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Daniel Koster

Daniel Koster

www.kosterknives.com
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I only post this here because I know some of you knew I was waiting for some rare Iowa green coral. I'll have to dig up the old information (been waiting for this about a year...!)

Anyway, I'm like a proud papa all over again...:D

Fun lil' knife project.

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(that's my box of Corian samples as the background...:D)
 
If nobody buys it, I'll bring it to Blade, Jon - you can see it in person. ;)
 
Wow that is great looking, Dan. Is that the fabled Indian George damascus? Either way I am sure that someone will be happy.
 
How will the coral hold up on a working utility blade? The blade looks oddly familiar though. Is it one of those Indian imports?
 
Mark Nelson said:
Wow that is great looking, Dan. Is that the fabled Indian George damascus? Either way I am sure that someone will be happy.
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It looks like some pretty ugly damascus to me.....Maybe I'm just young and naive.
 
The damascus is homegrown, guys...forged here in the USA.

Thanks, Larrin. Say hi to Dad - hope to see him at Blade.


The coral is attached via glass-embedding compound, otherwise known as Acraglas - and it's not going anywhere. Of course, if you abuse 'em, you can make any knife fail....:rolleyes:...but this one's sturdy and hopefully whoever gets it won't be digging around in the dirt with it....:D
 
SO WHAT IS IT EXACTLY?
fossilized coral or what ?
has it been treated or is it like a rock?
i never heard of that stuff....
 
perhaps stabalized coral?

i noticed a few rare stone handle mods over at blade art in the custom maker section...
 
Before reading the post more carefully, I was going to type...

"The guy who did the tiled floor didn't know what he was doing."

:rolleyes:
 
hahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahha....

Bruise...toooo funny!
 
pendentive said:
The damascus is homegrown, guys...forged here in the USA.

Thanks, Larrin. Say hi to Dad - hope to see him at Blade.


The coral is attached via glass-embedding compound, otherwise known as Acraglas - and it's not going anywhere. Of course, if you abuse 'em, you can make any knife fail....:rolleyes:...but this one's sturdy and hopefully whoever gets it won't be digging around in the dirt with it....:D
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He'll be with K&G like last year. I'll be there too, to answer people's questions while my dad is gone, which is like all of the time. After a couple of shows I've learned how to answer most of them, except for how to heat treat, I still hand them a pamphlet to explain that. Some things are just hard to explain if you've never actually done it before. :)
 
There are many folks would quit their day jobs to be in your shoes, Larrin. Time to hit the forge, bro.

:D
 
here's what John Andrews had to say about the coral:

The said coral is fossilized coral from here in Iowa. Yes, this was all seabed here, at one time. The coral we find in creek and river beds, and this particular rare color rock I bought at a yard sale for a buck. The folks thought I was crazy when I saw the rock along side their sidewalk and asked them if it was for sale. Anyhow, it turned out to be a great investment because of the color and also it being coral. The stuff is pretty hard, about agate hardness. Dan's handle cabs have other mineral natural coloring, primarily iron coloring that gave it the brown/green color. This particular rock has a silica deposit that gives it a lot of sparkle in sunlight.
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I'm liking this one more and more every time I pick it up......yikes! :eek:
 
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