This whole year i've had far too little time in the shop to do much of anything, but I finished another knife.

Cable damascus sgian dubh
8 cm blade
9 cm curly maple handle (1cm brass center, 8cm of wood)
full flat grind

Very nice, thank you for sharing.

Hmm. If I actually succeed on this cable weld that I am attempting, I may have to consider a sgian dubh. Nice knife and thanks for the inspiration.

very nice work I like the handle material

Wow, curly maple is a beautiful wood.

That's really lovely!

What did you use for flux?

I've been wondering how to weld cable to make damascus, so I'll echo Tom's question of flux.

good old 20 mule team borax from the laundry isle at walmart =)

Very nice!

And the next question is what did you etch it with?
thx
Joe