Damascus Libratum

[lerman]

blade: L6 and 1080 damascus, 5mm thick
handle: 5460 years old stabilized bog oak
bolster: 925 silver with black zirconia stones setting
overall length: 25cm

damascus by Rudi Zirlin Custom Knives
stone setting by Oleg Leybman
















here is a link to WIP:
http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?35858-Damascus-Libratum-WIP/page2

thanks for looking

 

[Burl Source]

Very cool knife Lee.
It looks like it belongs in a museum.

 

[Duncan Tipton]

Very nice!

 

[Doug Timbs]

Turned out very nicely, looks great.


Doug

 

[Bruce Bump]

So sweet! I like everything about this one especially the stone setting. I wish I could do that.
BTW how do you know the bog oak is 4560 years old?

 

[Steven Long]

Now that is a spectacular looking knife! I love how you shaped the handle. Nice work!

 

[Burl Source]

So sweet! I like everything about this one especially the stone setting. I wish I could do that.
BTW how do you know the bog oak is 4560 years old?

Lee transposed a couple numbers. The Bog Oak is some I got from the Ukraine. It came from a big dark log that was carbon dated to be 5460 years old +/- 50 years.
This is a copy of the carbon dating certificate.

 

[Raymond Richard]

Lee transposed a couple numbers. The Bog Oak is some I got from the Ukraine. It came from a big dark log that was carbon dated to be 5460 years old +/- 50 years.
This is a copy of the carbon dating certificate.

Mark, Does this mean if the log wasn't found when it was it would turn into a lump of coal?

Lee, Great looking knife! I like the hexagon shaped handle.

 

[lerman]

So sweet! I like everything about this one especially the stone setting. I wish I could do that.
BTW how do you know the bog oak is 4560 years old?

thanks Bruce, i didn't do the stone setting myself on this one, a friend did it and he did an amazing job, but i did learn alot from the process,
about the oak, i think Mark explained it well

and Mark, thanks for the correction, a thousand years give or take

 

[backtines]

Very very cool!

 

[Bruce Bump]

Oh, man that is interesting. Thanks for the technical data Mark. Cool.