Damascus / ivory integral by Russ Andrews, MS

RogerP

RogerP

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Greetings all.

It has been a very good month. :)

This is a piece that had been planned a while back as an evolution of a very nice integral design that Russ had turned out for me in carbon and gidgee. The general idea was to take that basic design and stretch it out some. That, and render it in damascus with ivory.

Here is the starting point rendered in a sketch with the ivory scales selected:

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Notwithstanding all of the wonderfully complex damascus patterns out there, a tight, clean ladder has long remained one of my very favourites and that is what we selected for this project:

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As an added twist, the ladder which forms the blade would transition to an opposing twist for the integral bolster.

Specs are as follows:

  • 7 1/2" blade, and 12 1/2" OAL
  • ladder / twist damascus in 1095 and 15n20
  • bark mammoth ivory scales
  • soft sterling silver perfectly peined pins

This piece travelled the Paul Long / Coop road, and the end results can be seen below:

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I've never had a piece from Russ that failed to delight and this one is no exception. The damascus has a really wonderful shimmer and that bark ivory is rich with colour and texture. It's a joy to hold and to behold.

As always, it was a real pleasure working with Russ.

Thanks for looking.

Roger
 
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WOW - This is an incredible knife - congratulations. Great Job!
 
Can we get a big, "YOU SUCK, ROGER!" here? :D

Holy schmoly, dude; you're on a roll lately! :)

A most excellent aquisition, mein freund. Russ outdid himself again. :)
 
Great pics !
You know how to do it, Roger ! :thumbup:
CONGRATS !
Beautiful piece, Russ is SO good ! :cool:

Doug
 
Roger,

What an elegant package from Russ, as we've come to expect. He does that ladder so well, and his design is so clean. Just beautiful!

Paul's outdone himself here, also.

John
 
Wow, my hat is off to all three of you on an absolutely beautiful package. That is not just a home run; it's a grand slam!
 
Russ, you are a mad man! A ladder pattern blade with twist bolsters on an integral. You're making my head spin just trying to figure out how you pulled it off.

Roger, I'm also a big fan of the tight ladders and this one is down right BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations.
 
What my buddy Mike said... and... D-A-A-A-A-A-Y-U-M-N!!!!! :eek: :cool: :thumbup: :D

I need to take lessons from Russ on a lot of things, but in specific focus of this thread----that ladder is just insanely well done!!! :eek:
 
Really really nice, love the steel in particular.

Roger, are the scales on the knife the same as in the first photo?? They look different.

Marcel
 
Russ that is super nice you took off just the right amount bark. Thanks for showing it Roger.
 
There was only one disapointment.... I had to ship it off. :grumpy:

I know a lot about knives, but so much goes RIGHT over my head. I looked at the bolster pattern and the blade pattern and didn't think twice. Neophyte. ;)

What a pleasure all around. Paul has my shipping address on speed dial. We need one of those long vacuum tubes with the stash cartridge to pass back and forth. ;)

Coop
 
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