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Fun with damascus
- Thread starter Danbo
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'Bout time you got yourself out into that cluttered garage of yours and started using all those toys ya got!!! 
Nice piece of steel ya got there, and since I know Nick a little, I'd have to say I totally believe he treated it the way he said he did it!!! LOL!!!
On to the Q at hand: I vote for no handles, too! Looks like it would make one sweet necker for woods walking... even if ya have to sweat a little to finish it off! Ha, 'bout time you broke a bead! LOL!!!
However, maybe a thin red liner and ivory micarta might provide a nice handle for something like this...
Keep at it Danbo... and if I drive back that way again I'll swing by and see if you've finished any of those little projects you were showing me...
Good luck!
Nice piece of steel ya got there, and since I know Nick a little, I'd have to say I totally believe he treated it the way he said he did it!!! LOL!!!
On to the Q at hand: I vote for no handles, too! Looks like it would make one sweet necker for woods walking... even if ya have to sweat a little to finish it off! Ha, 'bout time you broke a bead! LOL!!!
However, maybe a thin red liner and ivory micarta might provide a nice handle for something like this...
Keep at it Danbo... and if I drive back that way again I'll swing by and see if you've finished any of those little projects you were showing me...
Good luck!
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Dan,
Looks nice and clean. I like the Idea of reduced sized scales & Ivory.
Maybe a very light burl.like Malee.
Let's see it when it's complete.
Nick: ' bet your shop smells terrific!!!
Russ
Looks nice and clean. I like the Idea of reduced sized scales & Ivory.
Maybe a very light burl.like Malee.
Let's see it when it's complete.
Nick: ' bet your shop smells terrific!!!
Russ
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Danbo, nice work! I would opt for the ivory or blackwood, too, It's really nice to see you and Bastid here on this side of the forum. I knew you would be making knives someday, with all the bad influence here! Nick uses goat pee for quench, IG uses skunk. Me, I go for squirrel pee. It takes me longer to collect a few gallons, and climbing all those trees is pretty tiresome, too.
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Danbo
my opinion is some super sweet Pearl. maybe blacklip
if you are going to put ivory on her id put on some nice cream/ tan bark with crack's on it after i found some nice stabilized ivory . Great steel mix there
id leave the handle a little short of the top/bottom of the scales to show off a little more steel and filework the hell out of it with a dremel and a carbide small bit . Sorry but you asked for a opinion
my opinion is some super sweet Pearl. maybe blacklip
if you are going to put ivory on her id put on some nice cream/ tan bark with crack's on it after i found some nice stabilized ivory . Great steel mix there
id leave the handle a little short of the top/bottom of the scales to show off a little more steel and filework the hell out of it with a dremel and a carbide small bit . Sorry but you asked for a opinion
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Man, what I wanna know is, how did ya score the piece of Cashen Damascus? 
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John- ROFLMAO!!!
Kind of scarey, as I was reading that- instead of thinking "Yuck!" I was wondering how you would ever get enough from a squirrel! HAHAHAHA
BTW-Danbo has some sort of special buying powers that allow him to buy things no mere mortal typically would be able to.
Nick
Kind of scarey, as I was reading that- instead of thinking "Yuck!" I was wondering how you would ever get enough from a squirrel! HAHAHAHA
BTW-Danbo has some sort of special buying powers that allow him to buy things no mere mortal typically would be able to.
Nick
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Hmmm, I guess I need to do something to make my damascus sales page on my site a little more accessable 
I never was good at this marketing thing 
I never was good at this marketing thing