New to Trad Gang...Introduction

[Ben Seward]

Hi,y'all. Just joined the forum so I thought I'd give an introduction. I'm a bladesmith from central Arkansas. I enjoy shooting traditional archery.  Right now I'm getting by on about the cheapest Martin recurve made   :( . Hoping to upgrade at some point   . Here's a hunter I made last December. My own damascus blade and guard with blackwood handle. This was about my third attempt at checkering. My dad made the sheath to go with. Thanks for lookin. Hope to get acquainted.  
 2015-12-17 17.35.20  by  sewardknives , on Flickr]web page[/URL]

[Hot Hap]

I like it-welcome aboard-Hap

[D.Ellis]

Good to see you over here Ben.
Darcy  

[bjansen]

Welcome.  Excellent work and looking forward to more of it!

[Doug Campbell]

Welcome aboard Ben, looking fwd to seeing more purty stuff from you.

[Lin Rhea]

Welcome Ben! Mighty pretty stuff there.
 

[gudspelr]

Really glad to see you on tradgang. You were once kind enough to answer a few basic questions on checkering a while back off another forum. I always love getting to see your knives, thanks for posting this one up.

Jeremy

[ymountainman]

I like that knife, thanks for posting!

[Keith Zimmerman]

Beautiful.  I have often wondered why I dont see more checkering on handles.  I sent a belt axe to Windauer to have it checkered.  Turned out great!

[akaboomer]

Very nice to have you here Ben. Welcome to Trad Gang and the Knifemakers little corner. Please share them as you make them.

Chris

[tomsm44]

Welcome to the gang.  That's a beautiful knife, but I'm really loving that leather.  Your old man did a beautiful job with that one.  Upgrading archery equipment is pretty easy for a knifemaker.  I traded a knife for a custom longbow last year and am working on one right now that's getting me a used custom recurve from a local guy.  

Matt Toms

[TrackerNy]

Welcome!. Beautiful work on the knife and sheath. Hope to see more of your work.

[Hopewell Tom]

Very nice!
Good comment on the archery upgrade, that knife would be excellent trade bait.

[Ben Seward]

Thanks, guys...gudspelr, hope I helped on the checkering. There really isn't a whole lot to it.

[srtben]

Always good to have another Ben around!

[Trinity Outfitters]

Nice work, Ben.  Post some more of your knives!

[Ben Seward]

Here's a big bowie I used in the last cutting competition. 1075 blade, stainless guard and bog oak handle.    2016-02-19 09.08.42  by  sewardknives , on Flickr

[Steve Nuckels]

Welcome to the forum Ben!

Big Fan of yours and your Dad's work, and will be interesting to learn some of you techniques too!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Foundation
ABS Apprentice Smith

[Sam McMichael]

Welcome! nice knife, indeed! I'm not a knife maker, but I regularly follow this topic.

[Bodork]

Welcome Ben! I already love the style of your knives! Looking forward to seeing more of your work! Mike