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Ones that left the nest These are blades that have left home - the pictures are presented as examples of the variants that are possible, e.g., "Could you make me one like C005?" is part of the motivation for showing them. Besides I'm proud to have made them and an owner might just might like to share the image with his friends... |
There are times that everything goes well. This was one of them. A composite O1-pure nickel twist Damascus body of three bars with an O1 edge bar. The twist was sufficiently even to make the transition between bars virtually vanish. The grip was mahogany and nickel silver. It's gone but not forgotten. |  |
Leather sheath; Japanese angled spine; 4 bar composite with CW & CCW twists |  |
Leather sheath; diagonal (zigzag) pattern filing on spine, terminal flower bolt on pommel |  |
Leather sheath |  |
Leather sheath |  |
Leather sheath |  |
Leather sheath, diagonal decorative filing on spine. Mickel silver guard, Stainless pommel |  |
Wood sheath with nickel silver throat ring and SS pocket clip |  |
Hammer texture on guard & pommel |  |
cast bronze fittings "frenched" into the matching handle and sheath; leather "frog" included |  |
Hammer texture on guard |  |
Balance point is one-finger width back from guard |  |
Differential heat treat, FeCl etch to reveal hamon |  |
Twin blades (Gemini = Castor & Pollux) - Nambam II style. They are sons of the "Star" blade E038 - brother to E011 |  |
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Guard is straight and wraps over the sides but not over the top of the full tang. |  |
Made for a friend - simple mokume pommel |  |
Twin blades (Gemini = Castor & Pollux) - Nambam II style. They are sons of the "Star" blade E038 - brother to E042 |  |
vine file work on spine |  |
"Recursion" - the pattern in the wood, blade and lines of the piece are all echos of each other, hence the name. |  |
Definitely a right-hand knife - the sweep of the stag has to be felt to appreciate |  |
Differential heat-treat (55 Rockwell C spine, ~61 edge) |  |
Differential heat-treat (55 Rockwell C spine, ~61 edge) |  |
Differential heat-treat (55 Rockwell C spine, ~61 edge) |  |
Sanmai construction with an O1 core. Carbides are plainly visible as a starfield - hence the name 'Noctiluca' (google bioluminence) |  |
san-mai construction with an O1 core |  |
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"Sedimentary" favorite |  |
The handle is a composite of three stabilized woods - cut into an arch pattern |  |
Steel Teeth : This blade and it's brother, C022, were forged from 52100 (I thought O1 was hard on the power hammer and my arm!). Both grips are cocobolo. The clip point bowie has brass fittings and the non-clip point has nickel-silver/copper mokume fittings. Both tangs are ~5/8" wide tapering to 1/4" over a 4" run. The clip point pommel is secured by bolting to the tang while the mokume pommel is secured by a pin (w sheath). They were differentially hardened using the Japanese clay coat technique resulting in.45-50 RC at the spine and, 55-60 RC at the edge. The guard and pommel are nickel-silver and copper mokume. |  |
Steel Teeth : This blade and it's brother, C023, were forged from 52100 (I thought O1 was hard on the power hammer and my arm!). Both grips are cocobolo. The clip point bowie has brass fittings and the non-clip point has nickel-silver/copper mokume fittings. Both tangs are ~5/8" wide tapering to 1/4" over a 4" run. The clip point pommel is secured by bolting to the tang while the mokume pommel is secured by a pin (w sheath). They were differentially hardened using the Japanese clay coat technique resulting in.45-50 RC at the spine and, 55-60 RC at the edge. |  |
There is a small flaw at center of sweep in line with edge - beautiful but not for critical skinning =HeartBreak of Damascus = will not be sold |  |
The Stout Skinner: This blade is composed of 5160 tool steel with a heavy (~3/8" wide) finger guard. It was forged to teach me just how much trouble a guard like that is to grind. There will not be another. Handle is cocobolo (what a wonderfully variable wood!) |  |
Crown stag handle |  |
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The knife has a blade forged from a horse-rasp, i.e., W1 steel. The fittings are brass and the handle is crown stag. |  |
The knife is a san-mai constructed blade with an O1 core and flanking slabs of random pattern-damascus. If you look at the tip of the blade, you can see the O1 peeping out of the sandwich. The handle is stag with a convenient 'locking' stub (it fits nicely between the fingers). The sheath is ostrich leather. The bolster and pommel are wrought-iron that came from a Civil-War period prison in Atlanta (or maybe I should say 'War Between the States" considering the source of the metal). |  |
elephant-hide sheath |  |
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It has a random-pattern damascus blades* with sterling silver fittings. The handles are ziricote and the each contains a replical of Japanese dragon menuki. These blades are unique due to the techniques used to fit wood to fittings and due to the inlays. Dimesions are blade length of 4.5" with handle approximately 5" in length. |  |
This knife has a random-pattern damascus blade*, brass fittings and a stag handle. The reason for the name 'gender tester' is that due to the sweep of the handle, folks with large hands (guys) classify it as a right-handed knife while folks with smaller hands (gals) find it 'fits' better in the left hand. I can't make up my mind (NO comments!). Both blade and handle are 5 1/4" long.. |  |
This knife has a random-pattern damascus blade* with a Gabon ebony handle with nickel silver pins and a silver mosaic-pin. Both blade and handle measures 5" long. The sheath (ostrich-leg leather) comes with this blade. |  |