Nick Bachtel
Another young artist who is going to be setting a very high bar for bladesmith is Nick Bachtel. He will be displaying one of his knives at the New & Aspiring Artist" at the new artist table at the CLA show in August in Lexington.
Bio:Nick Bachtel
My knife was forged very close to final
thickness and shape, then hammer engraved with my initials. The iron S guard
and ferrule were forged, hot punched, and then brazed together with copper in
the coals of the forge. The butt cap is forged from the same iron and has the
tang peened over, mechanically holding everything together. The octagonal
handle is curly hickory treated with aqua fortis and finished with oil and
beeswax. Everything was glued together with pine pitch. The belt sheath is
veg-tanned leather dyed with dye made from walnuts I collected myself and
stitched with black linen thread. All natural, all traditional, all American.
Thank you to everyone who kind of followed me throughout this build, Special thanks to Johnny House for the advice. Please spread the
word, share, and hopefully I’ll see some of you in Lexington, KY!
1759 Underwood St
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
Phone: 330 907 5293
Knife for the 2018 CLA Show:
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