Chain Damascus Bowie (pic)

Bruce Evans · Mar 1, 2001

I just finished this Bowie tonight and I couldn't wait to show it off,Sorry the pictures arent that great but it was dark out when I finished it.I will get some better ones of it tomorrow...
The specs are:
Blade is forged from a gear drive chain off from a machine or something it is 9 3/4 inches long
Nickel silver fittings
oosic handle at 4 7/8 inches long
And it is availabe (finally a piece that wasnt for a order)
Please let me know what you think of it.
Bruce

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives
The soul of the Knife begins in the Fire!!!!!
Member of,AKTI#A000223 and The American Bladesmith Society

Ken Cook · Mar 1, 2001

VERY pretty!
Beautiful pattern to it. Do you have a pic of the chain before you started working it?

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Bruce Evans · Mar 1, 2001

No I didn't think to do that,But I do have some of it left so I will take a picture of it tomorrow and post it also.
Bruce

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives
The soul of the Knife begins in the Fire!!!!!
Member of,AKTI#A000223 and The American Bladesmith Society

Gollnick · Mar 1, 2001

Very nice.

What is the purpose of that sort of double choil at the base of the blade?

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Crayola · Mar 1, 2001

Chain saw damascus is very pretty, and your piece is no exception! Bravo Bruce. That blade style is awesome too.

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"Come What May..."

Bruce Evans · Mar 1, 2001

It is just a double blade catcher,otherwise it is just a pretty to stop the eye...
Bruce

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives
The soul of the Knife begins in the Fire!!!!!
Member of,AKTI#A000223 and The American Bladesmith Society

Ebbtide · Mar 1, 2001

Most Excellent!
Bruce's work just gets better and better!

Ebbtide

Bikewer · Mar 1, 2001

William Gibson mentions a blade forged from a motorcycle chain in "all tomorrow's parties"; always wondered what it would have looked like...

Keith Montgomery · Mar 1, 2001

That really is an absolutely beautiful knife, Bruce.

Keith.

Bruce Evans · Mar 1, 2001

Thanks for all the kind words here.And thanks to Sing who just bought this bowie.
Here are some better pictures of it and a link to photo point with more pictures of it.
Bruce

Here is the link:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=743108&a=11838627&f=0
Thanks again everybody.
Bruce

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives
The soul of the Knife begins in the Fire!!!!!
Member of,AKTI#A000223 and The American Bladesmith Society

Bruce Evans · Mar 1, 2001

Bikewer,if you will follow the link on the last post to photo point and go to my index you will find a couple of knives forged from a Harly Davidson primary chain that I did last year.
Bruce

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives
The soul of the Knife begins in the Fire!!!!!
Member of,AKTI#A000223 and The American Bladesmith Society

Bugs3x · Mar 2, 2001

IMO, that's the most attractive piece of chain damascus I've ever seen. I'm really curious about the large size of the pattern. Does that mean it hasn't been "folded" or whatever they call it as often as most damascus? Along the same lines -- I'm sure displaying my total ignorance of forging -- can't help but wonder how many times steel items with "hollows" in them have to be pounded out to make sure there are no tiny spaces, or I guess, to be sure the steel is as strong as it needs to be? I'd really like to see more damascus with large patterns that isn't mosaic.

Thanks for sharing such a nice knife with us!

Ken Cook · Mar 2, 2001

Thanks for posting the pic of the chain Bruce. I never cease to be amazed that something so beautiful can come from something so plain and utilitarian.

Congratulations Sing, you picked a winner!

<font color=green>No, I'm not jealous, why do you ask?</font>

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Bruce Evans · Mar 2, 2001

I have found that the main reason for allot of folding in a billet is to homoginize out the steeel expecially when you have mild steel in the mix.
I tried folding the chain and all that I ended up with was a washed out pattern that looked like random pattern Damascus.You have to work the chain carefully from all sides and not hit to much in one place if you want a bold pattern.Once it is welded it id welded.You may end up with a little pit here or there once in a while but I have found these not to hurt the finished blade.I tried a flex test and did some chopping with this blade brfore I put the final etch and handle on it and it held up as well as any of my other blades do.
Bruce

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives
The soul of the Knife begins in the Fire!!!!!
Member of,AKTI#A000223 and The American Bladesmith Society

Bugs3x · Mar 2, 2001

Thanks much for the response, Bruce. It is good to hear that the strength is right up there. Makes me wonder why I've never seen any other chain damascus like it. It is so stiking and beautiful compared to any other I've seen!

Bugs

Bruce Evans · Mar 2, 2001

I have seen this type of Damascus a few times but not much.I think that everybody is trying for the Mosaics more than anything now..Plus the chains are not always that easy to get ahold of.If it wasn't for having a connection to a Harley Davidson shop I wouldn't have any Harley chains to try.In my opinion they are just as good as Cable Damascus to use.
Bruce

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives
The soul of the Knife begins in the Fire!!!!!
Member of,AKTI#A000223 and The American Bladesmith Society

Chain Damascus Bowie (pic)

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