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    Default Damascus/ironwood knife

    as promised long ago:

    The handle is Lignum Vitae, the blade an unknown mild steel mix of around 175 layers, the rivets and guard are sterling silver. The sheath is bound leather. A tiny bit of cleaning up is needed but iam going to let this thing breath for a few weeks before looking at it again.
    Theres also potential for some sort of exotic stone to be set in near the base of the handle over the rivet in the 5th photo. I'll do some shopping around during the week .






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    luverly

    really nice work
    Cheers,
    Clinton

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    Real nice work, that handle is looking very comfortable.
    However, I'm not convinved by the bent back guard at the top, looks a bit like an accident!
    Any more to post pics of?

    Cheers,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy Mac View Post
    Real nice work, that handle is looking very comfortable.
    However, I'm not convinved by the bent back guard at the top, looks a bit like an accident!
    Any more to post pics of?

    Cheers,
    Hehe. The original idea with the guard was to do more of a semi circular bend through the wood but ended up doing more of a 90 degree one. Purely a patience thing.

    No other knife pics iam afraid. This is the first one o've made in about 15 years.
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    Very nice. Love the look of the steel
    Cheers

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    and who do you plan to kill with this knife ? would not a kitchen knife be more practical ?

    nice work - lovely in fact - but cant get past the fact that this implement is designed to kill things. I imagine in my head an inscription that sez "Mort Des Bosch".....
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    Beautiful.
    how do you get the pattern in the blade.?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ptc View Post
    Beautiful.
    how do you get the pattern in the blade.?

    This seller on ebay give a run down on damascus steel, pity they dont sell kitchen knive blanks as I would love to have a few in the kitchen.

    Like Zed Zaid they are all for killing stuff with.

    Al

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    awesome looking handles. thanx for sharing
    S T I R L O

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    Quote Originally Posted by ptc View Post
    Beautiful.
    how do you get the pattern in the blade.?
    The blade is made from folded and layered metal mix. One of the metals used should be softer than the other so when you apply an acid etch it reveals patterns
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zed View Post
    and who do you plan to kill with this knife ? would not a kitchen knife be more practical ?

    nice work - lovely in fact - but cant get past the fact that this implement is designed to kill things. I imagine in my head an inscription that sez "Mort Des Bosch".....
    Nah. Its just going to sit on a shelf. I dont even really need a kitchen knife. As a vegitarian i dont really need much in the way of heavy duty knives.

    Its purely an object
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    Quote Originally Posted by ohno View Post
    Nah. Its just going to sit on a shelf. I dont even really need a kitchen knife. As a vegitarian i dont really need much in the way of heavy duty knives.

    Its purely an object
    tell that to the guy in whos guts it sits when society collapses - you realise this thing will outlive us all ? (the blade anyway....)
    Zed

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    Quote Originally Posted by ozwinner View Post
    This seller on ebay give a run down on damascus steel, pity they dont sell kitchen knive blanks as I would love to have a few in the kitchen.

    Like Zed Zaid they are all for killing stuff with.
    AKS (www.knivesaustralia.com.au) sell variously sized billets of good quality damascene steel. All sorts of folding patterns, too, from Haakapella through Odin's Eye to Muhammeds Ladder type patterns. The prices are steepish, but waddya ecpect for quality gear? Make for an expensive kitchen set, but what a conversation piece!

    Oh... and they're not all for killing things, some are for gutting, skinning or just plain slice'n'dicing 'em after the slaughter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zed View Post
    and who do you plan to kill with this knife ? would not a kitchen knife be more practical ?

    nice work - lovely in fact - but cant get past the fact that this implement is designed to kill things. I imagine in my head an inscription that sez "Mort Des Bosch".....
    i cant beleive someone is actually stupid enough to make a statement like this(if its a joke i apologise)
    Its made of damascus you fool i doubt if i've ever seen a damascus knife used for much more than cutting open a package or two, and more often than not they sit on a shelf like the peice of ART that they are.

    brett
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    woops, forgot to coment on the knife,
    all in all i like it ohno. the handle shape is really awesome, with great looking curves, and i like that curved plunge area on the top of the blad. The guard seems squarer than im used to but its not really a user so i guess its more about looks and it does look pretty good, and i like that little fold of guard on the spine, its a nice little touch that adds to the creative look of the knife.
    really cool patern in the blade too, i assume its from one of those indian makers on ebay? its a shame its not high carbon or it would make a really ice gentlemans folder or side knife.

    Brett

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