A Jäger with damascus and sambar

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Hello,

here a Jäger for a fellow boy scout (well, better a man in his prime age playing in the woods ;)).

117mm blade from damascus steel from Norbert Bahls and Achim Wirtz, 1.2842, 1.3505 and 75Ni8 in about 300 layers,

122mm handle from bronze, steller seacow and sambar, the pommel will be engraved with the flor de lis emblem.

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Kind regards

Nicolas
 
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well done. very brave of you to solder!
Thank you, I solder all my guards, with Damascus I have to me very carefully not to stain the allready etched pattern with solder. But a brush and Flux to wipe away the excessive solder works quite well.

Regards
Nicolas
 
Finally it's finished!
Today I picked it up from the engraver..

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Regards
Nicolas
 
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