MOP

[hso]

 

[Jim Bowie]

Daggers are actually kind of tricky to make

 

[hso]

Daggers are actually kind of tricky to make

Kind of? They're the hardest thing to make. Two edges = 16x the trouble.

 

[Kingcreek]

Beautiful.
It’s not hard to make 2 edges. It’s very hard to make 2 mirror image edges!

 

[hso]

It’s very hard to make 2 mirror image edges!

That would be the point.

The first I made wasn't as symmetrical as my daughter's first one.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

OK, I dig the knife. Undeniably beautiful but, what does it have to do with a mop?

An acronym I don't know, perhaps?

Todd.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Kind of? They're the hardest thing to make. Two edges = 16x the trouble.

Yup - the ever-chasing; "a little more here.... damn, a little more there... hell-fire! Just a tiny bit here."

It's the knife-making nightmare equivalent to you Ma cutting your hair as a kid.

Todd.

 

[Slamfire]

OK, I dig the knife. Undeniably beautiful but, what does it have to do with a mop?

An acronym I don't know, perhaps?

Todd.

There are only 26 letters and over a million words. I will bet, acronyms are even worse. So, I had to search, and finally figured out, mother of pearl would abbreviate as MOP.

Must be a pretty thick shell to make a knife handle.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

There are only 26 letters and over a million words. I will bet, acronyms are even worse. So, I had to search, and finally figured out, mother of pearl would abbreviate as MOP.

Must be a pretty thick shell to make a knife handle.

Thanks.

One of those, seems so obvious once pointed out.

Todd.

 

[lemaymiami]

'Dat's one fancy crotch sticker....

 

[kBob]

Mr. Darcey would be pleased to have that in sheath sewn into his coat on his trips to London.....despite his pride....and prejudice.

Very nice.

-kBob

 

[bannockburn]

hso

That's one fine looking dagger! Like you would have found secreted on some high stakes gambler, at some gaming emporium back in the good ol' days!

Slamfire

Must be a pretty thick shell to make a knife handle.

Reminds me of the factory pearl grips that were on my brother's Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless. Not only were they thick (like a paperweight made from a slab of marble), but they were smooth on the backside as well; so much so that they required a wood spacer to keep them from shifting around on the grip frame as the grip screws weren't enough to hold them in place.

 

[hso]

The pictured piece is one Jesse Davis made. I found an antique mother of pearl handled cutlery steel and it is on the way to him so he can convert it into something like the above knife.

 

[Kookla]

Very classy dagger. Would love to see more knives like that. Years ago, I saw a mother of pearl dagger in a knife catalog, wish I could remember the name of the company, might have been german? Was simple, but nice. Wish I got it.

 

[Viper1357]

Oh my, that's really a beauty!

 

[RA40]

Nice!

MOP of nice thickness is harder and harder/$ and $ as they get harvested younger and younger/thinner and thinner. Daggers are fun. Presents a nice challenge to push one's craftsmanship skill set.