Two knives (Wootz and Mammoth \ Crazy Dmitry Steel and Mokume)

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First is re curved knife with my homemade crucible Crazy Dmitry Steel. This is the second and last blade made of one ingot(cake). The blade is 6-1/2+" long, 1"+ at widest and about 5/32 at the thickest. Hand forged and heat treated to 58-59HRC. It has antique finish over 800grit hand rubbed surface. Some pattern is still visible along with the temper line. Sorry, it is cloudy and my pictures s**k.
Guard is my make Mokume-Gane made of Copper and Nickel Silver. It has nice figure.
The handle is Black Walnut. Deep chocolate color, some marbling with 3D effect.
The sheath is hand stitched 8oz leather. Tooled, dyed and polished.
Sole authorship.

SPF
Thank you!
 
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Second one has bulat(wootz) blade by Ivan Kirpichev. Very nice pattern and very good steel quality. The blade is 3" long, 1-1/8" wide and a tad under 1/8" at thickest.
The guard is sculpted from a piece of Wooly Mammoth task bark. One solid piece. It has natural bark surface on the front side and polished sides with nice visible bone structure.
The handle is Cocobolo. Hidden tang with brass pin design.
Tight fit overall.
The sheath is heavy 8oz leather. Hand stitched, dyed, treated with saddle oil and polished.

SOLD for hardheart.

Thank you!
 
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brilliant use of ivory on the bulat one, nice! I'm not familiar with Mokume-Gane's resistance to the elements, will this go green because of the copper?
 
Fishface, so far I did not see any green on mokume. Copper usually gets dark brown while nickel-silver remains pretty much shiny. That makes nice contrast. In case copper is CONSTANTLY in contact with aggressive substances - yes it may go green. Remember how the sculptures go green in the places where those damn pigeons sh1t?
 
Your knives are great - I have one. The blades are are different and interesting with similar handles - they fit perfectly in the hand.
 
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