Knife making process
My customer was ready to travel, so I offered this finished blade
I had here waiting for a handle. (4 3/4" length, San Mai made
with stainless 304 and 1085 with a 52100 core) (Picture 1)
He needed a fat drop point so I reground it to about 4 1/2"
length, with a 4" cutting edge. (Picture 2)
He also wanted flat and thin micarta handle in the same pattern
as the upper part of the damascus, so I've made that using corn
to draw the pattern. (Pictures 3 and 4)
Pretty cool, ah? You can still see some corn grains there. (Picture
5)
Pieces of micarta for the handle along with the blade. (Picture
6)
And since he needed a guard to prevent his hand to slipper into
the blade I've decided to use some 1010/1085/copper mokume I had,
as the patterns were just screaming to be used here. (Pictures
7 and 8)
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