

Black Canvas Micarta------------------$179.95
Green Canvas Micarta-----------------$189.95
Black Linen Micarta--------------------$189.95
Black Paper Micarta--------------------$189.95
Green Linen Micarta-------------------$189.95
Natural Canvas Micarta----------------$189.95
Antique Ivory Micarta-----------------$189.95
Turquiose Canvas Micarta------------$189.95
Red Linen Micarta----------------------$189.95
Black & Green Linen Micarta---------$189.95
Black & Red Linen Micarta------------$189.95
Tigerstripe Micarta---------------------$189.95
Maroon Linen----------------------------$199.95
Bone White Micarta--------------------$199.95

G-10s:

Blaze Orange G-10----------------------$194.95
Blue Glow G-10--------------------------$194.95
Emergency Yellow G-10---------------$194.95
Tigerstripe G-10-------------------------$194.95
Midnite Tiger G-10----------------------$194.95
Green , Black & Pistachio G-10-------$194.95
Ghost Green Jade G-10----------------$194.95
Red & Blue G-10-------------------------$194.95
Tan G-10----------------------------------$194.95


Fibermascus:

Black Carbon Fiber-----------------------$199.95
Black Carbon Fiber & Red--------------$199.95
Black Carbon Fiber & Green------------$199.95
Black Carbon Fiber & Orange----------$199.95
Black & Grey Jailhouse-------------------$199.95
Yellow Jacket------------------------------$199.95
Blue Denim---------------------------------$199.95
Green Fern---------------------------------$199.95
Red Fern------------------------------------$199.95
Tan Fern------------------------------------$199.95
Desert Camo-------------------------------$199.95
Twisted Wire------------------------------$199.95
Burlap----------------------------------------$199.95
Jaguar----------------------------------------$199.95
Leopard--------------------------------------$199.95
Neon Green---------------------------------$199.95
Yellow Linen--------------------------------$199.95
Rusty Brown & Irvory Rag---------------$199.95
Green on Green Rag----------------------$199.95
Blue & Teal----------------------------------$199.95

Acrylic Pearls:

Atlante' Pearl------------------------------$204.95
Atlante' Pink Pearl-----------------------$204.95
Blue Cloud Pearl---------------------------$204.95
Grant's Pride Copper Pearl--------------$204.95
Aztec Gold Pearl---------------------------$204.95
Pacific Abalony Pearl----------------------$204.95
Hot Buttered Rum Pearl------------------$204.95
Gun Metal Swirl Pearl----------------------$204.95
Sweet Cherry Revenge Pearl------------$204.95
Spruce & Gold Pearl------------------------$204.95
Blue & Gold Pearl---------------------------$204.95
Crimson & Gold Pearl-----------------------$204.95

Color -Ply Wood Laminates:

Aztec------------------------------------------$199.95
Patriot-----------------------------------------$199.95
Italia--------------------------------------------$199.95
Adobe------------------------------------------$199.95
Eclipse-----------------------------------------$199.95
Ember Glow-----------------------------------$199.95
Rainbow Twill---------------------------------$199.95
Scarlet Night---------------------------------$219.95
Ebony Swirl-----------------------------------$199.95
Sante Fe---------------------------------------$199.95

Standard Woods:

Traditional Dark Curly Maple-------------$204.95
Natural Curly Maple------------------------$204.95
Bocote----------------------------------------$204.95
Zebrawood----------------------------------$204.95
Amazon Bloodwood-----------------------$204.95
Olivewood-----------------------------------$204.95
Black Palm-----------------------------------$204.95
Rosewood-----------------------------------$204.95
Pauduk---------------------------------------$204.95
African Blackwood-------------------------$204.95
African Ebony------------------------------$204.95
Osage Orange------------------------------$204.95
Goncalo Alves------------------------------$204.95
Phillipine Mahogany-----------------------$204.95
Para-Kingwood-----------------------------$204.95
Purple Heart--------------------------------$204.95
Lignum Vite---------------------------------$204.95
Mulberry-------------------------------------$204.95
Teakwood----------------------------------$204.95
Bamboo-------------------------------------$204.95
Tulipwood----------------------------------$214.95

Burled & Exotic Woods:

Natural Birdseye Maple------------------$214.95
Dark Birdseye Maple----------------------$214.95
Leopardwood Lace-----------------------$214.95
Tasmanian Myrtle Burl--------------------$214.95
Tasmanian Curly Myrtle------------------$219.95
Bastone Walnut Burl----------------------$219.94
Claro Walnut Burl--------------------------$219.95
Briar Burl--------------------------------------$219.95
Amboynia Burl-------------------------------$219.95
Natural Maple Burl-------------------------$219.95
Black Maple Burl----------------------------$249.95
Blue Maple Burl-----------------------------$249.95
Jade Big Leaf Maple Burl-----------------$249.95
Bronze Maple Burl--------------------------$249.95
Azure Maple Burl---------------------------$249.95
Natural Elder Burl--------------------------$219.95
Blue Elder Burl------------------------------$249.95
Emerald Elder Burl-------------------------$249.95
Crimson & Gold Elder Burl---------------$249.95
Midnite Elder Burl--------------------------$249.95
Mesquite Burl-------------------------------$219.95
Red Mesquite Burl-------------------------$219.95
Aged Copper Burl-------------------------$259.95
Black Ash Burl------------------------------$219.95
California Buckeye Burl-------------------$279.95
Desert Ironwood Burl--------------------$279.95
Thuya Burl-----------------------------------$279.95
Snakewood---------------------------------$299.95
Cottonwood Burl--------------------------$219.95
Oregon Myrtle Burl------------------------$219.95
Red Mallee Burl-----------------------------$279.95
Brown Mallee Burl--------------------------$279.95
Chechen Burl--------------------------------$279.95
Redwood Burl-------------------------------$249.95
Spalted Beech------------------------------$249.95
Curly Koa-------------------------------------$279.95
Masur Birch Burl(Curly Birch)------------$219.95
Black Locust Burl----------------------------$249.95
Olivewood Burl------------------------------$249.95

Naturals:

Antique Stag Bone------------------------$229.95
Smooth Bone-------------------------------$229.95
Big Horn Sheep----------------------------$279.95
Sambar Stag--------------------------------$299.95

All of the Prices Above Are for Solid pins or Pinless mounting of handle Slabs.

Options at additional cost:

2 Mosaic Pins------$20.00
Slab Liners---------$10.00

I already have over 50 orders and I will begin to add them to this list on monday.

Please let your dealer or me know if you want one of these.

Mike.................:biggthum:

[Mr.LaBella]

holy moley!

Mike=:kingkaxt:

:love::wow::firedevil

[Raoul]

That's a beauty,Mike!!!:yesman: ....and,as allways....,the amount of handle-options is staggering!!!:OMGWTF:




Raoul...

[Stabber]

Very Stabby Mike! I love it:love:

[ANDYLASER]

Very Stabby Mike! I love it:love:

Good quote

[The General]

I want one of those for my bedside table if you know what I mean?:thumbsup:

[TALEL]

:thumbsup: Mike, you're the Man !!!!!.
I like the shape, and the materials...... To me, it's a nice piece of steel.

[Mike Stewart]

This might not be Traditional but I like it.

Black Carbon Fiber & Green Fibermascus

http://barkriverknives.com/albums/album80/Bosnian_Skinner_CF_Grn_Mosaic.jpg

Very Cool Handle Material.

Mike....................................:biggthum:

[Spufnik]

:bow: :bow: Why do you have to tease me with the Green Fibermascus, I already like the skinner and then you had to go and do this. Damn it, I just bought a gun yesterday...

That is an AWESOME piece Mike. Thanks for the pictar.

[Parker]

Mike, you would not happen to have a pic of this with either the jade green G10 or the green tiger G10 would you? Or the green/ blk/ pistasscio G10?

[BennytheBlade]

Another homerun.
Mike is the Babe Ruth of the knife world.

Im trying to remember the last time he and Mr. Dalton made a knife I didnt like....




















Nothing coming to mind so far......:crossbone

[Mike Stewart]

thank guys,

parker here is Black & Green.

http://barkriverknives.com/albums/album80/Bosnian_Skinner_Blk_Grn_Linen_Solid.jpg

I just went through all the pictures and we have not make one in Green G-10, jade G-10 or Green Black & Pistacio.

I don't have a source for the Green Tiger G-10.

If you know where other makers get it--I would love to know.

If you let me know who uses it--I'll call and see if they will share the source.

I'll do a couple on Monday. I'll do the Jade and the G,B & P.

they will look nice and I should have made them anyway.

I'll post them as soon as they are finished.

Mike....................................

[TKC]

That is the only Persian blade I have EVER liked!! I really like that one

[Parker]

Mike, that sure is purty - I really like the design a lot - reminds me a whole bunch of an older Olsen OK I've got around here somewhere. If it's mine, I would seriously sheath it up in a little Kydex and hit two spots with a palm sander and this baby's good to roll.

That Jade green may well be calling my name, like a jade-handled Randall 14 but obtainable, right?

Now about that green tiger G10 - I figured you knew about - I thought I saw it in your list of handles ;) No worries about it then and if I find something like this I'll drop you an email about it.

[Mr.LaBella]

B-U-M-P!:wolfgang: :firedevil

[xrayzebra]

Mike: I appreciate the nice work you show, and the helpful educational opportunity of talking to you about your knives. Your use of the term "trailing point" inspired me to try to look it up. I guess you mean the sweep of the blade, the curve away from the cutting edge? The point "trails" the blade? Or is there any more specific meaning?

Any time I encounter a term I haven't seen or haven't thought much about, I do look it up to get my terms right. But, I did not find the term in any of the knife glossaries I looked at. I did find many "trailing point" knives advertised or pictured, and they were generally slightly curved back like that. Most of them were less so than this knife - which by the way is beautiful.

Is that a term that is so commonly used for this that nobody figures it needs to be in a glossary?

I'm not asking you to do research for me... simple yes/no answers, or what you know off the top of your head is fine, but if you have further comments I am all ears.

[Mike Stewart]

The use of Trailing Point in Knife Terms origianlly meant an upswept Point -- in relation to the Back Spine.

In other words--The point was above the line of the Spine.

Now it seems to mean--any knife with a curve to the point--no matter where the point ends up.

A Randall Number Three is a Trailing Point by the old Definition--So Was the old Shrade--Golden Spike-- but any Sweeping line to the point--with a matching Spine Curve--regardless of the location of the point is now called Trailing Point.

Mike.............................:TOB:

[xrayzebra]

Informative... thanks. Terms and meanings do seem to change over time with usage.

The "parole" of language, not to be confused with release from prison, although, maybe it is? A release from old meanings into new ones.