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M. Wohlwend
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A customer sent me this bar of damascus and requested the handle colors. Said he wanted "survival style" knives. This is what I came up with.....
A customer sent me this bar of damascus and requested the handle colors. Said he wanted "survival style" knives. This is what I came up with.....
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M. Wohlwend
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yeah I know, The reason I didn't try to talk him out of it is it has 5160 in the core... thats a tough steel. So form and function ???? they are also .220 thick!
SCALPHUNTER
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Sweet!
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M. Wohlwend
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a bump for James.....
JAWilliams
KNIFEMAKER
Very nice, have my favorite steel, 5160. The blue one I like alot.
Chris Martin
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Looks great! What was the other steel used in the Damascus? I am new to Damascus, but have heard if its mixed with 1095 etc, you can have a nice functional blade! Specially if its 5160/1095....WOW....super steel.
I like the design you came up with2thumbs I bet he is proud.
Chris
I like the design you came up with2thumbs I bet he is proud.
Chris
Jim Adams Customs
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Why should he have to carry an ugly knife? God hope he never has to use it as a survival knife. But if he does it will be an excellent knife. Beautiful work. I sell a lot of Damascus Tactical and survival style knives. The only reason I don't carry a Damascus Survival knife because I can't keep one. Plus I have prettier and fancier Integrals that I love. I won't carry an ugly knife either.
JAWilliams
KNIFEMAKER
Chris if I am understanding it it should be 5160 and 15n20. That is a tough combo. If I remember right J. Neilson passed one of his tests with ABS with this combo. Knowing Mark if he thought it wouldn't stand up he wouldn't have built it. Mark great knife!
Chris Martin
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James,
I was in no way questioning Mark's method of steel. I am just new to the Dammy so I figured I would ask what combo he went with is all.
I have some on the way from Clint.
I cannot WAIT to get this Fantasy piece started2thumbs
Mark, again.......Love the Damascus on this type of blade! Well done.2thumbs2thumbs
Chris
I was in no way questioning Mark's method of steel. I am just new to the Dammy so I figured I would ask what combo he went with is all.
I have some on the way from Clint.
I cannot WAIT to get this Fantasy piece started2thumbs
Mark, again.......Love the Damascus on this type of blade! Well done.2thumbs2thumbs
Chris
JAWilliams
KNIFEMAKER
Chris didn't mean anything by my comment. You are right can't wait till we get to do our colab. 3hat will be great!
J. Neilson
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That is a very nice set of knives. The lines all look good the the materials are great. No one ever said damascus was just to look pretty. Personally, I use all the same steels in my damascus as I do on my mono-blades so it all works great. Also, a good damascis blade can hide alot of the cosmetic abuse you see standing out on a "shiney" blade.
As to the 15n20 mentioned before. You would have no problem having a great working blade with 15n20 in the mix but, when I was testing for my MS... a blade with 15n20 (or at least the amount I had in the mix) was more likely to crack during the bend test. The blade I used to pass was a mix of 5160 & 1084. It may not be as pretty but, damn it keeps on working. As long as your not going to try and bend you knife 90 degrees in the field... 15n20 works great. I uuse it all the time.
Sorry for the ramble. Again, very nice.
As to the 15n20 mentioned before. You would have no problem having a great working blade with 15n20 in the mix but, when I was testing for my MS... a blade with 15n20 (or at least the amount I had in the mix) was more likely to crack during the bend test. The blade I used to pass was a mix of 5160 & 1084. It may not be as pretty but, damn it keeps on working. As long as your not going to try and bend you knife 90 degrees in the field... 15n20 works great. I uuse it all the time.
Sorry for the ramble. Again, very nice.
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M. Wohlwend
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clarification
Ok, I didn't put up much detail, cause I rarely take alot of time to stay on the forums. So here are the details. This is a Craig Barr damascus billet purchased by one of my best clients and sent to me to grind. The bar break down in 5160 core, 15n20 and 1018 outer jacket.
The effect was to be SanMai, but I think Barr pushed the "outer jacket" into the core. If you look at the blue handled knife you will see some of this effect. I don't think it is my grinds cause the local ABS mastersmith looked the grinds over and said the were the best he had seen out of me. The grren one was dead center to the thousand th of a inch. I did leave the final edge just a touch thick casue the client wanted some thing that could be stabbed into a tree.
I am NOT trashing Barr or his steel and I would be happy to work with it again.
I do have a class I will be taking in my shop under a ABS MS, to make my own damascus, in april.
Thanks!
Mark
Ok, I didn't put up much detail, cause I rarely take alot of time to stay on the forums. So here are the details. This is a Craig Barr damascus billet purchased by one of my best clients and sent to me to grind. The bar break down in 5160 core, 15n20 and 1018 outer jacket.
The effect was to be SanMai, but I think Barr pushed the "outer jacket" into the core. If you look at the blue handled knife you will see some of this effect. I don't think it is my grinds cause the local ABS mastersmith looked the grinds over and said the were the best he had seen out of me. The grren one was dead center to the thousand th of a inch. I did leave the final edge just a touch thick casue the client wanted some thing that could be stabbed into a tree.
I am NOT trashing Barr or his steel and I would be happy to work with it again.
I do have a class I will be taking in my shop under a ABS MS, to make my own damascus, in april.
Thanks!
Mark
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M. Wohlwend
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another view....