This Barnes Sherpa, turned out really nice. It's a good design. I changed a few things along the way, as I felt I needed to perfect the design. I hope you like it.

A few people have followed my work on this. I'm pleased they they discussed it with me, and we settled the sale. The knife, as you see it; is $625 and I asked for $20 to pay for shipping and Insurance.

I do have enough of this Steel to make 2 more knives. PM me.

It is my best guess that I made this bar of Woodgrain Damascus around 1986. Thereabouts.

Hope you enjoy seeing it. This particular Sherpa is SOLD

Thanks for reading!
Gary

That knife is a beauty. The new owner is going to be very proud!
I think it will match one of his airguns very nicely....

Scott

Good thing he's familiar with sharp things. This is a razor. . Hehe

Gary,

Wow, that went fast! It did turn out exceptional. Congrats to the new owner and to you on the quick sale.

Karl

Thks Karl!

Yes Sir! That's the way to do it. Makes a happy Gary. Happy Kelly. Happy Customer. Ahhh .... it might just be the answer to Whirled Peas!!!



Gary

Gary
That knife sure turned into a way better knife after the whole chemical reaction thing . The other blade was very nice . I'm wondering why you decided to enhance it with Damascus? I'm happy it sold so quickly too . It will be a great piece to use for sure .

Thanks
Kurt

Hi Kurt,

Honestly, I have a heck of a time learning what customers might like. I was just reading a long article tonight, on compound bow Cam technologies. There was a lot of discussion of the limb designs. Split limbs, solid limbs? Hybrid, Single, Binary, Dual Cams. Smooth/radical cams. Arrow Speed, etc. The take away was this: the manufacturers gave it ALL figured out by now. It's ALL been documented. They COULD standardize the data, the charts, publish a code or efficiency % and have a standard consumer means of comparison....

ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!!. They don't want to do that. They sell units because their cams are "Silky Smooth", or "Fierce and Aggressive." Its marketing. They sell a unit because it was set up to shoot 5 FPS faster then the other guy's Dinosaur design from 6 months ago. Ha. It's the Customer hearing what the customer wants to hear.

Now, you know me. I'm honest and therefore boring. I tell/explain. I don't hype unless I'm play'n with the reader and it's obvious. So; I'll tell you now. Sometimes, I build something that I KNOW is great. It makes sense. It's a very valid material/design/price structure..... and .... it just lays there. Phwaaaatttt???! It's not possible. It's perfect. It's like a box of puppies for Gosh sakes. But, crickets won't chirp around it. And, of course; noooooobody will drop a hint that it's a half a shade "too taupe" or if it were just 1/8" longer OAL. And so; I wait for the back room to work out just what would make this box of puppies even more cute. And, since the piece was already really neat .... making it even better .... ahhhh ..... always makes it ..... even better .... huhummmm. And that's what I did here. It should have sold in five minutes. But, because it didn't, I refined it several times. Refining it beyond its original target, but making a 10X into a Triple.

Best,
Gary