Damascus hidden tang w brass guard

[cwilliams]

Just finished this one up today, Only my second hidden tang and man did this knife teach me a few lessons.
CW

 

[HHH Knives]

CW, It looks real good. Nice work..

 

[calharkins]

Looks really nice to me. Better than my first hidden tang knife.

 

[Scott Davidson]

Thats a good lookin knife , the damascus jumps out at cha.

 

[Ronald P. Rochon]

Very nice. What did you use to darken the brass Hilt? Ron.

 

[cwilliams]

Thanks everybody, Ronald I used Brass black by birchwood casey. I purchased it from Brownells, I am very pleased with it so far.
The brass must be freshly sanded to apply or it just does not blacken the brass. Next I hit the brass with scotchbrite by hand to age it.
http://www.brownells.com/1/1/38935-brass-black-brass-black-birchwood-casey.html

Chris