daniel j.

3 striking colours of blade,guard and handle and the right blade geometry.great work!! daniel j. boll

3 striking colours of blade,guard and handle,and a cool blade geometry!grat work! daniel j. boll

thank you guys,for the kind coments! tetnum:i used CK 60 (5160) 100 MnCrW 4 (O2) And 120 WV 4 (1.2% C, 1.0% W, V & Cr 0.15%)for the last one i dont know the american specification.

This locking liner is made out of low alloy tungsten tool steel (110 WCrV5) 60 HRC titanium liners (6ALV4), giraffe bone for handle slabs. Spring is high carbon spring steel, all mechanical parts are also hardened high carbon spring steel, exept the screws. Comments are welcome! Thanks for looking. Daniel J. Boll

I uploaded the picture of this small hunting knife. The Blade is Damascus (10 Layers) of low alloy tool steel, copper ferrule and a stellar sea cow bone for the handle. Blade length: 3.5 inches overall length: 8.5 inches The Sheath is made out of water buffalo leather Thanks for looking. Daniel J. Boll Daniel Boll - Willkommen auf meiner Webseite

thanx for the warm welcome and the kind words for my work. nate dj:no the mosquitos here dont fly into the forge,they are attacking me from behind and staying away from the heat. can anyone of you guys explain how to put pictures of my new work into the forum? i read it up and down but didnt get it(maybe my knowledge of computers and their terms is to poor,also fighting with my english a little bit). maybe one of you has the patience to explain that to me.that would be very kind,thanks.

i know that forging is fun,but in my opinion making a forged knife is much more difficult to make than do stock removal,if you want a real good high performance blade.controling the fire,do not overheating the steel,heattreatment(normalizeing,stress relieving)micro cracks mostly not seen by the bare eye,and so on.,todays steels are so good controled qualitythat i wont open them because all the bad things get in.,and if choosen the right steel(for example:110WCrV5,80WCrV8 or115W8)and normalizing them for 2 or 3 times they get carbides under 2 micron and outperforming the most forged blades. with this steels i make a top quality in shorter time doing stockremoval. a lot of people visiting me at knife shows,cant effort hundrets of euros,so a simple stock removal flat tang,without bolsters,only two slabs for the handle and a good, solid,handstiched leather sheath gives them a high performance tool for their small budget. many styles of knives cant be done without forging,so it depends of what you want to make.and that tells what is the better way. if i want fine cutlery stockremoval is my choice,but if i want period pieces for the kings of the wild frontier than i have to forge. this is how it works for me and my knifes.

well,that is somehow a good question.because i work alone(i think a lot of guys do the same)so music is a big factor or influence of how i feel.my favourite band is tool,especially the 10 000 days album,wich helps my mind goe on a journey without the lacking of concentration.so i am grown up with guitars and thats the reason i like a lot of rockmusic like nickelback but its importand the songs have good melodies that make me sing.but not only rock music every music is fine as long i like the melody. i prefer listening music while i do finishing jobs or other work without my running machines because they are to loud which means my stereo is outmuscled. for me music is an importand aspect of my art.

my name is daniel and i am new in this forum,i am 45 years old and live in thailand. after i finished my apprentice ship as a german cutler i started to make my own kind of knives,which can be seen here:Daniel Boll - Willkommen auf meiner Webseite still not in english language,but i m working on this. doing this for a living is tough,especially in tropical conditions,but the love for knives is much stronger than a few sweat drops and a bunch of mosquitos:p so lets share our experiencies and good luck to you all:)