Okay, Mark inspired me to post about the use of my damascus peanut that was the wonderful gift from Jamie.
It's been in my pocket for 50 days now. It's opened mail, broke down boxes, cut twine, whittled a bit, and cut fishbellies and trimed fat off of some meat. It hasn't been babied, but it it also hasn't been abused. This is the kind of knife that is used with care and not abused. A drop of Hoppes gun oil in the joints once in a while.
So far, in spite of being used on meat and other food products, I can see no patina forming. This damascus is weird stuff. The bright high spots are still bright, and the dark acid etched parts are still a dark charcoal gray. There has been no change in the contrast of the raindrop pattern in the damascus. It's still sharp as the dickens, and has only been touched up once on my little red Eze-lap model L I carry in my wallet. I'm begining to see why all the hype over damascus blades in the old days. If I were a crusader, I'm not sure I want to face a sharp blade of this stuff. It still keeps that weird toothy finger print grabby type of sharp for very long. I nicked myself with it a few weeks ago whittling a barber pole pattern on a small stick. Man, that thing goes through flesh, let me tell ya. But a bandaid for a few days and it heeled up so quick as it was such a scalple clean cut. Makes me wonder about the scarf in mid air thing.
The action has smoothed out very nice. When opening, its a very neat snick-snick of the half stops. Kind of like racking the slide on a tiny
Baby Browning .25 auto. Definite feeling of quality. No blade wobble at all developing, in spite of breaking down some cardboard boxes.
The two inch blade has been enough for my needs. I'm up and around now, bit of a limp still, but mobile. I've been fishing with it, working with it, and it's been a fine edc pocket knife, much like Mark's peanut has been for him. This just may be 'my' knife. Time will tell.
Carl.
It's been in my pocket for 50 days now. It's opened mail, broke down boxes, cut twine, whittled a bit, and cut fishbellies and trimed fat off of some meat. It hasn't been babied, but it it also hasn't been abused. This is the kind of knife that is used with care and not abused. A drop of Hoppes gun oil in the joints once in a while.
So far, in spite of being used on meat and other food products, I can see no patina forming. This damascus is weird stuff. The bright high spots are still bright, and the dark acid etched parts are still a dark charcoal gray. There has been no change in the contrast of the raindrop pattern in the damascus. It's still sharp as the dickens, and has only been touched up once on my little red Eze-lap model L I carry in my wallet. I'm begining to see why all the hype over damascus blades in the old days. If I were a crusader, I'm not sure I want to face a sharp blade of this stuff. It still keeps that weird toothy finger print grabby type of sharp for very long. I nicked myself with it a few weeks ago whittling a barber pole pattern on a small stick. Man, that thing goes through flesh, let me tell ya. But a bandaid for a few days and it heeled up so quick as it was such a scalple clean cut. Makes me wonder about the scarf in mid air thing.
The action has smoothed out very nice. When opening, its a very neat snick-snick of the half stops. Kind of like racking the slide on a tiny
Baby Browning .25 auto. Definite feeling of quality. No blade wobble at all developing, in spite of breaking down some cardboard boxes.
The two inch blade has been enough for my needs. I'm up and around now, bit of a limp still, but mobile. I've been fishing with it, working with it, and it's been a fine edc pocket knife, much like Mark's peanut has been for him. This just may be 'my' knife. Time will tell.
Carl.
