Damascus sword with ebony and mammoth ivory

[frenchman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq2WPVKUr5g&feature=related

Grinding and shaping, I somehow missed the first 2 parts with the forging.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVTpR3y5vBI&feature=related

Handle in ebony (50 hours) and pommel in mammoth ivory (120 hours)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJHV2WAbIk&feature=related

More carving, and making of the guard

Sheath in maple with steel hardware. Finished product.

There's a nice piece of humble pie for me.

 

[watercrawl]

Oh man....250 hours in the making. At $40/hour = $10,000....yahoo!!

 

[rane-dig]

I watched the videos. Mesmerizing.

 

[seth]

i did not even realise they had subtitles for the videos.. watched twice, still amazed !

 

[SSonnentag]

Wow! What an artist!