MastaStan Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Damascus neck knife with spalted ash handle scales. The Damascus was given to me by my Father and I had the blade hardened, cryogenically by a local company. This is the 6th knife that I've finished mainly by stock removal, although I'm moving into forging also. It took me a while to finish the knife, now I need to work on a buffalo leather sheath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Nice. The pattern is very interesting, but those scales! Wow! I'm a fan. Did you do the initial heat treatment on it before having it cryogenically treated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MastaStan Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 54 minutes ago, Will W. said: Nice. The pattern is very interesting, but those scales! Wow! I'm a fan. Did you do the initial heat treatment on it before having it cryogenically treated? Thanks. All the heat treatment was done by a small UK company called shingcrafts. Usually do my own heat treatment but stainless Damascus/cryogenics is a bit (very far) out of my league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Nicely done; but I really like longer bevels for edges except for wood splitting tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 i agree with TP, but other than that i really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 32 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: I really like longer bevels for edges except for wood splitting tools. Perhaps that's what it's intended for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MastaStan Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Thank you for the kind comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanternnate Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I could be wrong, but looks like a single bevel Scandi grind in the pics, which by their very nature are going to be shorter than a standard bevel that has a secondary cutting edge at a steeper angle. Scandi grinds are pretty handy on little neck knives because to field sharpen on a stone you can just lay the bevel on the stone and voila your sharpening angle is set. I like 'em on neck knives and "bushcraft" knives. Purdy knife by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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