Hello folks!
Today Dr. Darom sent me this picture with a mosaic from the knives sent by Brazilian Makers to be on his new book, One Hundred Knives in the Making.
When his second book on fixed blades was being finished I sen´t Dr. Darom an e-mail offering help to provide quality material for an article on forged integral knives. By the time he was already finishing the book and it was not possible to include anyone else. But the doors remained open for future projects.
Later on Dr. Darom invited me to help bringing some Brazilian makers to his newest project, and I invited a few from wich four have made and photographed the making of the knives you see in this post.
My small roll on this project was to gather the guys, give them the guidelines, organize the information flow between them and Dr. Darom and to write some and translate the rest of the texts. I also tried to coordinate the four articles by focusing them on four distinctive sources of information regarding integral and damascus knives, as I will explain as follows.
First one is a mosaic damascus hunter by Luciano Dorneles. This section is focused on the making of forged mosaic damascus. Step by step it explains how to get to this nice pattern Luciano makes.
Second is Ricardo Vilar´s damascus utility knife. His section is focused on forging the integral knife with the aid of a power hammer and grinding the distinctive profile and bolster/blade transition that makes brazilian knives so unique.
Third is Gustavo C. Vilar´s utility knife. His section was directed to mounting. An overview on the whole process that bind´s everything else.
And fourth is Rodrigo Sfreddo´s hunter. His section is about making damascus without the aid of a power hammer or a fly press. A simple thing for veterans, but quite a challenge for begginers or hobby knifemakers who would like to make their own damascus but don´t have the expensive equipment it requires.
We hope that the coordinated selection of subjects we made gives the readers a good overview of how these guys make the knives they make, and that this can be of some inspiration. We have a lot to thank for the teachings from the overseas, and this was a good way to do that by sharing the knowledge we developed here.
We must also thank Dr. Darom for the opportunity to be there among some big names.
Jefferson Lewis Velasco
www.brazilianbladesmiths.com.br
Today Dr. Darom sent me this picture with a mosaic from the knives sent by Brazilian Makers to be on his new book, One Hundred Knives in the Making.
When his second book on fixed blades was being finished I sen´t Dr. Darom an e-mail offering help to provide quality material for an article on forged integral knives. By the time he was already finishing the book and it was not possible to include anyone else. But the doors remained open for future projects.
Later on Dr. Darom invited me to help bringing some Brazilian makers to his newest project, and I invited a few from wich four have made and photographed the making of the knives you see in this post.
My small roll on this project was to gather the guys, give them the guidelines, organize the information flow between them and Dr. Darom and to write some and translate the rest of the texts. I also tried to coordinate the four articles by focusing them on four distinctive sources of information regarding integral and damascus knives, as I will explain as follows.
First one is a mosaic damascus hunter by Luciano Dorneles. This section is focused on the making of forged mosaic damascus. Step by step it explains how to get to this nice pattern Luciano makes.
Second is Ricardo Vilar´s damascus utility knife. His section is focused on forging the integral knife with the aid of a power hammer and grinding the distinctive profile and bolster/blade transition that makes brazilian knives so unique.
Third is Gustavo C. Vilar´s utility knife. His section was directed to mounting. An overview on the whole process that bind´s everything else.
And fourth is Rodrigo Sfreddo´s hunter. His section is about making damascus without the aid of a power hammer or a fly press. A simple thing for veterans, but quite a challenge for begginers or hobby knifemakers who would like to make their own damascus but don´t have the expensive equipment it requires.
We hope that the coordinated selection of subjects we made gives the readers a good overview of how these guys make the knives they make, and that this can be of some inspiration. We have a lot to thank for the teachings from the overseas, and this was a good way to do that by sharing the knowledge we developed here.
We must also thank Dr. Darom for the opportunity to be there among some big names.
Jefferson Lewis Velasco
www.brazilianbladesmiths.com.br
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