Aug 14, 2017
A very nice nakiri from forum member Oliver Slocombe. More pics can be found here.
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A very nice nakiri from forum member Oliver Slocombe. More pics can be found here.
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The Spyderco Lil’ Nilakka has been getting a lot of love over on the forum. However, one member wasn’t especially taken with the scales, so made some replacements out of Mexican Kingwood. The result is as per the pic, and looks rather stunning. They’ve also rounded the edges of the scales for comfort.
Right, so I promised a few pics of the process involved in making Serratas.
The first six are from the start to the end of the investment casting process. There’s some descriptions of what’s going on here.
The last two are of a blade post heat treat and etch. The close up shows a bit of what makes these knives different - they are toothy. The casting process means the steel is grainy, for want of a better word, and this gives the blade a micro-saw like edge. They are excellent slicers, and sharpen well (I believe the recommended maximum grit is 400). However, as they are made of cast steel they are not suitable for batonning or prying.
More damascus - this time a less subtle pattern on a hunter by Old Oak Knives. There’s a bit of info and some more pics here.
Not a knife this time, but a sword - and a stunning one at that. It’s called FYRDRACASLAGA (Fire Dragon Slayer), and is described as “A Dwarf made hero’s sword for slaying fire dragons.”. The blade was made by Owen Bush and the handle, sheath and fittings by Petr Florianek. The full details can be found here, and are well worth a read.
Moving on from established makers to first timers now. This is an American-style tanto by forum member Ian Weston. More details, including the lessons he’s learned from this, by following the link above.
Some more goodness from Owen Bush - this time a broken back seax. Click to embiggen to really see and appreciate the rather subtle damascus pattern. His comments on it:
This is a 5 bar seax blade. It is constructed from vintage wrought iron, then 2 layers of 7 layer alternating twist and another layer of wrought iron and 700 layer random pattern Damascus at the edge.
The blade is handled in elm and Lether and copper and sheathed in leather. The sheath has an ajustable strap to alter the angle of the dangle.