Michael'’s knives

M.K.

M.K.

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Hey guys.
My name is Michael and from about 9 ears I am a knives making blacksmith. I live and work in Bulgaria and try not to do two identical knifes. Here I would like to show you some of the basic steps made during these years. Hope you enjoy them.
I believe this knife, made about seven years ago is an important stage of my work.
About 150 lairs damascus steel forged from 52100, 1.1545 and very, very thin \0.05 mm.\ net of nickel

The handle is made of bone, \Cornus mas\ root, a small piece Cocobolo tree, \Sambucus nigra\ root, and finally a little piece of ironwood. I do not know the English names of trees, so use Latin.




This one \Scandinavian type\ is 232 lairs low-carbon damascus steel and again very thin nickel net. Typically, this net is like my signature when I do laminates. For cutting edge I laminated high carbon instrumental steel 1.1545. The blade is zone hardened.

The handle starts with bronze ring, then ebony, \Acer negundo\ and deer horn. Tree colors are natural. Separators are made of bronze and polymer, which I developed for a jewelry purposes.
The scabbard is wood inside and snakeskin outside.





Templar dagger. 124 lairs damascus steel, again laminated with high carbon instrumental steel 1.1545 for cutting edge.

The handle is \Cornus mas\, \Acer negundo\ and sterling alloy. Tree colors are natural again.
The scabbard is made of /Acer Platanus/, sterling alloy and red polymer in the cross.
 
Looks like you make beautiful knives.
I would like to see more. But..... it would be helpful if you could post larger photos.
I get a bit uncomfortable when I have to click a link to another site to see larger photos.
 
Hi Michael, you make very good knives! Very good idea that thin nickel net in your damascus; it gives a very nice effect and it's the first time i see it!
 
Thank you.
These few days I was traveling around the country, but now I'm back online and ready to show something more.
A small knife with wooden scabbard.
204 lairs damascus. For cutting edge I have laminated high carbon steel 1.1545. The blade is zone hardened.
The handle is made of bull horn, cypress wood, /Tilia tomentosa/ wood and my special black polymer.
Inlays are sterling alloy.

Scabbard is made of /Populus nigra/wood, leather and sterling alloy clasps. All wooden parts are impregnated.



The next shorty is hammered of high carbon rust free steel 440B. Etched.

The handle is made of dried on root /Cornus mas/ tree, /Buxus sempervirens/ tree and /Acer platanus/ tree. Separators are of brass.


The bigger one – something like bowie - has 72 lairs damascus steel with laminated high carbon 52100 for cutting edge. This kind of laminate, I called bacon damascus. I think it is obvious why. :)

The handle is made of deer horn, /Betula alba/ bark and again dried on root /Cornus mas/ tree. My colleagues called it the knife with female mustache and the name stuck.:)
Guard and separators are made of sterling alloy.
 
A kind of Persian.
56 lairs damascus. For cutting edge I have laminated high carbon steel 1.1545. The blade is zone hardened.
The handle is made of deer horn and /Betula alba/ tree.
Guard and separators are made of brass.







Fantasy dagger from the Middle earth. 176 lairs damascus. For cutting edge I have laminated high carbon steel 90CrSi5.
The handle is made of dried on root /Cornus mas/ tree, sterling alloy and damascus steel.
Scabbard is walnut tree and damascus steel.










 
Your craftsmanship and detail work on that Fantasy Dagger is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
 
Blade – /170 x 39 x 5 mm./ damascius steel – 72 lairs with laminated for cutting edge O1 steel. Zone hardened.
Handle - tooth of african warthog, bull horn and /Alnus glutinosa/tree. For guard I forged in my oven something like mokume. Separators – brass.











This was my first attempt for mosaic damascus. Not very impressive, but however some kind of success.
The blade - /163 х 33 х 6mm./ is zone hardened. For cutting edge I laminated 1.1545 steel.
The handle is of ebony. Guard and inlays – bronze.







Frankly, I would be grateful if you specify the errors and deficiencies in my work.
 
This is a WOW collection of work. Your 72 layer "bacon damascus" bowie is my particular favorite but they are all stellar works of art in my opinion. I am not a knife maker so I will not even begin to consider that I could give you any value to "specify the errors and deficiencies" in your work except to say that you haven't sent one to me as a gift :D. I would happily comment after that.

Amazing - thank you for sharing I hope we get to see more and that you are well and busy making knives. :thumbup:

All the best. Ray
 
Wow you are really a unique talent. No preconceived limitations with any of these. Great work and keep posting!

-Clint
 
Thank you people. I started to think that my style leaves indifferent lovers of knives over the ocean. All we have the same diagnosis, right? Weakness to sharp things.:) I think there will be more of these. Let's just hope you do not get bored.

Excuse my English, but as a child I studied German and Russian. The blame for my way of communicating with you, you can put entirely on Clifford D. Simak, Arthur C. Clarke and several more well-known ”criminal” of that sort.:)
 
This was my first experience of twisted damascus. Three different packages. 120 /120/ and 30 lairs between them. The cutting edge of high carbon tool steel 1.1545.
The handle is ebony tree and /Buxus sempervirens/ - the hardest and heaviest tree in my country. Almost as heavy as ebony.Guard is made of bronze. Inlays - bronze and mokume.









A small dagger.
Blade - 244 layers damascus steel. I laminate for cutting edge high carbon tool steel 1.1545.
Handle is of bone and ebony tree. Separators and inlays are made of stainless steel.
Scabbard is a cross-section of oak. The tree is not colored. It stayed a lot of years at the bottom of a lake. It is impregnated.



 
Some time ago in the Bulgarian forum was competition. Its name was: “Knife gift for your beloved woman.” There were two second awards. This is one of them.
Materials are damascus steel /over 500 lairs/, sterling alloy and silver. The stones are malachite from Mozambique. Chain is pure silver.





A tanto.
The composition is little overburdened, but “whatever – such”, as we say here.
Handle and scabbard is African Venge tree. The guard is engraved bronze. Inlays – bronze, malachite stone, halite stone turquoise and my special polymer.
The blade is 106 lairs damascus steel. For cutting edge is laminated high carbon instrumental steel 150Cr14.



 
My second mosaic damascus blade. The size is 145 x 30 x 4 mm. For cutting edge I laminate 52100 steel.
The guard is made of mokume. Handle and sheath are /Buxus sempervirens/
Inlays –copper and my gray polymer.















An ordinary knife. Interesting here, at least for me, is that in the monolithic steel 1.2210 /Silver steel / I put narrow band Damascus.




The handle is walnut. My home woodworm plaid a little on it.
 
Hello.
I wonder if you already bored with my stuff........ Because there's more. :)
It would not be bad to give me some sign. If it is possible of course.





Another mosaic blade. It lacks a few teeth on one side, but who is perfect?
Blade - 150 х 32 х 5 mm. For cutting edge I laminate 52100 steel. Zone hardened.
The handle is ebony tree. Guard and pommel – damascus. Inlays – sterling alloy.
The sheath is made of blacked walnut.







Once upon a time a smith lived in the city. He very much liked to have his own sword. But long time does not dare to start. Until the day that……. appeared “The Sting”.
It’s called for Hobbit, but in fact, its dimensions are very similar to those of the Roman gladius.
Its length is 640 mm.
Blade – 465 x 40 x 7 mm. Damascus steel 310 lairs. For cutting edge is laminated 1.1545 steel.
Handle – Acacia and leather. Guard and pommel – damascus.
The sheath is made of smoked oak. The metal on it again is damascus steel.







Thanks for watching.
 
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