SanMai Damascus Campknive by Claude Bouchonville

Peter S.

Peter S.

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I wanna show you my latest campknife, forged by Claude Bouchonville!
It´s a wonderful and very well balanced knife, forged in sanmai style with a core from 1.2442.
The blade is razorsharp and holds a scary edge for a long time!
Handle is made from leather with brass guard and buttcap.
Blade length is 17cm and it´s 30cm at all! A good size for every job in the woods!

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Great size and design for a camp-and-trail knife. Assuming the sandwich steel is stainless on the outside, that's a big plus IMO. Also love the combination of grippy leather for comfort with hard-line contouring edges for control. :thumbup:
 
Id like to know was the handle made. Just leather with epoxy slathered over it and the buffed? Isthere a core the the leather is wrapped around? Real nice looking.
 
creature7 said:
Id like to know was the handle made. Just leather with epoxy slathered over it and the buffed? Isthere a core the the leather is wrapped around? Real nice looking.
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The leather washers were stacked on the tang and polished.
No epoxy finish or something else, simply polished!

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Very nice! For some reason, stacked leather handled knives are always appealing to me and this one looks fantastic!
 
Leather washers? Same thing as leather rings? I, too, am a little baffled at how that handle was made. Knifemaker's have been using stacked leather for handle material for generations. Puukko knives have the same style handle as well. I just never really put that much thought into it. Now that I'm thinking about it, how are the leather rings filling out the handle, is there something under them? There's just rings of leather and the tang isn't nearly that wide is it? Also, I would definitely think that some kind of epoxy or glue would have to be used, otherwise how would the leather rings stay together and where would that shiny coating on the outside of the leather come from? You can see the leather up under the shiny coating, that didn't come from just polishing the leather. You can burnish the edge of leather, but it wouldn't magically make a shiny, clear coat over the leather. No matter how it's done, one thing I DO know for sure is that that knife is absolutely beautiful. I bet it feels so substantial in hand. That is like the perfect size in my opinion. I bet that set you back a pretty penny. Use the hell out of it though, no shelf queens ever!

Peter S. said:
The leather washers were stacked on the tang and polished.
No epoxy finish or something else, simply polished!

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hello flowerpower, the handle that you see here is made from old leather belt from an antique workshop
the leather in itself is hard and stiff like shoe soles
the tang of the blade has the same size like for wooden handles
the pommel is hold in place by pinning the tip of the tang and after shaping and sanding the handle , the leather is buffed like stab wood or micarta and the shiny finish that you see here is not a coat of anything
the brass is finished with birchwood and casey antique finish
Claude Bouchonville
 
Straight leather can be Buffed shiny if done right. Aged leather naturally gets stiff on its own and makes a very durable handle.
That took a while to do. great work!
 
That is truly a sweet camp knife, good size and blade dimesions, I really like the stacked leather handle classic, and the bear claw is pretty badass lookin!
 
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