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Here's a knife that I've spent the last week or two creating. It's a khyber-inspired type, modeled after the long fighting knives of that part of the world, but given a more feminine aspect and grace with the added curves of a falcata or kopis. (A lot of historical khybers look like s t r e t c h e d-out chef's knives!)
I named this knife Anjuli after the heroine from the Far Pavilions. She's graceful yet resilient, dark and exotic- and at the end (spoiler alert) she rides off with her husband into the Hindu Kush mountains, looking for a refuge of their own. (The Khyber pass cuts through this range.) I like to imagine this knife riding with her...
The damascus is laddered w's pattern in CruForgeV and 15n20, with a glossy finish. The entire piece is hardened, with double tempered edge and spring tempered spine and bolster. The clip grind is just a hair off of sharp. The sculpted handle is african blackwood, relief carved with a simple tribal pattern I composed to fit the space.
You may wonder about the construction- I call this added tang and I don't know if anyone else does it- I suppose they must... The bolster is drilled and tapped inside nearly to the front of the blade transition area, with 5/16 threads, and the tang is made of a modified grade 8 bolt screwed into that. I didn't want to add a pin to the look of the handle, so the tang is heavily notched on all sides, as is the inside of the grip, which was then filled with epoxy for a locking bond.
For an idea of what it's like in the hand and to play with, check the video...
Build specs:
Overall length: 18-34
Blade length: 13-1/2
Max blade width: 1-9/16
Spine thickness at ricasso: .175
Edge thickness: .020
Total weight: 10-1/2 oz.
Enough yakking, here's pics and a vid! Enjoy. Critique solicited.
[video=youtube;oH_C5V8bkdE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oH_C5V8bkdE[/video]
I named this knife Anjuli after the heroine from the Far Pavilions. She's graceful yet resilient, dark and exotic- and at the end (spoiler alert) she rides off with her husband into the Hindu Kush mountains, looking for a refuge of their own. (The Khyber pass cuts through this range.) I like to imagine this knife riding with her...
The damascus is laddered w's pattern in CruForgeV and 15n20, with a glossy finish. The entire piece is hardened, with double tempered edge and spring tempered spine and bolster. The clip grind is just a hair off of sharp. The sculpted handle is african blackwood, relief carved with a simple tribal pattern I composed to fit the space.
You may wonder about the construction- I call this added tang and I don't know if anyone else does it- I suppose they must... The bolster is drilled and tapped inside nearly to the front of the blade transition area, with 5/16 threads, and the tang is made of a modified grade 8 bolt screwed into that. I didn't want to add a pin to the look of the handle, so the tang is heavily notched on all sides, as is the inside of the grip, which was then filled with epoxy for a locking bond.
For an idea of what it's like in the hand and to play with, check the video...
Build specs:
Overall length: 18-34
Blade length: 13-1/2
Max blade width: 1-9/16
Spine thickness at ricasso: .175
Edge thickness: .020
Total weight: 10-1/2 oz.
Enough yakking, here's pics and a vid! Enjoy. Critique solicited.
[video=youtube;oH_C5V8bkdE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oH_C5V8bkdE[/video]
