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From some time now I had this idea in my head about an integral cable damascus knife on which the only ground part were the bevels, and the rest of the knife showed the exact shape of the original braids of the cable.
I wanted the bolster to be round, without showing the hammer marks and leaving the cable strands twisted as on the original instead of a welded steel mass to acid etch later.
Once I had that idea, I started thinking how to make it properly and surprisingly enough, the results were exactly as I wanted them to be...
First thing I did, was cutting a piece of 1" diameter cable of the same lenght of the desired knife (both blade and bolster)
Then I tied up the ends with a piece of wire to prevent it from coming apart. After that I took off about half of the inner strand of the cable to replace it with a barstock of steel of the same diameter of the extracted strand.
In this case, I used a threaded 3/8" barstock.
I wanted the bolster to be round, without showing the hammer marks and leaving the cable strands twisted as on the original instead of a welded steel mass to acid etch later.
Once I had that idea, I started thinking how to make it properly and surprisingly enough, the results were exactly as I wanted them to be...
First thing I did, was cutting a piece of 1" diameter cable of the same lenght of the desired knife (both blade and bolster)
Then I tied up the ends with a piece of wire to prevent it from coming apart. After that I took off about half of the inner strand of the cable to replace it with a barstock of steel of the same diameter of the extracted strand.
In this case, I used a threaded 3/8" barstock.
