mammoth tooth/damascus bushcrafter

[Bernie Garland]

thought i would show you a damascus bladed bushcrafter with 10,000 years plus Siberian mammoth tooth scales and cocobola and ivory fibre liners i have just finished.

blade full tang 5mm thick Alabama damascus steel, jacksonville alabama, consisting of 5160 spring steel, 203e low carbon high impact high nickel mild steel alloy,15n20 bandsaw blade material,52100 ball bearing steel,1018 structural steel and nickel 200,it is forged out and folded 5 times to give 416 layers

the sheath is 5mm thick veg tanned shoulder hand carved by a friend with oak leaves and acorns

bernie

 

[andy_e]

Nice work, the pattern in the handles is almost hypnotic, just kind of draws the eye in.

 

[spamel]

Nicely done. The first thing I looked at, being totally honest here, is the pins. Nice to see that yours are lined up both sides, it is a big pet hate of mine when pins are just plonked in. I spoke to Scruff about this before though, and he showed me an example of how a pin can twist due to the rods inside spiralling. Is the best way to avoid this to either make them in small sections or is there another way?

So plus one there Bernie, and the steel itself looks great. It's dark, and I like dark damascus. The jhandle material looks mental! Very eye catching.

 

[Bernie Garland]

Nicely done. The first thing I looked at, being totally honest here, is the pins. Nice to see that yours are lined up both sides, it is a big pet hate of mine when pins are just plonked in. I spoke to Scruff about this before though, and he showed me an example of how a pin can twist due to the rods inside spiralling. Is the best way to avoid this to either make them in small sections or is there another way?

So plus one there Bernie, and the steel itself looks great. It's dark, and I like dark damascus. The jhandle material looks mental! Very eye catching.

hi spam i don't make the pins,i get them from a custom pin maker in the states, it would be a bit to fiddeley for me

bernie

 

[Shewie]

Awesome Bernie :notworthy

Is this the one you mentioned a few weeks ago which is destined for a display case ??

Great work sir


Rich

 

[Zammo]

Really nice design, how did you come by the scales?

 

[Bernie Garland]

Awesome Bernie :notworthy

Is this the one you mentioned a few weeks ago which is destined for a display case ??

Great work sir


Rich

it was destined for ebay, as have had the blade ready for a bit. and have been waiting for the mammoth tooth,but a chap from berkshire rang me emailed the pics and he bought it for a user knife.

bernie

 

[Bernie Garland]

Really nice design, how did you come by the scales?

ebay.com usa charles turnage hope it helps

bernie

 

[Diamond Dave]

That is a stunning Knife Bernie...........................

 

[fred gordon]

Outstanding work.

 

[SOAR]

Stunning knife Bernie, i love that damascus blade.

Simon.

 

[John Fenna]

Very nice work even if the handle is a little fancy for my taste - I am glad it is going to be a user - it is too good to sit unused!

 

[Earlyturtle]

Beautiful stuff there, really like the handle.

 

[CLEM]

Outstanding!

 

[Pignut]

wow!!!! That is nice!

 

[clcuckow]

Is the best way to avoid this to either make them in small sections or is there another way?

I make mine in 6" sections and if they do twist I cut back until you cannot notice.

Great work Bernie.

 

[Bernie Garland]

many thanks to you all, for your kind comments

bernie

 

[Injati]

Great loooking knife Bernie. Great work allround, including the sheath.

 

[British Red]

I'm a bit fussy about knives (no sh*t ). Even I think thats a stunner - lovely work

Red

 

[mick spain]

Lovely knife Bernie, great job