Andrew Jordan counterfold damast Commander.

[bigfish]

Freshly out of the forge from Andrew Jordan Functional Art;
The Commander and HOG backup knife.
Commander forged Counterfold damast, butterscotch linnen micarta, HOG knife out of D2. This one is for a British Military client
Enjoy.

 

[clearytja]

Holy Crap....that is absolutely gorgeous!! Nobody has style quite like him!!!!

 

[jfk1110]

Can definitely tell an Andrew Jordan made knife. Great sense of style and just plain looks like it wants to work! Thanks for sharing pics!

 

[bigfish]

Here’s my own Jordan knife, A Commander Bowie forged out of Templar Steel Damast along with the D2 HOG secondary knife.
Beast of a knife, never let me down. Attention to detail and ergonomics are second to none.

 

[Dawkind]

Great knives...

 

[john april]

that is refreshing and different. nice to see !

 

[jfk1110]

I'm in lust!

 

[coldsteelburns]

I've always been intrigued by Andrew Jordan's processes and his style (Japanese/European), very interesting indeed.

I do love his hidden tang construction, as well as the textured micarta and guard sides; those things looks like they're built like tanks. Do you happen to know the difference between his "templar" steel and "counterfold" steel? From what I remember he uses Hitachi white in his damascus which is pretty neat too.

~Paul
My Youtube Channel
... (Some older vids of some of the older knives I made)

 

[bigfish]

Hello Paul, i am not quite sure, but i wil
Ask him, so i’ll get back on the subject.

 

[The Shatz]

Love his style great knife congrats

 

[Dusty One]

Great looking work !!

 

[bigfish]

Here’s a quote from Andrew on the Counterfold damast;


“Counter fold is random placed vertically whilst hot and forged down keeping the same thickness . This crushes down the lines into a swirling mass of lines . Then that’s hammered to a flat, cut into parts re-forge welded . Then that’s made into a 12mm square rod , cut into 5 pieces and forge welded together to make a 5 bar counter fold , this drawn out re-welded to make a 10 bar counter fold .

Now I put into the center as sandwich layer .

Counter fold is a 10 bar sandwich damast on most of the new counter folds .”

 

[bigfish]

Templar Steel (Andrew does not use this name anymore) is carbon steel damast White paper and 1:2842 to a layer count of over 200 layers.

 

[coldsteelburns]

Here’s a quote from Andrew on the Counterfold damast;


“Counter fold is random placed vertically whilst hot and forged down keeping the same thickness . This crushes down the lines into a swirling mass of lines . Then that’s hammered to a flat, cut into parts re-forge welded . Then that’s made into a 12mm square rod , cut into 5 pieces and forge welded together to make a 5 bar counter fold , this drawn out re-welded to make a 10 bar counter fold .

Now I put into the center as sandwich layer .

Counter fold is a 10 bar sandwich damast on most of the new counter folds .”

Thanks for clearing that up. Yea I went searching on his site after I commented and found info on the counter fold but was a bit confused why I could find anything about the "templar" steel.

If I'm understanding it correctly, it sounds like his counter fold pattern is essentially the same process for forging crushed W's, and then he creates a san mai billet using the W's (counter fold) as the jacket material...? Although, I'm still a bit confused with the part where he forges it into smaller square stock before re-stacking, it sounds more like a preparation for twisting . Either way, those are great looking knives you've acquired


~Paul
My Youtube Channel
... (Some older vids of some of the older knives I made)