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Old 05-12-2011, 03:48 PM
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forged finish damascus bowie

Hello all, this is a recent bowie I have finished. First let me say these pics are not the best, but in hand this knife has a great pattern, and a very warm and comfortable feeling to it.

I forged the billed from 15n20 and 1095. It was a very high layer random pattern billet i made up a few months ago. The clip point blade has a forged finished ricasso and flats, the rounded off spine and bevels are polished and etched.

The guard is forged and heat blackened stainless steel, The pin is also darkened, but just not in these pics. The handle is some crown elk that was just boring so i attacked it with the grinder and gave it a whole new look, as well as a very nice finish with alot of character.

Over all this one measures 13 1/4'' long 1 3/8'' wide. The actual sharpened cutting edge is 7 5/8'' long and the clip is semi sharp.

(i am posting a few different shots because the pattern is very nice and evenly etched but these pics dont exactly show it that way due to lighting, and lack of photography skill )











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Old 05-13-2011, 06:40 AM
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Love it, what did you use to dye the elk with?


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Old 05-13-2011, 07:22 AM
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A few things, mainly potassium permangenate

Thanks alot for taking the time to check out my work

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Very nice, love the texture on the blade and nice color on the handle. Well done piece.

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many thanks, and i appreciate you taking the time to comment

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Old 05-13-2011, 10:35 PM
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Very nice product! I like the forge finished flats on the blade, it's something you don't see enough of in damascus knives in my opinion.

On the guard, It's heated, oiled and then waxed?
Can you expand on that process please I really like the look and am surprised I worked on stainless.

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Old 05-14-2011, 03:58 AM
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Thanks for taking the time to post, I appreciate it.

As for the guard , it was shaped, polished and then taken to a near welding heat and just allowed to air cool. After assembly I just wiped down with light oil as with the blade, and that seemed to richen the color

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