High Density Radial Pattern

[A C Richards]

Here's My latest.

Blade is a high density radial pattern of 1095-15N20. Fixtures are textured monel. Giraffe bone handle and Spessartite Garnet Accents.

Hope you enjoy.

Chuck

 

[Redsnake1997]

That's gorgeous!!!

 

[oldrifleman]

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steven

 

[steierknives]

Great knife. You hit a home run on that one, its gorgeous.

 

[A C Richards]

Thanks all. Had a good time making this one....

Chuck

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I love the overall look of this knife and the giraffe bone has some nice colour. I like the black lines that run through the handle, but there is one that looks like a crack.

 

[barrabas74]

That giraffe bone really compliments the knife and I like the damascus alot :thumbup: .

 

[A C Richards]

I love the overall look of this knife and the giraffe bone has some nice colour. I like the black lines that run through the handle, but there is one that looks like a crack.

The handle is stable. The black line that looks like a crack is filled with stabilizing compund and does not go through. I figured someone would say something about the giraffe bone after reading the thread about liking it ior not. Like I heard from another maker/collector can't remember who, a crack to one is a check to another. I personally will not put a piece of handle material on that I feel will fail or detract from the overall value. But that's my opinion FWIW.

Chuck

 

[shappa]

Very nice...one of these days I'm gonna have to get something from you.
It'd be great to have something from a mastersmith in my home town. LOL

keep up the good work.

 

[A C Richards]

Very nice...one of these days I'm gonna have to get something from you.
It'd be great to have something from a mastersmith in my home town. LOL

keep up the good work.

Tom.

Nice to hear form you.. Have we met yet?? This town aint big enough not to have. Give me a call sometime and we can talk (what else) knives.

Chuck

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I'm generally not a huge fan of giraffe bone. It is quite often dyed a really gaudy colour. The stuff you used here is a really good colour and I think it goes very well with the overall look of the knife.

 

[A C Richards]

Keith:

Thanks for the compliment. I have seen the gaudy colors and in fact have some but don't know if I will ever use them. By the way I like your new avatar.....

Chuck

 

[Death's Head]

That is beautiful. So is that something like a damascus design textured onto the blade. How can that be done?

Stay sharp!
DH

 

[A C Richards]

That is beautiful. So is that something like a damascus design textured onto the blade. How can that be done?

Stay sharp!
DH

Thanks DH. That is a radial pattern Damascus. I started with 7 layers of 1095 and 6 of 15N20. Forge weld together then pinch the bar in half down the center, not cut but pinch. It looks like a bow-tie with the layers pinched down to the center of the tie. Then push the edges together to get a triangle, forge weld then cut in half and make a square. Then forge weld again. This produces the pattern seen in the large squares down the center of the blade. Then it is just a matter of restacking and forge welding. You are looking at the end grain of the billit. It took over 40 hours and 20 lbs of steel to produce that billit. I have enough to get a couple more knives out of it but it still took a while. Hope this is clearer than mud, it is tough to describe over the I-N.

Thanks for looking
Chuck

 

[Keith Montgomery]

This same steel looks great on your Scott Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund knife. That is also an exceptional knife.

 

[A C Richards]

Same Steel on both knives. I made the billet for the Scott Taylor Scholarship Knife. It does have a much nicer picture on my website, larger pixel count. Figured I should put one together out of the same material. Scotty's knife will be auctioned at the ABS auction during the Blade Show. How's the stag on it?? Not dyed eh . Thanks again.

Chuck

 

[Death's Head]

Thanks DH. That is a radial pattern Damascus. I started with 7 layers of 1095 and 6 of 15N20. Forge weld together then pinch the bar in half down the center, not cut but pinch. It looks like a bow-tie with the layers pinched down to the center of the tie. Then push the edges together to get a triangle, forge weld then cut in half and make a square. Then forge weld again. This produces the pattern seen in the large squares down the center of the blade. Then it is just a matter of restacking and forge welding. You are looking at the end grain of the billit. It took over 40 hours and 20 lbs of steel to produce that billit. I have enough to get a couple more knives out of it but it still took a while. Hope this is clearer than mud, it is tough to describe over the I-N.

Thanks for looking
Chuck

Thanks for the detailed explaination. 40 hours just for the billet damn! It paid off. That knife is a masterpiece!

Stay sharp!
DH

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Same Steel on both knives. I made the billet for the Scott Taylor Scholarship Knife. Figured I should put one together out of the same material. How's the stag on it?? Not dyed eh . Thanks again.

That stag is exceptional. I much prefer the look of that stag to the amber stag I have seen. It can look like like fake stag to me at times.

 

[A C Richards]

This too will age with time and if handled will turn a nice amber natural looking color.

 

[canbkr]

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: ,i like it