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While my last visit in a German winter, 7 years ago, I forged the blade blank on a power hammer of a friend.
I remember my face got toasted and my butt freezed off.
Since then I worked on it when the time allowed. It took 7 years to complete, so to speak.
It has approximately 100 layers and it contains 50% of W2 and 25% of O2 and 15N20 (75Ni8) each.
It is not that high contrast mixture because the W2 appears grey which makes together with the bright nickel tool steel the main colors.
But it is a heck of a tough blade and it holds an edge quite good which to me is the most important thing....but I love how the colors came out, less dominant
and not so distracting from the actual knife.
The fittings are embossed copper and the handle and the sheath is made from Burmese Padouk root.
It measures 310 mm on the blade and 465 mm overall length.
Cheers
I remember my face got toasted and my butt freezed off.
Since then I worked on it when the time allowed. It took 7 years to complete, so to speak.
It has approximately 100 layers and it contains 50% of W2 and 25% of O2 and 15N20 (75Ni8) each.
It is not that high contrast mixture because the W2 appears grey which makes together with the bright nickel tool steel the main colors.
But it is a heck of a tough blade and it holds an edge quite good which to me is the most important thing....but I love how the colors came out, less dominant
and not so distracting from the actual knife.
The fittings are embossed copper and the handle and the sheath is made from Burmese Padouk root.
It measures 310 mm on the blade and 465 mm overall length.
Cheers
