Goofy stuff out of Damascus?

C.Kelly Custom Knives said:
This weird little blade is something I would have never made, but for the fact that this "scrap" cut of Damacore was so expensive I just couldn't bare the idea of doing nothing with it. Now it rides in/on my wallet every day.
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Very cool little knife. With my track record I would wind up in the airport with this thing completely forgotten and get in trouble again!
At the airport I've managed to have 4 folding knives in my carry on one time (I was holding them for students earlier in the day), a fixed blade in my computer bag another time (my son had it in there so he wouldn't lose it) and showed up in arrivals with my edc bushcraft on my belt to pick up my daughter another time. Don't know if someone complained or security picked me out, but an officer sidled up to ask about my knife and mention that it isn't a good idea to bring weapons into an airport where they are already pretty tight about security.
 
Rifle parts for muzzleloaders. Flint/steel strikers. Bottle openers. Belt buckles. BBQ fork. Screwdriver. Wood turning tools.
 
Here are two of the three 1911's I've built using DAMASTEEL slides from CASPIAN. One also has a damasteel reverse plug that I fabricated on a mini lathe. Top one is an Officer size with a Wilson Combat frame. Bottom is Officer size on a CP titanium frame. Both in .45.

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navman navman . Nicely done! I’d love to own a 1911 like that. Did I happen to meet you in the gym in Rota a few years back? I was wearing a Hinderer shirt.
 
I've got a stainless damascus fishing spoon around here I picked up at the 1986 Guild show in Houston. I remember all that, still, and that the young-ish maker was from Bend, OR, but can't remember his name to save my soul.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
I don't understand the whole damascus thing.
I'm not particularly attracted to it.
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Well you see, there's these layers of different contrasting types of steel... just kidding, I'm guessing only your second comment is strictly accurate.
 
Damascus steel doesn't do anything better than modern steel, and it's labor-intensive to make.
Yes, you can make interesting patterns in the steel-but I have never been particularly impressed with it.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Damascus steel doesn't do anything better than modern steel, and it's labor-intensive to make
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It can be, but with the right equipment isn't a whole lot more. But as you are most likely aware, there are folks who will pay many times more for a well made pattern welded blade than the same blade made from mono-steel.

It's basically the same thing as jewelry. I don't own or wear any and not attracted to it, but there are plenty of folks who are.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Damascus steel doesn't do anything better than modern steel, and it's labor-intensive to make.
Yes, you can make interesting patterns in the steel-but I have never been particularly impressed with it.
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The reason is … to keep the world from getting boring. If we all had the same tastes, we would only have one (ok maybe two) steels to choose from a instead of the several dozen we DO have 😊

I am making a pair of steak knives for my son. When asked if he wanted plain steel or Damascus, he did not hesitate at all - Damascus it is!
 
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