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So here goes...
I've been lurking on bladeforums for a while and decided to make it official.
Originally from Missouri, I moved to western North Carolina about 8 years ago to go to school for metalsmithing (jewelry).
As an offshoot of the metals program there are blacksmithing classes, and I took all of them.
I have to thank my instructor David Burnette for sharing his amazing knowledge.
Anyway, in those blacksmithing classes I started fooling around with making knives and eventually Damascus.
I was lucky enough to be part of the first ABS Intro class that was held at Haywood Community College in 2008
and have been involved in our hammer-ins and monthly knife club meetings since then.
I am thankful for all of the amazing makers and tinkerers in the knife community who are more than willing
to share information and keep this art alive.
The knives that I make are generally on the smaller side, but I work in real world sizes as well.
I love making Damascus and working with texture, so that comes through in a lot of my work.
I plan on taking part in the Exchange here in the near future and maybe some WIPs here and there.
Thanks for reading and here are some pictures of a few pieces.
-Shelby Mihalevich
2.25" blade / 4.5" overall length
approx 11/16" at the widest / 3/32"ish thick
friction folder
15n20 blade and spacer
copper handle with 316 stainless pins
bronze bushings
leather pouch
4 3/8" open
2 3/4" closed
little bitty hunter
desert ironwood, stainless pins
and this is something i've been playing with lately.
really wanting to go all in with these keyhole/puzzle integrals.
i've made a few the regular way by forge welding "bolsters" on either side of a blade
and cutting the keyhole and fitting the handle, but i wanted to play faster, so i figured one plane would simplify things.
i've got about 5 different configurations of these in process right now, but this is the only one fully finished at the moment.
damascus and african blackwood
approx. 4.5" long
I've been lurking on bladeforums for a while and decided to make it official.
Originally from Missouri, I moved to western North Carolina about 8 years ago to go to school for metalsmithing (jewelry).
As an offshoot of the metals program there are blacksmithing classes, and I took all of them.
I have to thank my instructor David Burnette for sharing his amazing knowledge.
Anyway, in those blacksmithing classes I started fooling around with making knives and eventually Damascus.
I was lucky enough to be part of the first ABS Intro class that was held at Haywood Community College in 2008
and have been involved in our hammer-ins and monthly knife club meetings since then.
I am thankful for all of the amazing makers and tinkerers in the knife community who are more than willing
to share information and keep this art alive.
The knives that I make are generally on the smaller side, but I work in real world sizes as well.
I love making Damascus and working with texture, so that comes through in a lot of my work.
I plan on taking part in the Exchange here in the near future and maybe some WIPs here and there.
Thanks for reading and here are some pictures of a few pieces.
-Shelby Mihalevich
2.25" blade / 4.5" overall length
approx 11/16" at the widest / 3/32"ish thick
friction folder
15n20 blade and spacer
copper handle with 316 stainless pins
bronze bushings
leather pouch
4 3/8" open
2 3/4" closed
little bitty hunter
desert ironwood, stainless pins
and this is something i've been playing with lately.
really wanting to go all in with these keyhole/puzzle integrals.
i've made a few the regular way by forge welding "bolsters" on either side of a blade
and cutting the keyhole and fitting the handle, but i wanted to play faster, so i figured one plane would simplify things.
i've got about 5 different configurations of these in process right now, but this is the only one fully finished at the moment.
damascus and african blackwood
approx. 4.5" long
