River of Fire .... but not what you might think.

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Don't post much here anymore because .... well, my CRK collection has dwindled over the years from around 60 down to 2 (a Mnandi and a small Sebenza). The one CRK I always wanted to acquire was one of the River of Fire editions. My problem was that I just didn't like the Syringa wood used on them (now those few special one of a kinds are another story!!). But the Damascus was to die for. For those of you who like the River of Fire and have thought ... "boy I wish CRK would use it again on a special run" ... well, thought you might like this. I recently had a custom commissioned by my favorite knife maker ... Alan Davis. Asked him to see if he could get a billet of River of Fire for the knife. You may or may not know, but Bill Burke is no longer (as I understand it) making the Damascus. His son (under Bill's supervision) is doing the forging. Well, received my new knife yesterday and wanted to share with you the difference in the Damascus from what River of Fire used to look like ... and what it looks like now. Here are a couple pics to show you what River of Fire currently looks like:

 

Thanks .... was hoping someone would post CRK pics .... didn't want to use pics that weren't mine.

 

Thanks all. As you can see, the pattern has changed somewhat over the years and is now more flowing and less compact. Regardless, a beautiful Damascus. If CRK were to consider, at some point, to do another special run using ROF .... it would still be a huge seller and future collector's "grail", IMO!!!