2010 Little Rock Knife Show Raffle Knife.

[Bigfattyt]

Nope, No good. You can't give that away as a raffle. Whomever gets it will feel bad. You should send it to me for proper disposal. I promise I won't be disappointed by any infer materials or workmanship. I am an easy guy to please.


Just kidding. That is a great piece. Hopefully the raffle gets enough tickets to make it worth all the effort and skill it took to make.

p.s. any chance for a bribe to rig the results in my favor?

 

[tvandeventer]

Darn Kyle! I guess you only have to be shown once! That fine steel. Very nice work.

Cheers,

TV

 

[jjtjr]

Kyle,

That's a beautiful knife. The steel is great. I agree with STeven and Marcel about using 416 SS.

Jim Treacy

 

[Jon Brand]

Thats also one of my favorites of yours. I think the steel is incredible and the composition of the whole piece works really well. Also like Kevin said, the rounded handle is really appealing. Nice work.

 

[Kyle Royer]

Looks great Kyle! Are you talking about angled tile welding when you say "slide" welding?

Yes that's exactly what I'm saying.


Lorien,

Slide Welding is where you take a billet of mosaic damascus with the pattern in the end and cut slices on a 45 degree angle. Then take the pieces (in this case four) and tack weld them together. After tack welding the pieces together I forge welded them into one piece. I'll do a progression thread sometime and show you how I do it with pictures.


Thanks for all the complements!


I have Stainless Steel in all the sizes I need, so I'll keep in mind that most of you like it here on the forum.


John,

I haven't done dry welding yet. Everything I've done was with borax. What are the advantages of dry-welding?

 

[TThom]

That Damascus pattern is incredible! I'd love to see you do a WIP thread on a pattern like that. It would be awesome to see your work being done.

 

[canineforge]

Kyle, it is hard to beat your feather damascus, but you are sure trying! Great work. This one scores a lot of style points in my book. Well done! :thumbup:

- Joe

 

[Lorien]

thanks:thumbup:

 

[Ralph Merlino]

Beautiful knife, fantastic.

 

[liuzengli]

Too beautiful

 

[Darby]

Kyle, that is very sweet!

Good on ya!

 

[Clyde Ulmer]

This was the first time I've made this pattern and the first time I've done a slide weld.

Tell me what you think!

I think it's totally unfair that your first attempts come out like this.

Guess this means I'm gonna have to go to the L.R. show again next year -- despite the fact I've never won anything there except a flashlight (batteries not included).

Clyde