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Bruce Evans

Bruce Evans

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I got to thinking about the name I had given to my scrap iron Damascus,and decided that scrap and junk didn't need to be associated with my knives,So the Damascus that I make by using everything around the shop now will have a new name,I used to call it scrap Damascus and others have called it Junk-mascus..
I was forging out a bar yesterday and got to thinking about why it isn't a real popular way of making Damascus.I figure it is the name which really isn't apealing to the uneducated masses of how this Damascus is made,Basically it is just recycled Steel but that didn't have a sellable ring either,So I just kept welding and thinking.
Harvey Dean just about had it hit on the head when he did a Damascus Bowie and said he did it like they would have in the old days on the Frontier,Thats when it hit me...

"FRONTIER STYLE DAMASCUS"

Then when someone asks what I mean by this name,I can educate them to the fact that on the frontier steel was hard to get and would take a long time to get a order so The aprentice smith would weld up all the sgraps at the end of the day so they had a bar ready for the next day,If you wanted a knife made and they only had a small amount of High carbon steel available they could sandwich a thin piece between two pieces of softer welded up scrap steels,Or they could use scraps of high carbon steels and thus Frontier style Damascus..And then people will look at it in a whole different light and will think more of it as it is recycling old steel and not hurting the environment and there is a bond with the past that the people that are into the frontier and buckskinner eras can connect to....It should make for better marketing and allot more pleasing for the customers...
So now I am a maker of "Frontier style Damascus" ...not Junk or scrap Damascus.....
Well lets here your comments ........Am I crazy for changing the name or not ????
Bruce
 
You can call that junk whatever you want to!

Ha ha! Just pulling your leg Bruce :D I think you've got a really good idea there as it creates more of a draw to the customer...and it's true, so everyone comes away happy! :) Good thinking!

Nick
 
well that billet of yours that i ground out a blade from will have a handle on it soon. i was going to call it BRUCE EVANS, KITCHEN SINK DAMASCUS :p now i got to change it? i thought that was a great name.
 
Looks like I have myself a Gen-U-Nine Frontier Damascus Bowie then :D
Sounds better than Old Fashioned too.
I did like "Kitchen Sink" though ;)
 
Maybe you should make a little recycle logo with an anvil inside it. Sounds like a good name to me Bruce. :)
 
You guys can still call it ,Kitchen sink Damascus if you want:D
I just kind of got to thinking that People would loke at the Knife funny when you say Junk or scrap....But they like it when they find out you have Recycled:cool:
Glad everybody likes the name..
Thanks,
Bruce
 
you could call it tree hugger damascus because your effectivly recycling and on some scale savinging the enviornment by not throwing the scap away and adding to the landfill problem
Russ
 
That does sound much better than junk-Damascus. Marketing is one of the most useful tools to any business.

Its like the difference between "Here is a black finish knife for sale" and "Here is our high quality Recon special forces Tanto with tactical black matte finish and tactical Kydex sheath for a discount price of $???.??"

I think its a good idea to beef up the name.
 
Bruce you seem to have recovered nicely from the trials and tribulations that besieged you this last summer. For that I am glad and as usual you are coming up with good designs and ideas. It is good to see someone as open and willing to help others as yourself overcome a streak of bad karma.

Bruce think about trademarking your new name for your damascus.
 
Bruce, I love the new name. It could open you up into more markets also. There are alot of western buffs and frontier people who would look at your website if you offer it there with suggestions for more uses than just knives. Knives are your interest but not the masses out there. You have a talent for knives but also can post pics and use your computer to help bring in more damascus orders. Try hitting a broader market. Frontier Damascus could be the ticket.
 
how bout "everything including the kitchen sink" damascus?? :)
 
COOL!!!!!
I figured that most everybody would agree with the name change..
Hey Bruce B...I just shipped out a big chunk of Damascus to a guy that wants to make a golf club(putter head ) Out of it for a presentation...I was at one time trying to learn how to make spurs,but I gave up on them,I may try again as i know a little more about there construction now than back then..
Bruce
 
all kidding aside coming from a marketing and sales back round, i feel that the name go's well for your theme of style of knife making with the classic bowies that you make. when i started knife making i was coming up with these trailing point upswept knives. and i was reading james mitchner's book. (the convanant) which is all about s.africa and the native and the dutch, french, brits history in the area. the was a picture of a rhino cave painting that's about 10.000 years old. that were i traced my rhino logo. i am not really into the military/swat style. but i thought about the animal, which is a tough, strong, no B.S. animal that doesn't look for trouble, but doesn't take any crap, lions inculed.and i wanted to make hard working knives this is how my theme developed. you are on the right track go for it.
 
Very nice name. If you call your own stuff junk how can you expect anybody to respect it. Very nice.
Take Care
TJ
 
Damascus spurs are very cool. Ive never seen any but have talked to a couple old cowboys that would buy them. My freind started making a set for his brother but never did finish them. We were going to make a matching knife and spur set in damascus and silver w/engraving and gold wire inlay. That high end market is out there.:cool:
 
I bet a set of Damascus spurs would catch some eyes,even at a Knife show as a center piece for a nice Bowie.
Who Knows I may get to playing around one day and try another set...
If i remember correctly ,There was a article about Tim Hancock a couple of years or so back and it said that he does spurs and bits in Damascus for people also..
Never know until you try I guess.
Bruce
 
Don't forget the matching belt buckle :)
I've been thinking about a damascus buckle for a while now...
Wow,
Calanders, spurs, buckles...hope you still have time to make knives :eek:
 
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