a new damascus bladed knife
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a new damascus bladed knife
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.
Jack
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.
Jack
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very pretty, and the scales look great.
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Nice knife.
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.
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Nice knife.
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.
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I like that
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$85Mescalero wrote:Cost?
I had to think about it for a while.
I still think that it was a fair price a day later, so I guess I did OK.
Jack
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That is more than a fair price.... I would have bought it in a heartbeat. I'm looking for a beautiful damascus fixed blade myself.
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Re: a new damascus bladed knife
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.
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.
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My made to American Blademiths Society specifications Bowie, was made from a 1970 Chevy leaf spring from a 3/4 ton truck.
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photo? do you know who made it? who did?Mescalero wrote:My made to American Blademiths Society specifications Bowie, was made from a 1970 Chevy leaf spring from a 3/4 ton truck.
got any springs I can get hold of?
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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.
I still have the other half of the one I made mine from.
I think I have some more springs in N.M.
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We absolutely need pictures of this, pleaseMescalero 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.
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Oh boy,
this is not something I do well.
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Similar to this one.
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I think the FBI should test that hair for any connections to missing persons.....Old Savage wrote:Similar to this one.
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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.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.
BIG foto of your knife highly desireable . . .
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I have every confidence that you're actually capable!Mescalero wrote:Oh boy,
this is not something I do well.
jhrosier, good lookin' knife.
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Thanks,Griff wrote:...
jhrosier, good lookin' knife.
I think that I am going to put it to work in the kitchen for a while, just to see if it will hold an edge.
Jack
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Nice looking knife.
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