Michael'’s knives

Beautiful work.

Extra points for the Smilodon - a favorite of mine.

Keep up the good work, I look forward to more knives and swords.
 
Thank you, guys. Very kind of you ... Curiously, the second remark I heard before time from another person.
 
Great work Mike... your ideas are really inspiring. I love the fact that they are truly pieces of art that are also very functional blades. great lines
 
Hello guys.

A simple handle for the blade which I introduced you a few weeks ago.
Bicolour ebony. Damascus guard.... and that's it.





Thank you for watching.
 
Very nice work Mike, Now I can't wait for my knife to get here. Thanks for showing your fabulous work.
 
Wow, I really like your twisted and mosaic damasks blades. Please keep then coming......nice work.
 
Hello guys.
If must be written tutorial “What not to try on a knife”, probably it will be for this one.
I mean this incrustation 3 x 3 mm. I made on the guard and handle. If the blade took me about 10 hours work, the rest of the knife was almost triple.
Unfortunately the effect was far not as good as I expected.
So, take a look what you should not do. :D
Blade - 280 layers Damascus forged of 80 CrV2/L2/ and 75Ni8 /1.5634/ Zone hardened.
Handle – Walnut root. Inlay – copper and bronze. Small turquoise mosaic.
Guard – Bronze. Inlay - copper and bronze.






Thanks’ for watching.
Michael.

Some of the pictures disappeared from this pages, so those of you who would like to see more of my knives can look at my website:
http://www.mk-jewel.com/index.html
 
I am enthralled by this thread! I love the way you match the patterns in your blades with the patterns in the handles and into the sheaths as well. It is such an eye-opener to see such a level of detail and craftsmanship!
 
Michael, your knives are amazing! I was late to this thread, but your beautiful art and your elements of storytelling made this a great thread to read through. The tanto with the silver inlays in the scabbard blew my mind, as did the rest of your work and the attention to detail you put into them.
 
Hello guys.
Sometimes happened you turn a defect in effect. Just like in that case. A magnificent piece of walnut, but hopelessly broken. I did not guess to photograph the piece, but the crack was much greater than this.



That is the result of small focus of guy who doesn’t likes to throw: :D







Blade – 684 layers Damascus steel hand forged of 80CrV2/L2/ and 75Ni8 /1.5634/ Hardness - 59 – 60 HRC after tempering. Differentially heat treated with clay.
Handle – walnut tree and turquoise mosaic. Turquoise in the rear part of the handle is simply to cover assembly.
Guard – Damascus steel
The sheath is made of 3 - 3.5 mm. cow leather from my friend George Petkov.
If you want a larger image, you can click on the photo.
On the upper side of the line are centimeters - inches are from the bottom.


Those of you who would like to see more of my knives can look at my website:
http://www.mk-jewel.com/index.html
Thanks’ for watching.
 
I like your style. Very organic and unique.:thumbup:
Darcy
 
Hello guys.
The only reason to show this knife is that it was forged only of steel 52100. Somewhere I mentioned the use of a thin net of nickel, which is sort of my signature. The thickness of this net is 0.01 mm. / 0.0003937008 inches/ So I did a little calculation.:D I started forging with 11 pieces 52100 and 10 pieces of this net. 77 mm. / 3.0315 inches/ After welding I cut into 5 pieces. 77mm. x 5 – 385 mm. / 15.1575 inches/ and weld them again in my fireplace. At the end I forged all of this to 6 mm thick plate. / 0.23622 inches/ Which means that the thickness was reduced – 385 : 6 – 64 times in getting ready blade. Or 0.01 : 64 – 0.000156 mm. /6.141732283e-6 inches/ said converter. Apparently not like such small numbers. :D My calculator says 0.0000062 inches layer thickness. Oh, too many calculations.
Isn’t it amazing that layer with such thickness is still visible?
But it is. Quite clearly.
The Blade is differentially heat treated with clay.
Handle – is made of Acer negundo tree. This is it natural color.
Guard – hammered bronze.
Separators – bronze and malachite mosaic.
The sheath is made of 3 – 3.5 mm. cow leather from my friend George Petkov.









If you want a larger image, you can click on the photo.
On the upper side of the line are centimeters - inches are from the bottom.


Those of you who would like to see more of my knives can look at my website:
http://www.mk-jewel.com/index.html
Thanks’ for watching.
Michael.
 
You do incredible work, Michael. Thank you for sharing these. The forging and decorative accents are all fantastic.
 
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