Ariel Salaverria Custom Knives - San Mai and Cable Damascus Custom Knives

My complete name is Ariel Elias Salaverria, I'm a knifemaker from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I've been making knives full time since 2002 and an active member of the online knife community since 2004.

I'm always trying to offer something different and I'm not afraid to test new materials and processes to be able to do it so.

All my knives are individually crafted and hand made. Every customer can say that they have a truly unique piece.

Nowadays I'm making knives exclusively in a variety of damascus steels that I forge myself on my shop.

Available Knives

San Mai Damascus Fighter - $480 shipped DHL
San mai damascus from 1010/1070 with a 5160 core.
5 1/8" cutting edge, 5 5/8" blade. 10 1/2" overall length. 3/16" thickness.
Black and green micarta handle scales with stainless steel / copper decorative pins. A leather sheath will be made to your specs.

Stainless San Mai Integral Nessmuk Knife - $545 shipped DHL
San mai damascus from 304/416 (both stainless steels) with a D2 core.
8 1/4" overall length, 3 3/8" cutting edge. 1/8" thickness.
Copper and stainless steel guard with leather spacers. Macassar ebony handle. Stainless steel and copper mokume buttcap with a leather spacer. A leather sheath will be made to your specs.

Stainless San Mai Integral Nessmuk Knife

Damascus Nessmuk Project - Bare Blades

Dedicated to do-it-yourself and pimp-my-knife guys!

Full flat tang Nessmuk Bare Blades with an 8" overall lenght in my usual san mai damascus. They are $150 shipped to your door - PayPal accepted.

You'll get the bare blade profiled, ground, sharpened, etched and drilled, ready to receive the handles you want to put on it.

THERE ARE NO LIMITS ON THE SIGN-IN FOR THIS ONE
If you want one, just contact me and I'll add you to my working list!

Nessmuk Project Picture Gallery

Damascus / Mokume Pendants & EDC Gallery

Damascus and Mokume Lanyard / Necklace Beads

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Tutorials

These are step by step descriptions for some of the techniques I use to make the different parts that conform a finished knife or sheath.

16. Forging Stainless 304 and Stainless 420 MV
How to forge stainless steels in a canister with an oxigen reduction agent.

15. Case Hardening a Hammer
Case hardening is the process of hardening the surface of a low carbon steel, by adding carbon into it.

Tutorials - Polyester Resin Impregnation II

14. Polyester Resin Impregnation II
Another step in an already very efficient way to impregnate wood. This time for not so soft materials.

Knifemaking

These are a combination of processes I use to make knives. They will give you an idea of the kind of work involved in knife and sheath making.

25. Making a Chain San Mai Damascus Machete
Making a big machete of 12" blade, 18" overall length in san mai damascus with chain sides. This is the biggest piece I've done in this type of damascus so far.

Knifemaking - Making Damascus and Mokume Lanyard Beads

24. Making Damascus and Mokume Lanyard Beads
This is how I make the damascus and mokume beads you see on the lanyards of my knives or in the Pendants Gallery.

Knifemaking - Forging and Tempering a Blade with Chainsaw, 5160 and Bronze

23. Forging and Tempering a Blade with Chainsaw, 5160 and Bronze
Adding bronze to a san mai blade for decorative purposes and then heat treating it properly using a really low tech solution.

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