cheetah damascus knife

[john april]

i bought a billet of "cheetah" pattern damascus while i was the ashokan sword seminar in september. it is composed of 0-1, L-6 and nickel. it has a 5 3/4" blade made by stock removal. domed pin, spacer and guard with "serpent mouth" finials made from nickel. guard is soldered with stay-brite. handle is mango stabilized by k&g. leather sheath with alligator overlay. thanks for taking a look !

 

[Lon Aguiar]

That's really nice!!!

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Nice, man!!! Love that solder joint!!!!

Is the steel from Del?

 

[Dawkind]

John!!! You knocked that one waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of the park my friend.....beautiful!!!!

 

[Scott Hanson]

Very nice looking knife, I like it.

 

[wkfl]

That's one nice knife. Mango wood, didn't see that coming. Makes me want to look at my Haydens a bit differently.

 

[john april]

thanks guys ! yes matthew it was made by delbert ealy.

 

[Steve Nuckels]

That's outstanding!

Steve
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Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Foundation
ABS Apprentice Smith

 

[bwlacey]

Spectacular, John!!

Walt

 

[i4Marc]

John,

Super job. That solder joint is so tidy! Nice looking knife. I think it would also look great with 50% more blade length. :thumbup:


What heat source did you use for the solder work, OA, MAP, something else?

 

[kevin (theprofessor)]

that is a clean, and solid looking, knife. great work! I was going to ask whether it was Delbert or Deker, but Matt beat me.

I think that knife is really cool. I wish I had made it.

 

[john april]

thanks gents ! marc, i used regular propane. after soldering, i masked the guard with nailpolish then etched the blade in ferric.

 

[HSC ///]

that's great work, you are really leveling up :thumbup:

 

[black mamba]

Beautiful package: metal, wood and leather work all first rate! :thumbup:

 

[v8r]

Very clean sir!

 

[Wulf]

Very cool knife! Super combination of materials and excellent overall design and construction

 

[john april]

thank you