Cable Damascus Hunter

[Mike Turner]

Cable Damascus Hunter with elk antler scales with stainless steel pins. Cable damascus bolsters with brass pins.


This is a knife I helped a friends son make. We made 2 different knives this one is for his dad the other is for his step father. I let him do as much as he could with out destroying it LOL. This was forged out of 1 1/2" cable, I did the welding and let him draw it out on my Little Giant. He liked my hunter style so we went with it, he did the profiling. I ground the bevels and machine finished to 800 grit, he did all the hand sanding. I did the pin layout the way he wanted he did the drilling on the blade and scales. I had some cable damascus left over from another knife that we used for the scales. He wanted brass pins so I set him up and let him peen the pins. I slabbed the antler for him and let him profile the scales and shape them, I did the blending of the bolsters and scales. I pretty much finished the knife for him at this point.


I hope you enjoy it it was a lot of fun working with him and he had a blast .

[Finnr]

Real nice Mike as always!
Finnr

[brucegodlesky]

Fine piece of work Mike!

[Robert Mayo]

Looking good Mike i like the cable bolsters.

Bob

[MRobb]

Sweet looking knives. I'm sure his father & step father will be very happy with them. Especially since he (and you) did it for them.

Mitch

[Frosty]

Very nice Mike.

Family heirlooms fresh from the fires.

Frosty

[Mike Turner]

Thanks guys it was fun he does not know it yet but he will be making 1 more knife for himself and I will have him do the whole thing by himself I will be there for advise or if he gets in a jam.

[virginia guy]

Did you do something to make the cable look so dark? Just curious

[Mike Turner]

Yes it was etched in Ferric Chloride and then rubbed with a polishing paper.

[mcraigl]

Mike,
Those are sweet. Could you explain the process you go through to make the bolsters for a full tang knife? I've had a bit of trouble trying to get things to line up real nice/symmetrical on both sides. Ie. do you profile the blade side of a block, then split the block so that both sides have the same shape? Do you drill the block before you split it? drill tang first then bolster/block or vice versa? Etc...