Firt forged blade with Damascus Hardware

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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 :).

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 :confused: .

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 :)) :

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Looking forward to your comments.

Marcus
 
Looks great, that may be your first forged blade, but please don't tell me that it's your first knife! That would be too depressing :D
 
No kidding Will! That is some fine work man, and that wood looks great with the blade shape...

I doubt anyone will be too harsh on the epoxy bubbling on you. The ret of the work makes up for it very nicely.

Doc
 
Will52100 said:
Looks great, that may be your first forged blade, but please don't tell me that it's your first knife! That would be too depressing :D
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What's depressing Will is that he's making them that nice at 17 years old (not that kids don't have talent; I'm just lamenting my misspent youth.)
Nice work Marcus!
Regards,
Greg
 
Ripper said:
What's depressing Will is that he's making them that nice at 17 years old (not that kids don't have talent; I'm just lamenting my misspent youth.)
Nice work Marcus!
Regards,
Greg
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Thats a good looking first forged knife keep it up :D.
But 17 years old........ :eek: " I hang my head in shame" not that age has anything to do with it. sigh
 
To me,I cant put my finger on it but there is something about that knife that draws me to it. I just plane ol like it.
Wish I had some money,I'd make you an offer But I'm just a poor guy trying to raise my family.
But man, I am Impressed for some unknown reason with that knife. Could be to me EVERYTHING is working together with that knife.
I don't gush over knives ,but that impresses me for some unkown reason.
Keep up the good work.
Paul
 
I like it and I know the reason. It flows. Everything goes together well. The fit and finish are great, but you can have that and still have an ugly design. This design is simple yet elegant. I too am lamenting my misspent youth. I didn't start until my late 30's. If you're doing this kind of work at 17, you have the potential for some really great things in your future. Keep at it and keep sharing with us.
Ed
 
Thanks a lot guys, your comments really do make me feel better about my knives. I tend to be a bit more critical to myself :D .

I've got some bad news :( (well not that bad ;)).
Somehow along the grain, from the guard to the pinhole, there started a little crack on both sides. But that may also be a result of the rather large hole I had to drill to get the tang fitted into the handle.

That's why I change to mortised tang constructions, with the mortised way you might see a seam but it far more accurate and you get much better results.
(And somehow I love to chisel out the space for the tang to go, maybe it's just because I'm so fascinated how fast you can remove the wood in comparison to steel :D)

But getting the both slabs death flat really sucks, I guess a disk sander is next on my list ;) .

I added a few pic's of my latest one, where you can see the construction, it was my first time doing it "the mortised way" and so far I like it a lot.
The blade was also my first one to heat treat myself, it was claybacked and quenched in oil. But the Hamon/hardening line is not as clear and distinct on O-2 as it is with the simple carbon steels like 1070, 1095 or W2 for example.
But since I have no source for the simple ones I ahve to go with the higher alloyed O-2.
That's also a reason why I can't wait to get forging again, no need for flat stock, just a round bar and your own power :D

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I'll keep you posted about the progress.

And thanks again for your encouraging comments.

Marcus
 
Youngster, that would be good work for an old guy! You are doing really fine work, and I honestly like that knife.
 
Beautiful knife Marcus, I have been seeing you work on the forums for a while now and I'm amazed at the quality. Keep up the good work.

The scraches on the tang up against the guard can be sanded out by wrapping 1000 grit sand paper around the edge of a single edge razor blade and pushing / pulling on the tang, this way it will get right up against the guard with out scatching it. Also a piece of ivory sharpened into a scraper is good to scrape the glue off and will not scratch the steel.

Don Hanson lll
 
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