Damascus Hunter Dressed In Maple

Kyle Royer

Kyle Royer

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The 4 3/8" long blade is made out of 100 layers of 1084 and 15N20 in Twist Pattern Damascus.
The handle is made of died and stabilized maple burl, the guard and pin are made out of German Silver.
And it also has a black fiber spacer.
The overall length is 9 1/4 inches long.

Thanks for looking!



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Stunning knife Kyle! The burl really seems to match up nicely with the blade. :)
 
Nice, clean, functional hunter. Good job. :thumbup:

What's the handle finish? Looks like a matte finish?
 
Real nice-looking piece. But that blade's gotta be at least 4 3/8", no?

Roger
 
It is a matte finish. The handle is hand sanded to 1200 grit.
I could buff on it a little to give it a highly polished finish but I think it would look like it was coated with Polyurethane on this particular piece.
 
OOPS, I measured it and said it was 3 3/8" but it's 4 3/8", sorry.
Thanks for caching that Roger.
 
Kyle Royer said:
It is a matte finish. The handle is hand sanded to 1200 grit.
I could buff on it a little to give it a highly polished finish but I think it would look like it was coated with Polyurethane.
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I have knives with handles finished shiny and matte. I like 'em both ways.

Roger
 
That's such beautiful grain and color a little sheen would bring it out more.
Looks as it would feel great in hand.
 
Great looking hunter, Kyle. Nice handle design.

Your work is moving along at a rapid pace. Keep it up! :thumbup:

- Joe
 
I like them shiny and matte too, I especially like them shiny when I'm using Desert Ironwood.
 
That Roger fella's got a good eye! ;) :D

Kyle... I meant to post it on your "feather damascus" post but forgot to... I think we will be seeing big things from you and am ecstatic to see such work coming from someone so young. :thumbup: :cool:

Personally, I think you'll go a lot farther if you open yourself up a bit from what your mission statement says on your web-page, but that's not an insult or ding... I just think there are an infinite number or variables in the knifemaking world and there's certainly no reason to limit yourself from the start. Just something vague for you to think about ;)

Keep it up, I am excited to see more of your work and meet you one of these days at a show! :thumbup:
 
Thanks for the info about my misson statement Nick.
I will take the blade out in the shop and buff on it a little and put a picture of it on here and see how you guys like it.
 
Here is a picture of the same knife handle but instead of a matte finish it has a buffed finish. Tell me what looks better matte or buffed finish, I think that Kevin Jones is right about it looking better with a buffed finish.:thumbup::)
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Very nice knife!:thumbup:

It looks better with the "shiny" finish.

Regards,

Jos
 
I like shiny better too.

Not sure about the "Mission Statement" Nick is talking about....but...this has me troubled:

"Forging a blade to shape packs the grains of steel together to give it superior edge holding capabilities over a blade that was just ground to shape."

I'll start with this, from Cashen, and let you do your own research, you are young, and make very nice stuff, but metallurgy is somewhat difficult enough without misconceptions:

The basic law of conservation of matter states that the mass of a system of substances is constant; simple junior high science should have taught us that shrinking existing steel grains is simply not an option. If anybody manages to produce a smaller blade with the same mass as the parent bar, they need to rewrite all the laws that govern our universe. Equally misguided, the smith that aims to break up or fracture internal structures is not doing his blades any favors; while transgranular fracturing is possible, it is very bad and quite irreversible.

If this does not run counter to what you are saying, than I apologize in advance.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
At seventeen you have a very bright future ahead of you. That frame handle bowie on your site is impressive.
 
Wow that is a beautiful knife! Really nice balance between the blade and handle. My vote is for buffed handle finish all the way!

Love that damascus too!

Sean
 
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