Damascus Wolf Pup

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Tom Anderson

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Here's one of my new Wolf Pup folders in high-contrast carbon damascus and antique stag jig bone:

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The damascus is 240 layers of 1095 and 01 (with 8%nickel added) in a birdseye pattern.

I jigged and antiqued the stabilized giraffe bone overlays myself.

Hope you like it! :)
 
Love the contrast........you seem to have all kinds of irons in the fire!;)

Great work! :D
 
Tom,good to see you have that picture taking figured out.:) Great stuff!That one sure is purtty.
 
Thanks, folks! :)

(I explained how I did the overlays over on the Shop Talk forum, if anybody's interested! ;) )
 
Beautiful, but tell me, with that much nickel how well is that blade going to stand up to use. I know that a knife with a blade that pretty is not likely to see much use, but nickel will really soften a blade. I would like to get your thoughts on this, Tom, and the thoughts of others asa well.
 
Keith:

The nickel is actually alloyed with the 01 and is not a separate element (as with some mosaic damascus).

You can usually tell if one of the alloys in damascus is notably harder than another when sanding between etching cycles after heat treat. In the case of this damascus, the alloyed 01 did not simply wear down to the level of the 1095, but remained very pronounced - even with moderate sanding using silicon carbide paper.

I destruct test the first blade of any new material I try before even considering putting it on a knife. The Thunderforge damascus test blade showed no appreciable uneven wear at the edge after slicing through cardboard and kiln dried maple.

Of course, we all know that edge retention also has much to do with proper heat treat and grind geometry. ;)
 
Tom,

What a beauty! I think its time for a bump so folks can see this again.

eMail on the way.

Mike
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