templehound Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 The blade is 300 mm long and forged of 120WNi8V. It is a special steel which is non commercially made by an old friend of mine Thomas Hauschild who works in a steel company. There he experimented and processed on a Damascus component which contains tungsten as well as nickel up to 2%.He gifted me an oblong rectangular chunk which I could forge on into some blades. " Continue kneading it nicely" ...he said Until today it is the toughest steel on a knife blade that I worked with....means easy to forge, grind and finish but resulting in a super tough blade......I wish I had a ton of of it. When it comes to blade material this is the real flesh of gods..... Handle and sheath are made of the same chunk of Merawan ironwood and all fittings are copper.The tang is riveted on the butt forming the center of the flower. Overall length is 450 mm. Stay healthy Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 That is no longer a blade, it is pure art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 You kneaded it very nicely. Beautiful work on that special steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 That looks like one serious working blade and beautiful wood to go with it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Thanks for the nice comments, Gentlemen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Well-kneaded indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 3/2/2021 at 10:08 AM, Stormcrow said: Well-kneaded indeed! Thanks James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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