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Lovely pattern, is that mild steel in the center and 15n20 around?

 First time I've seen such high quality pics of Damascus blade on this forum, eye candy.  

There are some scratches on the edge in need of attention.

Well done 

Form follows function , whatever the purpose of these knives is they wont be good at it.

 There's a very good reason why no one makes chef knives with such shape and the one in the last pic is completely unpractical.

Looks mighty sharp and the fit and finish is perfect!

It's a stunning piece, love the mosaic pins. 

Is that red dye or epoxy inside?

Spectacular work.

  The handle is too big for such a small and thin blade and looks like there are gaps in the leather washers. A buffing wheel is great for finishing leather handles, try it.

 I would never differently temper such a thin blade, specially being a bowie, because it will likely bent when put to heavy use . The recasso needs to be more pronounced and you could add a choil before it to make easy to sharpen.

   Project made in December 2016, spring steel blade, stainless guard and butt cap is from a vice jaw. 

 Materials for the handle are pine, leather, brass and pau santo wood.

I made this way back when i didn't have a neither a proper forge, anvil or belt sander so its all shaped using files and an angle grinder. I've overheated a bit the blade and tempered it over the forge to a dark straw twice hoping it would be sufficient for it not to break, still I never tested it for strength, it's only a showpiece. 

Enjoy...

The blade is identical to the one Alan Ladd used in "The Iron Mistress" movie, maybe he was planning a replica.

Congratulations for your success. May all of them outlast us.

Judging by the textures of the blade it seems you have overheated the steel what also caused the warp. Even after tempering the blade will still be too hard so dont be surprised if it breaks. I've had same experience when heat treating spring steel and even when I tempered it to blue color the tip instantly broke.

What I would do :straighten the blade , anneal  , heat to cherry red and quench.  

What you got there fits more into a hunting knife type, tanto is different beast.

Pitty, did it split after or before quenching?

Quite beautiful, i like how the steel seems to flow out of the handle.  How did you make the collar?

Looks like a throwing knife.

Impressive, I could never guess it's your first knife. 

  It appears the blade is bent in the 6th picture and those file scratches in the ricasso are nasty.

You done well with the pattern weld but needs a lot of polishing, truing the bevels and removing the scratches.  Does your sister in law deserve the extra effort?Up to you.

Cheers

Great work , I like to see  close- ups of the steel pattern.

cheers

For a first not bad, you did a lot of mistakes but that is a good thing because you can learn something and evolve .

Following what other's above said, I will ad that your handle scales are extending to the blade edge, it isn't  practical nor pretty.

Hello, new project finished

Spring steel blade with stainless hand guard. Oak and Pau Santo wood. It's got a heavy handle due to the 1/4" thick tang and the wood, point of balance is 2 cm from the guard.

Total length 26 cm, blade is 13,5 cm and 4mm at the base.

Cheers.

Nice job, I really like the Mango knife and  i'm probably gonna copy the blade design.

21 hours ago, rockstar.esq said:

Nice work, did you forge the bevels or grind them?

 

 

The bevels were ground off because I didnt have the anvil , so I've only forged the tip onto a face of a sledgehammer.

Cheers

A project I've done in February, first dagger made from a half-round file and inspired by the Fairburn-Sykes fighting knife.

It's a 7" (17,5cm) blade, 1/4" thick and 11/2" total lenght.

Gourgeous blade especially the pattern of the spine.

Superb work

My first tongs, the short ones are made from 15mm rebar and the long ones from 10mm round and square stock steel.

Is that rebar just for experimenting ,because rebar generaly isnt a hardenable steel .

Truly a work of art , the butt cap is very ingenious and the blade etch resembles me of flesh or something organic. Thanks for sharing

What is the blue piece made of?acrilic?