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I went to a gunshow in Springfield, MA today. I was hoping to find a vendor with powder or primers, but that was not to be.
I am an occasional knife collector and noticed a couple of tables of damascus bladed knives sized from small folders up to Bowie knife sizes. The vendor said that the knives are from Pakistan. The knife handles were camel bone, buffalo horn, olive wood, stag horn and a couplle of others that I have forgotten.
This one looked good to me. It is said to be camel bone:
A closer view of the pattern:
The sheath is pretty well made also:
There are no markings except the colored inlay on the handle in the first photo.
If you went to the West Springfield Gun Show, usually held at the Big "E" exposition center, no components or ammo (unless the ammo is collector ammo, in sealed boxes) is allowed inside the building(s) there - the ammo & components are usually in a separate tent outside a side door to the bldg.
You have to be careful on buying those damascus knives made in the middle eastern countries. Once and awhile you will get a good one, most of the time they are worthless if you plan to use them in the hunting field.
Most are made by a blacksmith in small villages and they will use any available scrap steel to make the knives. Most of the time it may be steel with a low carbon content and will not hold a edge for any lenght of time. Most I have tested for hardness are around 55RC or lower and that is a low hardness for a field knife.
There is a lot of them being imported into the states now as the middle man can buy them really cheap from the makers and resell here at a large profit. A 12 X 3 inch billet of top grade damascus will cost you more then that completed knife did.
If that local village blacksmith happen to get his hands on some good automotive suspension leaf springs, then you might get a good knife that will holds it's edge if he did his heat treating right.
Mescalero wrote:I did.
I still have the other half of the one I made mine from.
I think I have some more springs in N.M.
thanks. I can find something around here. wintertime will be some intense forging activity in the visquine ramada. I have some 1/4 inch flat bar spring steel to work with.
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