Fire Dagger by Bruce Bump (pic's)

Bruce Evans

Bruce Evans

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Bruce Bump is really killing me here with these..Check it out and let hiom know what you think everybody.He can fill in all the details on the knives for you..
Bruce
 
man! that is beautiful! is the circle/border pattern forged in the steel? one hell of a KRIS dagger. okay mr evans, that does it:rolleyes: weres the damascus that you were working on:) for me? great design mr bump, looks like it will cut over the puter.
 
Thanks Bruce E for posting these.
Specs are:
Handle is wire wrapped around goat leather
Blade is mosaic damascus 1084/15n20
Guard: mosaic damas. and mother of pearl
ferrels are mild steel
pommel is mother of pearl and brass nut
finish is 530 degree nitre-blue from brownells.

I made a set of dies for my press to make the wavy blade and ground it vertically. What a pain!
Thanks for looking.
Bruce B
 
Bruce, you should be in the Points of Interest books. This is some fantastic stuff you're making! What other fabulous treasures have you holding out on us with? ;)
 
I'm speechless. That's just too much to absorb all at one time... Crimeny Bruce, that is awesome, combination of materials a new science in its own right. That floors me!

Dave
 
Thanks. You Guys are too kind. I am making things my own way now that Im doing it for fun again instead of relying on knifemaking for a living. I dont care how long a project takes anymore, its like therapy after working at the prison. This damascus was made in a cannister or some call "the dry welding method".
 
This knife is amazing...I held it in Eugene for about 5 minutes before Bruce told me to get the hell away from his table ;) Okay, he didn't really say that, he said "heck." :p

In all seriousness, this is a jaw dropper. I really did hold onto it for about 5 minutes. That, to me, is one of the biggest things to accomplish...make a knife that another knifemaker doesn't want to put down...that's hard to do.

I want to see another one with an S guard... That's not too much to ask is it Bruce??? Heeheehee....

Thanks for posting our buddy's work Bruce E.

Nick
 
I was feelin pretty good about myself til you went and posted that. That looks impossible! I'm in awe.
 
JD, the cannister method is less tricky than conventional forge welding I think. It is done with a small metal box with all the seems welded to keep oxygen out. Just stack the alternating steels inside and fill the remaining open gaps with powder metal and place a piece of wood or card board inside. Weld the lid on making sure there are no pin holes. Actually a pin hole or two wont hurt. The cardboard will burn any oxygen trapped inside that will prevent the welding. Next just soak it at 2300 for about twice as long as you think it needs. I have a hydraulic press to sqeeze it to shape. It can be done with a hammer if you are tough enough. Power hammer is nice too. Forge it out 4 times its length and cut it into 4 pieces and grind off the outer mild steel casing, restack the 4 parts and forge them together again. Draw them out into a square billet and cut wedges out of it on both sides and forge the snake shaped billet flat into a bar. This way the end grain in now on the sides. Grind it into a knife blade. We are only limited by our imaginations.
 
Bruce
have you tried Argon gas to replace the O2
in the canister? this way you won't have the ash
in there.
works for Mig welding.
I'm thinking when you weld the thing shut
it would burn the o2 out anyway? :confused:
I'm going to try it in the ele. oven ( the Gas) to
keep scale off but going to try the CO2 first
because I have it here any way I'm told that nitrogen
will work too. being inert gas non flammable
they should be fairly safe.
 I just got to figure how to heat the gas before
I inject it into the oven
so the gas won't cool it down.
if I don't post for a few days you'll know what happened:eek:
I'm doing this for the heat treating.
 
Bruce,

Thanks. I was unclear in my question; I was actually referring to the shape of the blade: how did you forge it to shape?

Thanks,

JD
 
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