mtgraver
Elite Cafe Member
Hello ,
The dungeon has been about 50 degrees so I had to do something to stay warm, so I decided to make a knife from a piece of Damascus bar I've had for years. I have no idea what the make up of the bar was. I cut a piece out of the bar about 3/4" x 4" x 3/16" thick and stretched the piece into a tapered tang fixed blade 8 1/8" long. Then I decided to salvage some old silver and pour the bolster material, thus the the problem of inclusions arose as I engraved them. A good lesson learned but at the most inopportune time. Last but not least the curly maple scales are from a flintlock I built some years ago.
Please feel free to comment or critique since I'm quite aware of some of the shortfalls in my mind but would be to see if anyone sees something I missed. Enjoy!
Mark
The dungeon has been about 50 degrees so I had to do something to stay warm, so I decided to make a knife from a piece of Damascus bar I've had for years. I have no idea what the make up of the bar was. I cut a piece out of the bar about 3/4" x 4" x 3/16" thick and stretched the piece into a tapered tang fixed blade 8 1/8" long. Then I decided to salvage some old silver and pour the bolster material, thus the the problem of inclusions arose as I engraved them. A good lesson learned but at the most inopportune time. Last but not least the curly maple scales are from a flintlock I built some years ago.
Please feel free to comment or critique since I'm quite aware of some of the shortfalls in my mind but would be to see if anyone sees something I missed. Enjoy!
Mark