My First Damascus Spyderco

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Picked this one up the other day from one our great forum member here. This one feels like an expensive custom in your hand. Damascus is very hard to photograph, the pictures don't do it justice. The bolsters are titanium with gold anodizing but in the pictures the sun pretty much washes it out.
If you like Delica's like I do you will love one of these.








 
Very cool! I like the traditional look with the jigged bone and bolster. Plus damascus always looks good.
 
I have a damascus Caly 3 that has similar damascus. If you put a very thin coat of renn wax (with your finger) over the blade, let it dry, and then lightly buff it out, it will get a nice luster and protect it as you cut stuff, and you can cut with it.
 
RICKSTER,

I am glad that you like the knife and that it found a new home.
Locutus D'Borg said:
I have a damascus Caly 3 that has similar damascus.
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To the best of my knowledge Damascus on Delicas and Caly is quite different. Pattern is different and type of Damascus is different. The only common what I am aware is that both blades are not solid Damascus. But thank you for the tip on maintenance.
 
These pics were enough to finally convince me to pull the trigger on a damascus delica before they were all gone or too expensive to afford. Thanks for the inspiration :0
 
Though not true damascus, I love the beauty and appreciate the functionality of the spyderco damascus blades.
 
It's not an insult in the least, but I catagorize layered steel the is uniformly folded such as the Devin Thomas steel Chris Reeve uses differently than a blade with a solid but thin cutting core clad with layers of decorative steel like Spyderco or Shun kitchen knives use.

Those Calys are beautiful BTW. I'm patiently waiting the damascus ti Delica and Stretch.
 
Okay, and I wasn't offended in the least. to me, damascus cladding of a very hard steel like ZDP-189 or whatever can be useful. But I see what you mean.

Scottie3000 said:
It's not an insult in the least, but I catagorize layered steel the is uniformly folded such as the Devin Thomas steel Chris Reeve uses differently than a blade with a solid but thin cutting core clad with layers of decorative steel like Spyderco or Shun kitchen knives use.

Those Calys are beautiful BTW. I'm patiently waiting the damascus ti Delica and Stretch.
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Locutus D'Borg said:
Okay, and I wasn't offended in the least. to me, damascus cladding of a very hard steel like ZDP-189 or whatever can be useful. But I see what you mean.
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I agree. For use purposes, this is probably the best. I do really like the full damascus looks especially seeing the swirls on the spine.
 
They have a beautifully one at Bento box I'm thinking of picking up.they have the nicest spidercos there.love the gold blades
 
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