My First cable damascus

[SBuzek]

I have not posted any knives for a while so I thought I would throw this one out there, Here is my firsat attempt at cable damascus.
Just over 12" long w/ a 6" blade. Stag crown,wrought iron guard,and a box elder spacer. All comments are welcome.
Stan

 

[JasonSCarter]

That is Awesome!

 

[Cliff Davis]

+1 on the awesome. :thumbup:

 

[go mike]

+1 again

 

[Troop]

Wow! That is awesome!

 

[fdh54turkeyshooter]

That is great. I will be thrilled when I can get my whatever attempt to look like that!

 

[mete]

Very nice ! What dia did you start with ?

 

[birdog4]

Goood job Stan!!

 

[Keith Montgomery]

That is really great looking steel.

 

[medic1329p]

Beatiful. My cable damacus came out with a lot tighter patern, I really like how yours came out .

 

[hellgap]

That is outstanding , excellent. Stan how do you grind lines that good . I need a lesson to keep my lines crisp straight and deep . .kellyw

 

[SBuzek]

Thanks for all the kind words, it was a bunch of work.

Very nice ! What dia did you start with ?

Mete started with 2" plow steel cable about 6" of it.worked it into a billet about 1-1/2" x 24" X 1/4" thick,by hand.

And about my grind lines I have been making knives about 6 years but all out of SS.So just a lot of practice and steel dust.
Stan

 

[Will Leavitt]

Suhhweetttt :thumbup:

That cable have larger diameter wires in it? You got a nice "snakeskin" pattern there. I really like that look better than the smaller wire patterns.

 

[SBuzek]

Yes it did.The calble was 7-8 stands about 1/2" dia. and each of these had 8-9 smaller wires wraped around a cental core.
Stan

 

[Troop]

Do you think you could make me some? Say, 12 x 2 x 1/4" ?
Thanks,
Mitch

 

[James_Terrio]

I too like the large pattern. Very very nice!