Thread: what would you do with a spare 900 dollars...

Originally Posted by Buddel

I´m not shure, if 900,- is enought, when I look at this site:

Knife Art Custom Knives, Damascus Knives, Custom Knife, Custom Knives

900,- $ would I invest in some tools for an forge, so that I can make my own damascus stell and knifes

Well if you're gonna go there, $900 is dirt! I have a thing for automatics (we used to call them switchblades). Here's someplace where you can drop four large on a toy I can't even legally own in my state: ProTech Knives - Custom Knife Gallery Here's a gallery of various knife makers' work and I can't even narrow it down to my favorite ten!: The Custom Knife

Just for fun?
Coltellerie Livi - Rasoi da barba - Rasoio , lama inacciaio al carbonio Takeda Hamono e corno alce - carbon steel Takeda Hamono and elk horn
and
Coltellerie Livi - Rasoi da barba - Coramella /strop classica con telaio e manico inox, smontabile con possibilità di ricambio da noi fornito
but with a different handle.

Originally Posted by JMS

Well, thanks for all the suggestions. I finally decided to go with 3 Jeff Morgan damascus fixed blades. one has buffalo horn scales, one with iron wood scales, and one with curly maple scales! Each knife is 6 and 3/4 inches long overall!

So, what do you think?

There are subtle differences in the shape of each blade. I like the shape of the one on the left with the horn scales best!

They're not really my kind of thing but they're nice enough. Although the fit and finish of the bolsters etc looks a bit rough. (Might just be the foto though I don't know)

I'm working on my first Damascus knife, I'll let you have it for a measly $800 if you want it

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

They're not really my kind of thing but they're nice enough. Although the fit and finish of the bolsters etc looks a bit rough. (Might just be the foto though I don't know)

I'm working on my first Damascus knife, I'll let you have it for a measly $800 if you want it

Its a scan and the scans are extremely poor. Believe me, the fit and finish of these knives are near perfection.

I would like to see a thread dedicated to the process you use while making your knife.

I'm not really a knife guy, but something like this looks wicked cool!

as for it being $900, probably not. Here's the description:

The Aztec used knives such as this one to cut out the hearts of their sacrificial victims. This sacrificial knife has a stone blade made of chalcedony (a type of quartz) that would have been honed to razor-sharpness for a sacrifice. The wooden handle, carved in the form of a crouching figure, is inlaid with a mosaic of turquoise, malachite, and fragments of shells.

Originally Posted by JMS

Its a scan and the scans are extremely poor. Believe me, the fit and finish of these knives are near perfection.


I would like to see a thread dedicated to the process you use while making your knife.

I didn't mean to sound overly critical the scans just didn't show it well But I'll definately take your word for it.

As my knife is almost finished and I didn't take a lot of pictures I won't be having many of those. But I can give a few pictures and LOTS of text if you like.
I have a short video of the heat treat for the 1st knife I made though, which is the same kind of method I did on the 2nd and 3rd.

(I probably won't be selling it though. It's my first time working with damascus, not forged, stock removal method, and I think I'd like to keep my first time. It's only my 3rd knife so far.)

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Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

I didn't mean to sound overly critical the scans just didn't show it well But I'll definately take your word for it.

And I didn't take it as overly critical!

Excellent.

Congratulations on your purchase then

I just talked to the maker of these knives and he tells me that the steel he used to make the damascus was nickel, 1095, and a little bit of meteorite. I will be meeting him for the first time next week and I am really looking forward to it!!!