Indian summer fighter

[Bambara]

Hello everybody!

Indian summer fighter. Just finished. Please correct me if it’s not a fighter.

Blade: Turkish twist damascus from the Zladinox company (zladinox.ru)
Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 1" x 3/16"
Overall length: 13 3/4"

Handle:
Mammoth ivory
14K gold
Sterling silver
Garnets

Sheath:
Vegetable tanned tooling leather with caiman leather inlay
14K gold
Sterling silver

Any comments/critique/suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks for looking

Vlad
www.kolenko.com

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

Hi, Vlad.

It's a fighter. A little different from what I am used to seeing from you, but still exquisite and very impressive. And I really like the sheath.

Thanks for sharing that here.

 

[atavist]

Kudos for admiting that's not your Damascus... magnificent piece regardless....

The Damascus is very nice...out of curiosity have you done any RC testing on the steel? I know Damascus can be tricky but with multiple test I find a mean.

 

[Bambara]

The Damascus is very nice...out of curiosity have you done any RC testing on the steel? I know Damascus can be tricky but with multiple test I find a mean.

Thank you all!
Sorry, I don't know what is the hardness of the blade. Unfortunately, I don't have any hardness testers. Heat treatment was done by Two Finger Knife Co at Idaho Falls, ID.