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Fossil Walrus artifact knife

DanGraves

DanGraves

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The Damascus was made by me using 1084 and 15n20. The Damascus was an interesting build as it had to be sliced into tiles and then welded to an 1/8 piece of steel plate then all welded together and then the process of grinding to clean Damascus steel. The handle is fossil walrus that was carved into a whale or walrus harpoon est. over a 400 to 2000 years ago by Siberian Eskimos (USA did not own it then hence the name Siberian as Russia owned Alaska which includes St. Lawrence Island). The handle has a "V" carved in it and that is for the leather rope and a hole on the back is where the spear attached (there is a piece that goes in the hole and then the spear but I can't recall the name). I hope all this is accurate but if not let me know. I have had these artifacts before but never one in this good of condition (really a museum piece). I felt it needed a guard like this for the flow of the knife.
Blade length is 11 1/8 inches and overall is 18 1/8 inches. This is a big one. Hope you like it.


 
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