Beautiful work. Your friend is talented. My father and I collect custom knives. We have quite a few 1 of a kind pices from an old friend we met at a knife show and kept in touch with, Gil Hibben. We sent Gil a moose crown among other materials and he built us a beautiful bowie designed after the famous first blood knives only bigger. I will get some pictures and post tomorrow.
We have a local artist, Bob Hardin, who makes knives... he does a lot of etch work on his blades... Bob is a very eccentric fellow, nearing 80, does not own and has not owned a vehicle in 40 years (according to him), and still walks the 10++ miles from Coker Creek into Tellico Plains.
Nice knife, does your friend sell the blades? If so drop me a pm with prices or his contact number. I would like to try to make myself a knife like that. Nice piece.