Canister Damascus Tracker

J. Neilson

J. Neilson

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This is one of my first canister welded blades. It sure won't be my last.
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This "Tracker" has a 4 1/2" clip point blade w/ false bevel, of Canister Welded damascus. The guard & pin are nickle-silver. The handle is African Blackwood with a Veracite (green composite stone) throat and black/green/nickle-silver spacers. This knife is shown with a carved blade sheath by Tess.

http://www.mountainhollow.net/trackers.htm
 
I realy like the overall look of this knife, except that I don't really cotton to that green stuff. I know I'd like it better with turquoise or lapis, but that's just personal preference.

That is very interesting damascus. I am going to make you work here. You mention your canister damascus as if you have previously informed us just exactly what that is. Well, I must have missed the post where you told us all about how you do this, so I am going to ask you to explain it again, or provide me with a link to your previous explanation. Thanks, and sorry for the added work.
 
No problem Keith. I'm debating on making myself a press to go along with my power hammer and went to a freinds to try his out. That is where I made this and got to really liking it. This canister damascus differs from the normal layered damascus as there is no folding (unless desired) or flux needed. I capped the bottom of and filled a 2"x2"x31/2" piece of square tubing with clean chainsaw chain, L6, 15N20 & powdered 1084 steel. The whole can was tapped and settled tight and then capped on top. While filling, the inside was sprayed with WD-40 and a pin hole was left in the top cap to allow the oxygen to burn out of the can and create the vacuum. The whole piece was set into the forge, heated and pressed into one homogenous piece. Then worked to the desired shape and patterening.

I wasn't sure about the Veracite either until I started. I've been using a good amount of the more common "stones" lately and wanted to try something different (normal for me) on this one. I really liked the contrast of the two (black and pale green). I've always liked that pale green color anyway. This is also one of the prettiest pieces of Blackwood I've ever seen. I wish the picture could show it better.

Hope that helps. Thanks for the comments.
 
Thanks J., I really appreciate the info. That blade turned out great.

African Blackwood is my favorite wood for knife handles. It looks great, takes a beautiful polish and is incredibly durable. It also seems impervious to climate changes and needs no stabilizing treatment.
 
J, that fuzzy chicken will make you do crazy things....great looking knife my friend:eek:
 
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