A Knife made by my Russian friend.........
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A Knife made by my Russian friend.........
As some you know, I am a member of the ABA (Australian Blacksmiths association) located here in Melbourne in which I am very much an avid learner. Recently I met a gentleman there that had made an exceptional damascus knife from steel cable. I offered him a deal. A bow for one of his knives. He said In a thick russian accent "No Problem".............
I supplied the Deer antler. Steel is A1 tool steel. Alex and I will be hand forging some more Damascus Cable in the near future.
His Name is Alex Tokmakov. This is his THIRD knife. The guy is a freak.
I will make sheath shortly. I am very happy.
It even has my initials hand cut in brass and copper......................
I supplied the Deer antler. Steel is A1 tool steel. Alex and I will be hand forging some more Damascus Cable in the near future.
His Name is Alex Tokmakov. This is his THIRD knife. The guy is a freak.
I will make sheath shortly. I am very happy.
It even has my initials hand cut in brass and copper......................
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Here is his forge welded Damascus knife, Cable blade with A1 tool steel edge.
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Re: A Knife made by my Russian friend.........
Wow that is some pretty cutlery.
Regards
John
Regards
John
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Dash it, just got a stag-handled bowie, can't afford another ... very nice work your mate, worth encouraging. Good to see he can work fine as well as heavy and design imaginatively too.
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Nice looking knife, though can't see the Damascus layering in your knife. Is the steel A1 or O1? I've made a few from O1 which is an oil hardenable tool steel. Only problem with it is its very susceptible to oxidization especially from finger marks.Still a damn fine knife though especially given the small amount he's made.Great stuff!
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They are really beautiful knives!!! Excellent craftsmanship.
Jeff
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No Damascus on my blade Bob, Just plain A1 tooling steel, hardened and tempered. Damascus will come soon once I have forged it!!!!!! Im working on it!!!!bigbob wrote:Nice looking knife, though can't see the Damascus layering in your knife. Is the steel A1 or O1? I've made a few from O1 which is an oil hardenable tool steel. Only problem with it is its very susceptible to oxidization especially from finger marks.Still a damn fine knife though especially given the small amount he's made.Great stuff!
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That's why I couldn't see the damascus folding! One 12'' Bowie i made , after i hardened it but not tempered i whacked a bit of RHS with it and it cut the steel but never marked the blade edge.I would have hated to try putting a cutting edge on it though if I never tempered it later. Looking forward to you posting some shots later of your Damascus work. I never got around to making one, though being a boily in my working life had the where withall to do so.
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WOW, even better in these shots mate, beautiful craftsmanship, keep us posted with his work mate.