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Hi Everyone!
First off I would like to thank my Brother Caleb for the great pictures he has been doing for me, four of which are on this thread. Thanks Caleb!!!
It's been a while since I have shown anything so I though I would show you these four knives I've made within the last month or so.
First is a hunter. The 5 1/2" blade is forged from 5160. The handle is of Desert Ironwood and the fittings are of gun blued steel using caustic salts and there are two silicon bronze spacers. The handle is 4 1/2" long. I like the way the black, bronze and Ironwood go together on this knife.
The next knife is a "Stars and Stripes" Hunter. Stars because of the blade and Stripes because of the Tiger Stripe Maple. This past Veterans day my family and I hosted a Hammer-in for our local Homeschooling group. We had many things planed for the day including a Powder Mosaic forging demo that I did, a Soap making demo by my Mom and a demo on how to make a propane forge by my Dad. We also had a Tomahawk throwing contest and a Cutting Competition. I made a competition knife and gave it to the winner of the cutting competition. We invited two friends of mine to come and do demos. One is a Blacksmith/Knifemaker on the side, he brought a coal forge and forged out a few blades, he also let people have a try at it. The other friend that came did a demo on cleaning and tanning deer hide. We had a very good turn out with about 150 people that came, many of those being their kids. This was the second year we did this and we might do it again next year. This was a knife I gave away for the Barbecue cook-of we had. The handle is Tiger Stripe Maple and the blade is forged from 1080, 1095, Pure Nickel and 4800E Powder. This is the first powder mosaic I have made. During my demo I made another powder mosaic and it came out better than I anticipated with less distortion than the first. (I'll have to make a knife out of it sometime) I went with the "Stars and Stripes" theme because I thought it would go good with Veterans day which was the day of the Hammer-in.
The third knife is a Miniature I made that will be going to Alaska. The 2" blade is forged from 90 degree bias "W" ladder pattern damascus. The handle is of Alaskan Mammoth Ivory and is 2" long. The Fittings are of 416 Stainless Steel. I made the sheath to clip on your pocket with the sheath being inside your pocket.
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First off I would like to thank my Brother Caleb for the great pictures he has been doing for me, four of which are on this thread. Thanks Caleb!!!
It's been a while since I have shown anything so I though I would show you these four knives I've made within the last month or so.
First is a hunter. The 5 1/2" blade is forged from 5160. The handle is of Desert Ironwood and the fittings are of gun blued steel using caustic salts and there are two silicon bronze spacers. The handle is 4 1/2" long. I like the way the black, bronze and Ironwood go together on this knife.
The next knife is a "Stars and Stripes" Hunter. Stars because of the blade and Stripes because of the Tiger Stripe Maple. This past Veterans day my family and I hosted a Hammer-in for our local Homeschooling group. We had many things planed for the day including a Powder Mosaic forging demo that I did, a Soap making demo by my Mom and a demo on how to make a propane forge by my Dad. We also had a Tomahawk throwing contest and a Cutting Competition. I made a competition knife and gave it to the winner of the cutting competition. We invited two friends of mine to come and do demos. One is a Blacksmith/Knifemaker on the side, he brought a coal forge and forged out a few blades, he also let people have a try at it. The other friend that came did a demo on cleaning and tanning deer hide. We had a very good turn out with about 150 people that came, many of those being their kids. This was the second year we did this and we might do it again next year. This was a knife I gave away for the Barbecue cook-of we had. The handle is Tiger Stripe Maple and the blade is forged from 1080, 1095, Pure Nickel and 4800E Powder. This is the first powder mosaic I have made. During my demo I made another powder mosaic and it came out better than I anticipated with less distortion than the first. (I'll have to make a knife out of it sometime) I went with the "Stars and Stripes" theme because I thought it would go good with Veterans day which was the day of the Hammer-in.
The third knife is a Miniature I made that will be going to Alaska. The 2" blade is forged from 90 degree bias "W" ladder pattern damascus. The handle is of Alaskan Mammoth Ivory and is 2" long. The Fittings are of 416 Stainless Steel. I made the sheath to clip on your pocket with the sheath being inside your pocket.
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Had a few random questions. 
