Elven damascus

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Good day to you all, children of Gaia :)
I always wanted to make a knife with a more gentle, elvish appearance, but unfortunately didn't have the skills to decorate it accordingly, until now. I was lucky enough to find this unbelievable gentleman at devianart, who makes extraordinary floral and other miniature sculptures/amulets, so I stalked him and persuaded for a coproduction. And now I can happily present you the result. :D

It is a small damascus knife, with a blade hand forged by me of 5160 and L6. It has 240 layers.
The knife is 21 cm long, the blades length is 10.5 cm, it is 32 mm wide and 3.5 mm thick.
The handle is copper and buffalo horn with Manuroartist's outstanding ornamentation.
Hope you guys like it as much as I do :)

You can find Manuro and his beautiful works here: http://manuroartis.deviantart.com/

It is 295 usd, with all fees included + free leather sheath after your own taste, on request! ;)


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Is the handle carved buffalo horn ?
And do you heat treat your own blades ? And do you test for hardness, Rc ?
thank you wonderful Artists,
kj
 
I'm beginning to think you are crazy as hell:D But I really do like your knives!

I'm bought out for the moment but my next one will be one of yours. Make me one of those
big ass, run around the yard nekkid knives will ya?

BTW. Is that the Alabama Transylvania or the Europe bunch? I'm a little particular about that....

Not that there is anything wrong with the Eurasian folks...I'd just like to know in case....

In case I have to explain myself to my new bride. And no, she's not the bride of Frankenstein. Just stop.

Exactly what part of Transylvania are ya from anyway? Is that down close to Rockford? You don't
know Tammy do you?
 
I'm beginning to think you are crazy as hell:D But I really do like your knives!

I'm bought out for the moment but my next one will be one of yours. Make me one of those
big ass, run around the yard nekkid knives will ya?

BTW. Is that the Alabama Transylvania or the Europe bunch? I'm a little particular about that....

Not that there is anything wrong with the Eurasian folks...I'd just like to know in case....

In case I have to explain myself to my new bride. And no, she's not the bride of Frankenstein. Just stop.

Exactly what part of Transylvania are ya from anyway? Is that down close to Rockford? You don't
know Tammy do you?

Lmao, I just lost it with that ^^^^^^^ :thumbup:

Cool knife though :thumbup:
 
Is the handle carved buffalo horn ?
And do you heat treat your own blades ? And do you test for hardness, Rc ?
thank you wonderful Artists,
kj

Yes, it is carved buffalo horn ;)
And yes I do my own heath treat. Sorry, it's not tested for hrc, there are no fancy testers around here, unfortunately I live in the middle of nowhere :rolleyes: After heath treat they are all bend tested, which means I put their tips in my vise and try to bend them, if it survives without snapping or remaining bent than comes the second stage. I hit its edge against a file. If it bites the file without a mark on the blade, than it's good.
This is the old schools quality test, used for centuries in various armies, including the austro-hungarian, which was stationing around here, till the first world war.
 
I'm beginning to think you are crazy as hell:D But I really do like your knives!

I'm bought out for the moment but my next one will be one of yours. Make me one of those
big ass, run around the yard nekkid knives will ya?

BTW. Is that the Alabama Transylvania or the Europe bunch? I'm a little particular about that....

Not that there is anything wrong with the Eurasian folks...I'd just like to know in case....

In case I have to explain myself to my new bride. And no, she's not the bride of Frankenstein. Just stop.

Exactly what part of Transylvania are ya from anyway? Is that down close to Rockford? You don't
know Tammy do you?

Well, I am really sorry to disappoint you, but I am from the Europe bunch, from the REAL Transylvania ;) No Tammy here :rolleyes:
I live in the middle of nowhere at the foot of Harghita mountain, in the Carpathians. Write this into goggle earth and you'll find my village:

Sub Cetate, Județul Harghita 537364

Anyway, I would gladly make you that knife. Please send me a picture with it, to: hellize@yahoo.com and we can talk about it further ;)
 
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