Compound Ground Damascus Kwaiken [Repost]

[Saxman25]

Hi, I've got another excellent knife to offer up for sale today. The blade is made from W's damascus, each W layer has 32 layers of alternating 1084 and 15n20, and there are 64 total layers of W's. I bias laddered the billet to reveal the W's and create an interesting wavy pattern. The grind is 10" hollow on the belly of the blade, evolving to a convex flat grind at the tip. This creates a very light blade with a fine edge, but still leaves enough meat at the tip for stabbing. There is a small swedge that runs most of the length of the blade, it is unsharpened. The tang is steeply tapered back into the handle to further improve the weight and balance of the blade, and the spine is etched all the way back into the handle for a neat visual effect. The handle itself is a nice cut of african blackwood, buffed to a high finish, and features a mosaic pin. The blade comes fully sharpened and includes a hand tooled black leather sheath suitable for vertical carry.

OAL: 9.25"
Blade Length: 5"
Blade Width: 7/8"
Blade Thickness: 3/16"

Down below are some pictures, you can also take a look at my instagram for video of the blade and sheath here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAYbHYjgZwC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I'm asking $360 USD for the whole package, and that includes shipping in the US. If you are located outside the US I'm sure I can work something out
First to say "I'll take it!" gets it, you can contact me via PM or by me email YozakuraForge@gmail.com
Let me know what you think down in the comments!

Thanks for looking,
-Grant

 

[jideta]

some van Gogh going on in that blade...

 

[Saxman25]

Never thought of it that way, but I can see the resemblance. Maybe I should call the pattern "starry night" haha