Now guys here's my latest one and that's the style I'm probably going for.
Forged carbon, sticktang, damascus, just old school forged blade style
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That was the first piece of steel I ever forged, so the blade is about a year and two months old, but I just finished the whole knife three weeks ago.
It's forged from a Ck60 (an alloy improved 1060, but which alloy I have to check for) 1 inch round bar and I really knew what I had done that day. Hammering hot steel is just not included in my everyday actions (but hopefully will be soon).
There's actually a temperline visible but somehow it only get's really distinct under artificial light, but don't ask me why
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The guard is made of a seven layer damascus piece, it was my first steel guard and I was pretty pleased with the tight fit I achieved.
The only thing I screwed up was when I sealed it with epoxy, when it dried it formed bubbles that were hard to remove I scratched the blade real good :grumpy:, that pissed me of, but since I keep and use it myself it aint a real problem.
The wood is some nicely polishable stuff from Australia, if I remeber correctly something that sounds like Koa.
So here the pics I hope you like it (I really have to build me a light tent and learn how to photograhp knives correctly, these pics suck, somehow) :
Looking forward to your comments.
Marcus
Forged carbon, sticktang, damascus, just old school forged blade style
.That was the first piece of steel I ever forged, so the blade is about a year and two months old, but I just finished the whole knife three weeks ago.
It's forged from a Ck60 (an alloy improved 1060, but which alloy I have to check for) 1 inch round bar and I really knew what I had done that day. Hammering hot steel is just not included in my everyday actions (but hopefully will be soon
).There's actually a temperline visible but somehow it only get's really distinct under artificial light, but don't ask me why
.The guard is made of a seven layer damascus piece, it was my first steel guard and I was pretty pleased with the tight fit I achieved.
The only thing I screwed up was when I sealed it with epoxy, when it dried it formed bubbles that were hard to remove I scratched the blade real good :grumpy:, that pissed me of, but since I keep and use it myself it aint a real problem.
The wood is some nicely polishable stuff from Australia, if I remeber correctly something that sounds like Koa.
So here the pics I hope you like it (I really have to build me a light tent and learn how to photograhp knives correctly, these pics suck, somehow
) :Looking forward to your comments.
Marcus
