Arkansas Bound Blades

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tvandeventer

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Hi Folks,

Here are a couple bound for Little Rock. I have an order for a hunter and a small bowie or fighter to be delivered. I'm going to let the customer pick from several and the rest will be for sale off the table.

Damascus & stag hunter with silicone bronze filework & pins.

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Gent's Bowie. 7 1/2" blade. 12 1/4" overall.

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Close up.

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Hope you like them.

Cheers,

TV


Terry L. Vandeventer
ABS MS
 
Terry those are sweet, I really like the hunter any chance of getting a better look at that damascus?
 
I can't wait to see your knives closer at blade this year. Wasn't able to get a good look last time. Steel looks as sweet as it gets. REALLY nice work. love to see more for this show.
 
Very nice Terry - I quite like the damascus pattern in that bowie.

Roger
 
I'm partial to that hunter as well. Great lines!
 
Really nice Terry. Great pattern on the bowie and yes we would like a closer look at the pattern in the hunter. Great knives, we will see you there.
 
Beautiful work as usual, especially the bowie, the pattern is beautiful and the overall work
Congrats!!!!:thumbup:
Horacio
 
Thanks for all of the complimentary comments y'all. I'm afraid that If I were to go full-time, it just wouldn't be as much fun :D!

I've been asked to show a close-up of the damascus on this utilty/hunter. It is a true mosaic (scarf-welded using the Ferry Flip; not accordianed). The guard and spacer are end cuts from a different piece of damascus. The file work and pins are silicone bronze.

The pattern is similar to Steve Dunn's "Thistles and Thorns." Hope you like it and I've answers some of your questions.

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Many people do not forge their mosaic blades, opting to do stock-removal. This is to prevent distortion (and maybe break a weld). I forge these slowly at a near-welding temperature. I personally want a certain amount of distortion near the tip, at the choil, and along the edge to produce flow & continuity, and to show that they were forged. Mosaics with pictures in them would be exceptions.

I just finished an eight-bar W-twist-etc-etc-etc composite. Half I did as a mosaic and the other half I accordian-cut and flattened. Of course, the scarf-welded mosaic resulted in a bar about four times larger than the super wasteful accordianed piece, but I got two similar though different patterns. All of those little triangular wedges now live in a jar with hundreds of other little triangular wedges, all awaiting some unkown hot and squeezing fate sometime in the future. I'll post photos of the two bars once they've turned into knives so that you can see the difference.



Cheers,

TV


Terry L. Vandeventer
ABS MS
 
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