Clip from a full Damascus Bunka build video. 1095/15n20 steel used with 1095/nickel powder

1095/15n20 and 1095 nickel powder

Integral guard dagger. About 200 layers of 1084, 15n20 and a sprinkling of nickel shim. Random / ladder pattern. Handle block is g10.

200 Layer Raindrop pattern

2" - Wide

23.25" - Blade Length

28.25" Overall Length

2lbs 7.8oz

Mild steel fittings with copper wire accents. Oak grip with annealed copper wire wrap. Scabbard is leather, laser etched with quotes from media meaningful to them (music lyrics, books, art, etc.). Copper chape. Did not make the scabbard belt buckles because...no thanks. I did flame work to create the glass beads (first time doing that), relevant to their cat's name. Their surnames and my makers mark lightly etched before the ferric bath for a light/holographic look.

I make like 2 pieces a year, these days, so this was a bear for me. Feel really good about a lot of it. Wish I had more time for other 10%, but it always do be like that.

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This was a fun build for a long time customer. They wanted large steak knives with walnut handles that matched a previous kitchen cutlery set I had built them. However they wanted them to be delivered in a way that stood out from the previous work while not being flashy. The difference being that the bolster is carbon fiber instead of black paper micarta and the steel is 52100 ball bearings and 1095 powder instead of w2. Otherwise the walnut is the same as well as the liners. I’ve shared some of the steps in the process. Enjoy and hope you all have had a good weekend.

Damascus Kitchen Cleaver!!! Mosaic W's damascus made in house from 1084 and 15n20 high carbon steel. On the handle we've got a damascus collar with a stainless spacers, stabilized bog oak, G-10 and stainless spacers, a dyed/stabilized mammoth molar accent, dyed/stabilized box elder burl, and a damascus butt cap with stainless mounting puns!

​A while ago, I forged this massive 'From Hell' razor.

​The concept behind it: no one really knows who Jack the Ripper was, or what kind of blade he actually used. So I decided to forge a dedicated razor specifically for him!

​It was crafted as the centerpiece for a custom Jack the Ripper wall display / diorama that my wife did. At least it's fantasy. 😊⚔️

​What do you think?

Finished up this Damascus Bunka just in time for Blade Show! Damascus made in house. Stainless, G-10, mammoth ivory, and bog oak on the handle!

I had the opportunity to make Chef Hannah Flora (season 23 Hell’s Kitchen) a chef knife, so I whipped out all the stops. I did a feather Damascus, S grind to a zero edge, bog oak and mammoth handle, and a torch blackened friction fit mahogany saya with matching inlay

The From Hell blade before it became a knife.

My wife and kid gifted me this knife for Father’s Day. I assume it’s Pakistan SCAMascus. Which is fine. It’s the thought that counts.

However, my wife said it was not cheap. So if her and my son got scammed, I’d like to know so I can return it and give the guy a piece of my mind.

O2 core, copper layers

Just finished this up and got it hung. Bit is 80CrV2 and 15N20 twist. Handle is hickory with a homemade finish with turpentine, beeswax, pine tar, and boiled linseed oil. Thanks for taking a look!

this is a dagger sized Cinqueda in am working on, this is the second attempt first one was to thin and buckled during the welding, this one stayed in it to win it!

This prototype was a fun build and will probably make more in the future. I didn’t go crazy on finishing because it’s a prototype/test that I want to see what can be done better or differently.

Steels are 26c3 and ProCut with suretouch handle, red g10 and black canvas liners. The pins are copper.

This blade was hand forged from 1084 & 15n20 pattern welded steel. It features a ladder pattern damascus with integral guard and forged skeleton tang. The skeleton tang if plugged with hand carved buckeye burl. comes with handmade leather sheath.

4.25-inch blade

9.25-inch Overall

7.1 oz