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Old 06-01-2012, 01:14 PM
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First finished knife

OK so I could not resist the urge to complete my ebay Damascus blade. I tried under Ray's advisment to wait but could not so here it is. Damascus steel blade with OD Green micarta handles.


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Old 06-01-2012, 02:44 PM
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I see by your post count that you are slightly less new here than I am. Welcome from another new guy. In my first post on this forum, I asked about the quality of the ebay damascus blades. I am curious as to how much it cost you. I think that for a beginner knife maker they might be just the trick to make mistakes on, and not have a lot of money wrapped up in a real quality blade. Your knife looks good!
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Old 06-01-2012, 03:07 PM
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Looks good but i don't see any pins through the handle.
Did you use hidden pins?
If not you need to put some pins in so if you drop it the handles won't come off.
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Old 06-01-2012, 03:24 PM
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Thanks Guys, I paid around $20.00 for the blade and it came from Canada and it seems ok. No pins I may try to drill it and put in pins. Really the main thing was to get some practice on a blade I did not spend a lot on and have no large time investment into it.
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Old 06-01-2012, 03:53 PM
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Well, it certainly looks good but it does need pins. You can put them in now but it works better if you put them in while the handle is being assembled.

Now for the difficult part - does it work? That really isn't hard to determine. What makes it difficult in this case is that you made this real purty knife and now you don't want to mess it up. That's why they get away with selling damascus made from soft steels - they know people won't use them. Please prove me wrong and start testing this knife. We'd love to know how that steel performs ...


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Old 06-08-2012, 01:53 PM
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Lesson learned.....tried to drill the holes with no joy. While trying to drill, very slowly I might add and one of the scales came off. REDO
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Old 06-08-2012, 09:49 PM
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Sounds like the tang heated up from the drilling and softened the epoxy. Actually, that's a little encouraging. It might mean that the damascus was made with steel that could be hardened. You may need to draw the temper in the tang or get carbide bits to drill with. I usually revert to metrics, 3.2mm for 1/8" pins and 6.4mm for 1/4" pins. You will need a bit that is a little larger than your pin stock to drill the hole with. For instance a 1/4" bit for 1/4" pin stock will make a hole that is too small for the pin. You can go up by 1/32" but that will leave a wider gap around the pin than the metric will. Carbide Connections has carbide bits in various styles in fractional, metric, letter, and number sizes.

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Old 06-09-2012, 02:05 PM
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DaveD,


An interesting and educational knife. I have been making 'knives' for a long time and still use the first knife I made over 20 years ago. and I am not nearly as capable of making a knife as you are, and this your first knife. I am impressed; yeah put pins in it but I am trying to learn how to make 'plunge cuts' and you have one right there;
I'd put a little more belly on the blade behind the point but I wish I could make a knife as good as this one, you done good. {my beeper just went off so excuse me}


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