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Hello the world 
Here are two brother knives with similarly designed custom blades by the same maker : Sardinian friend Davide Steri, renowned for his forging skills and his exquisite sanmai blades.
I gave both knives a similar treatment for the handles. I went on with the principle of trompe-l’oeil sculpture of my previous pieces and the idea of making folders that seemingly look like made of different materials bound together, even if they are actually one solid piece. The handles are made of bamboo root carved with a reptilian theme : plates covered with snake skin scales and small articulated rattle snake tails.
The blade of #187 is a sanmai with a K720 edge and sides of old iron with a touch of nickel.
The blade of #188 is also a sanmai with a K720 edge but with suminagashi sides of damascus (K720, C70 & Nickel).
They are both 72 mm long.
For a change as usually I use blade with an “entering” lever, both blades have a flat forged lever like on a traditional “Piemontese” friction folder.
Each folder comes with a presentation sheath that will be either too fragile or too cumbersome to carry around but never the less offers a nice and intriguing way of presenting the knives on a working desk or in a display window when not in use. The sheath of #187 is made out of “Buddha belly” bamboo (bambusa ventricosa) and the one of #188 is made out of carved bamboo root.
The boxes are made out of linden wood.
Many thanks for your interest and support
Here are two brother knives with similarly designed custom blades by the same maker : Sardinian friend Davide Steri, renowned for his forging skills and his exquisite sanmai blades.
I gave both knives a similar treatment for the handles. I went on with the principle of trompe-l’oeil sculpture of my previous pieces and the idea of making folders that seemingly look like made of different materials bound together, even if they are actually one solid piece. The handles are made of bamboo root carved with a reptilian theme : plates covered with snake skin scales and small articulated rattle snake tails.
The blade of #187 is a sanmai with a K720 edge and sides of old iron with a touch of nickel.
The blade of #188 is also a sanmai with a K720 edge but with suminagashi sides of damascus (K720, C70 & Nickel).
They are both 72 mm long.
For a change as usually I use blade with an “entering” lever, both blades have a flat forged lever like on a traditional “Piemontese” friction folder.
Each folder comes with a presentation sheath that will be either too fragile or too cumbersome to carry around but never the less offers a nice and intriguing way of presenting the knives on a working desk or in a display window when not in use. The sheath of #187 is made out of “Buddha belly” bamboo (bambusa ventricosa) and the one of #188 is made out of carved bamboo root.
The boxes are made out of linden wood.
Many thanks for your interest and support
