The Dark Maiden

Stew

Stew

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Mike Blue damascus blade (oh so sweet!), some Wrought Iron, Bronze, Nickle Silver and Bog Oak.

This has been a long time coming. It has multiple attempts at a bolster, lots of indecision about the spacer and a little indecision on the main section of the handle.


I hope it was worth the wait!




The blade was made by Mike Blue

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The steels in the blade are 1095 and 15n20, 600 layers in a random pattern. One one side the detail is quite fine and on the other side, it looks just like wood grain. It is a thing of true beauty.

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WOW , that Wrought iron is INSANE looking , how did you get it to look like that ?
Very nice package , the bolster and handle material compliment each other very nice , and the spacer breaks it up.

Dwane
 
Dwane Oliver said:
WOW , that Wrought iron is INSANE looking , how did you get it to look like that ?
Very nice package , the bolster and handle material compliment each other very nice , and the spacer breaks it up.

Dwane
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Hi Dwane,

Wrought Iron is gorgeous stuff for knifemakers.

It's full of slag inclusions which makes it a low quality metal for it's original use, hence why the switch over to steel with the birth of the Bessamer process. A soak in ferric chloride etches the softer material out in just the same way as damascus steel.

You can read more about Wrought Iron here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrought_iron

If you find any, snap it up. :)
 
And the wrought iron will not corrode as quickly as carbon steel. That was why so many bridges were made of this stuff in addition to metal girders in older buildings. As you cans see from the pic it has a fibrous texture. Not sure I would want to etch this stuff. Does anyone know what it looks like after a buff without etching??
 
While this deep etch is interesting it will also accumulate all manner of debris. Just wondering what wrought iron would look like with either a buff or a very light etch. Thinking of a way to achieve a practical striated effect without attacking the inherent porosity of this metal.
 
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