damast and thuja

[Toni Oostendorp]

Here's one I finished a few months ago. I like the profile of the knife a lot.

The damast is made out of 1.2842 and 1.2767, the core is C70 (swedish steel). I forged this together with Gudy van Poppel, my teacher in making damast. The handle is thuja wood and has a mosaic pin and brass pins in the butt. The guard is made of iron that has a "rustic" finish.

As I said, I forged this knife together with Gudy and we didn't have any particular model in mind. this is just the result after some hammering. I think it's the way the anvil wanted it. It's plain fun to see what happens, when you start hammering and don't have a specific goal to work to.

Thanks for watching.



Greetings Toni

 

[mitch13]

Toni
I really like it great sleek lines, the subtle emlishments to handle & antique guard really set it off.
What's the size?
Keep up the good work.
Mitch

 

[Magnus Axelson]

Absolutley lovely knife, very very nice blade. Do you by any chance make blade blanks or have any for sale? Would really like to make a knife with such a beautiful blade.

Regards
/Magnus

 

[tom mayo]

very nice!!!!!

 

[golok]

Nice work, Toni. Two thumbs up!!

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I like this one a lot. The pattern weld steel looks great. You did a fantastic job on the handle, and the guard works perfectly on this design.

 

[Toni Oostendorp]

thank you all for the comments. Mitch13 the totall length of the knife is 10.5 inches.

Raist, I do not make blanks for sale at this moment. Because I have a fulltime job, I use my spare time in making complete knives. I'm sorry.

greetings Toni