A little damascus and carbon fiber

John Barker

John Barker

SUPERModerator & KNIFE MAKER
Here's my Hokkaido in Chad Nichols San Mai Damascus with CPM 154 core and some sweet marbled carbon fiber. The blade has a 5.75" cutting edge and is 0.190" thick at the ricasso. Overall length is 11.0". Tapered tang. Comments welcome.

-John

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I like it. The damascus pattern is very nice...I like a clean defined pattern...the marbled carbon fiber compliments it well. The design is really nice, and I find the swaged grind across the spine is very interesting. May I ask was that for asthetic appeal...weight reduction...or for something I'm not seeing?
I have a knife of similar length in the works constructed of 5/32" O1 and I was concerned that it wasnt thick enough for the length to give it sufficient spine strength. I am going to continue with the knife and see what happens. I was thinking it ought to be 3/16", but I had already cut it out and made the initial grinds. I guess we will see.
Youir grinds do give the appearance of a much thicker material. It's a very nice looking knife. Good job.
 
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