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My oldest son Justin is getting married September 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and I am making 7 groomsman knives at his request. This has kept me really busy working toward a deadline. His knife is made from billet of 1080 and 15n20 in W pattern. When making this billet I pulled out a section that was at a lower layer count and continued the rest of the billet up to 2000 layers. Then welded in the lower layer count before performing a ferry flip to bring out the pattern. My intent was a tiger stripe look. It came out ok but not exactly as I envisioned.
The best mans knife, my youngest son Jeremiah, is san mai of 1095 core covered by nickel foil then sandwiched with 416 ss. Both blades are at 2000 grit, etched in ferric chloride 5:1 three times then treated with Casey's Super Blue several times and polished with Flitz for the san mai, additional 2000 grit polishes for the Damascus.
The other 4 groomsman knives are all 52100 made in the same style but brought up to 400 grit satin finish. Speaking of style, when my son came to me and asked me if I could make groomsman knives for him, he showed me a picture of Adam DeRosiers Freemans knives and wanted something similar. He really liked the design. When at Blade 2011, I discussed with Adam my intent to make groomsman knives that were inspired by his, he was excited to see how they turn out. I had the opportunity to hold one of Adam's Freemans knives at the show as well. When I told him his Freemans knives were the inspiration for my son's groomsmen knives, he went and got one of his to show me. Very well crafted and both Adam and Haley are such a pleasure to speak with. I changed grind a bit, changed the handle design and made the knife a bit larger (7.5 OAL).
All knives tested out 59-60 HRC. Well, just 6 days to the wedding... Let me know what you think.
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The best mans knife, my youngest son Jeremiah, is san mai of 1095 core covered by nickel foil then sandwiched with 416 ss. Both blades are at 2000 grit, etched in ferric chloride 5:1 three times then treated with Casey's Super Blue several times and polished with Flitz for the san mai, additional 2000 grit polishes for the Damascus.
The other 4 groomsman knives are all 52100 made in the same style but brought up to 400 grit satin finish. Speaking of style, when my son came to me and asked me if I could make groomsman knives for him, he showed me a picture of Adam DeRosiers Freemans knives and wanted something similar. He really liked the design. When at Blade 2011, I discussed with Adam my intent to make groomsman knives that were inspired by his, he was excited to see how they turn out. I had the opportunity to hold one of Adam's Freemans knives at the show as well. When I told him his Freemans knives were the inspiration for my son's groomsmen knives, he went and got one of his to show me. Very well crafted and both Adam and Haley are such a pleasure to speak with. I changed grind a bit, changed the handle design and made the knife a bit larger (7.5 OAL).
All knives tested out 59-60 HRC. Well, just 6 days to the wedding... Let me know what you think.
nice work.. i bet they'll all love them..
As far as the bachelor party pictures go... yes but, it was in Las Vegas and what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas... 
