A Persian I'm working on

Ruben Calo

Ruben Calo

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Let me know what you think :)

Blade is N678 satin hand rubbed, guard is filed damascus and the handle is polished stag.

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Regards,

Ruben
 
Honestly? For some reason the guard looks out of place with the rest of the knife ...maybe it's the long ricasso or cant of the handle that makes the guard look 'off' , I can't say for sure. Maybe it's just me :)

Anyways, it's still a nice looking knife, regardless.
 
If I ever make it down to Argentina, (I've got family there)
I'm going to look you guys up.
Fantastic job.
 
I was a bit worried when I saw the first photos, but then I realised it was still "requiring work." The finished knife is spectacular. As a package, the contrasts of colours with the very well-made sheath is very appealing. The stag handle looks very solid even though there is little surface left. Hard to find stag like that these days.

My only quibble is also that the drop of the blade from the handle lines somehow doesn't seem to work for me. There are a lot of Scagel style knives that have blades and ricassos that don't line up with the handle in the traditional sense too. But this is entirely personal taste.

BTW, What is N678 ? Is there another steel that is similar in chemical makeup, like 440C ? Jason.
 
Jason, Thank you, for your opinion.
The N678 is similar The AUS8 for me
C. 0,78
Cr. 13,5
Mo. 0,45
V. 1,80
 
Thanks Ruben, you're a gentleman.

That steel composition sounds like it would make a very tough hard-use blade. For those guys who don't usually like stainless steels, I'll describe it as a stainless L6 with vanadium ! ;) :) Jason.
 
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