Damascus and Blackwood...

[J. Doyle]

Hey guys. Here's my first one finished up for this new year. And of course............it's a hunter. This one is short and compact but still quite stout. This knife was really difficult for me to photograph and I'm certainly no pro.

This started out as a two bar twist, twisted opposite directions and welded back to back. But a lot of hand forging left it more like 'random with a twist'.

Specs:
Hand forged from my own 1080 and 15n20 damascus
7 3/4" overall, 3 1/4" blade, .195" thick at the ricasso
Sharp distal taper
Rounded spine and ricasso edge for comfort
German silver collar, file fluted
African Blackwood handle

All comments and discussion welcome.

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Here it is on another background, better or not-I'm not sure.

 

[dedub]

Doyle,
Its Darrin, We met at the blade two years ago with Mark V.
That is a beautiful piece! Great Job, I love the fluting on the handle terrific detail.

 

[phorizt]

That's an incredible knife. Pretty much the perfect hunter for my tasts. I love how the blackwood, silver and damascus look together.

How did you do the "fluting" or whatever you call that on the butt? Was that filework too? Sorry I'm new to this so still trying to learn all of the techniques and terms.

 

[White Feather Blades]

beautiful John!

 

[Hengelo_77]

love the knife, first background is best imho

 

[leifjl]

Beautiful knife. So clean looking.