damascus and scandi grinds

[quint]

So I am working on a few puukko style knives and am using some alabama damascus I have. I have looked at tons of photos and it seems that with damascus on this grind they actually use a secondary bevel. Is this a good idea or just stick to the traditional scandi grind and have just the flat portion of the damascus showing its colors.

What do you guys like to do with this.

 

[Gody]

I would do a secondary bevel. I dont think it would look so good to have the bevels ground and un-etched. Also consider to grind the main bevels a little higher 1/3-1/2 the height of the blade, to facilitate sharpening.
I´m not exactly an authority on this field, but I´ve made a few.

Looking forward to seeing the results of your efforts.

Brian

 

[me2]

I've wondered about that myself. Just a damascus blade with a scandi/mora bevel on it would look ok to me. As long as people realize how most users sharpen mora style edges, it would work fine I think.

 

[quint]

Thanks guys, I looked back thru Burgmans book and saw that he recommended a secondary bevel depending on what you want to use the blade for. I think your suggestion Gody will work out the best as far as function and looks for what I am making. I will see about raising the bevels on them a little bit tomorrow.

 

[tryppyr]

I know it will sound a bit pretentious, but different damascus patterns would cause me to do different things. A pattern that was essentially symmetrical would (to my way of thinking) lend itself better to dagger forms (which are also symmetrical, and make the most of the pattern). "Random" patterns are, of course, not really random, but do lend themselves more to asymmetrical shaping. Patterns with dots or other repeating forms are, to my mind, the most difficult because I keep trying to find ways not to cut any of the repeating forms in half... which is usually impossible.

My point is that all damascus is not created equal, nor does it all lend itself to every application.