Making a folding knife (sanmai and buffalo)

Planube, welcome to the site.

That is a really cool looking knife. Very nicely done. Thank you for the WIP (Work In Progress)
 
Fantastic work! That is an amazing way to do a folder, thank you very much for your time documenting and sharing this process with us.
 
Awesome folder, I love everything about it. At first I wasn't sure how it was going to look, but it came out beautiful, thanks for sharing.
 
Wow, that was amazing.

May I ask how you made that san mai? Did you just heat the slabs and press them together?
 
Absolute proof in pictorial form that world class blade-smithing can be accomplished with minimal tooling and tremendous talent. Thanks for the inspirational tutorial!!!

Bobby
 
SPNKr said:
Wow, that was amazing.

May I ask how you made that san mai? Did you just heat the slabs and press them together?
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Yes, the sanmai was made exactly you can see in the photos. It was heated to 1.200 º C (2.192 F) and then hand-pressed in the vice. If the temperature is enough and the surfaces are clean, it is easy.

Thank all you very much for your comments.
 
Really cool. I agree, your achievment with relatively modest tools is really inspiring. Love the san mai!
 
Pretty sure if I spend the rest of my life working on knives it will never look as good as this. Amazing write up man!
 
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