Damascus fighter with mammoth

Mike Quesenberry

Mike Quesenberry

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This is a 10" bladed fighter with a double grind and tiled W's of 1084 and 15N20. The OAL is 15". The frame and guard are O-1 that have been parkerized along with the damascus. It has NS liners that have been gold plated and twist damascus spacers. The mammoth, being the first time I've used this material, is held to the frame with NS domed pins. With the guard and frame I was going for a dark and ominous look to contrast the gold and shiny ivory. Hope you like it.

I'd like to thank Chuck Richards for his words of wisdom and encouragement in using the parkerizing for the first time. Rodrigo Sfreddo told me about this stuff a couple years ago and I never bothered taking the time to use it. All my damascus will get it from now on. It's great stuff:thumbup:.

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Wow, really nice!
The parkerizing turned out great. A question about the O1 parkerizing:
Did you use the same product? Is it phosphate manganese?
Did you etched it first? I mean the O1. Never tried it in non damascus steel, it looks great!

Congrats on the whole piece.
 
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Manuel, glad you like the knife. Yes, I used the same manganese phosphate as the damascus but no I didn't etch it. I finished it to 500 grit and did multiple cycles in the parkerizing.

Manuel Quiroga G. said:
Wow, really nice!
The parkerizing turned out great. A question about the 01 parkerizing:
Did you use the same product? Is it phosphate manganese?
Did you etched it first? I mean the 01. Never tried it in non damascus steel, it looks great!

Congrats on the whole piece.
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Mike,

This is just marvelous, crisp, clean, and beautifully designed. Mean looking, too!

John
 
It's pretty rough but I think if you keep at this stuff you'll get it eventually.


;)


Fantastic knife my friend!!! :)
 
The parkerized damascus looks great.
Good crisp contrast.

But................
your other damascus with the chatoyance really looks good too.
I never knew how cool it looked until I saw your knives in person.
 
Mike - that is absolutely terrific. My new fave amongst the wonderful fighters I have seen from you.

Roger
 
Looks great Mike. I like the handle shape and the overall flow of the whole piece. Looks elegant and sinister at the same time. Good work.
 
Mike, did you parkerize the blade too and if so, what did the the manganese phosphate do to the 15N20? How hot did you have to get the solution?
 
jdm61 said:
Mike, did you parkerize the blade too and if so, what did the the manganese phosphate do to the 15N20? How hot did you have to get the solution?
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Joe, It turns the 15N20 black and then sand down to 2500 grit so the 15N20 shines and the 1084 stays dark. The temperature of the solution is around 180 degrees so the tempering of the steel isn't affected.
 
Geez. that's nice Mike.. I love how you take the point out so far. There's a delicacy about it but oh so dangerous. Super clean too.. man I need some lessons.
 
Mike, The blade just moved while I was looking at it. Great looking knife! I've got a feeling I'll be seeing this one in Boise....... That's a neat looking back drop, what the heck is it?
 
Raymond Richard said:
Mike, The blade just moved while I was looking at it. Great looking knife! I've got a feeling I'll be seeing this one in Boise....... That's a neat looking back drop, what the heck is it?
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Sorry Ray, No coon fingering this one in Boise. It got shipped to the collector this afternoon.

The backdrop is one of the Mrs. table placemats:eek:. It's just sticks tied together.
 
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