Excellent choice there Danny, from the man who started me off in the knifemaking game,as for pin choice not stainless as its very hard to sand down,brass,nickle silver or ali
Bernie
Bernie
Purchasing a knife for bushcraft, but what length?
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I think it is a wood laminate impregnated with resin made is the US. I bought it just because it's going to not only hard wearing but it will give a beautiful finish to the handle.
Just a quick update. My blade blank and rough cuts arrived this morning and i set to work and after today's efforts this is the current state on the handles.
I managed to get one totally done up to now, fully cut and sanded to smooth and the other will be done tomorrow. Still need to get hold of some 5mm brass for the pins. Enjoy
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Rough cut handle scale
Roughed out handle shape awaiting sanding
The first finished scale just placed on the handle for reference.
I managed to get one totally done up to now, fully cut and sanded to smooth and the other will be done tomorrow. Still need to get hold of some 5mm brass for the pins. Enjoy
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Rough cut handle scale
Roughed out handle shape awaiting sanding
The first finished scale just placed on the handle for reference.
Depends on many factors. It's entirely possible to create a 'Damascus' blade with comparable properties as a homogeneous steel. Just as with cheap stainless steels though, not all 'Damascus' steels are very good for making blades; it depends on the skills and reputability of the bladesmith or manufacturing company concerned. Practically speaking 'Damascus' blades offer no advantages over homogeneous steels, their appeal is mainly aesthetic, and they are expensive.
(From an archaeometallurgical point of view, I wince slightly each time I hear of new 'Damascus' steel. 'Damascus steel' never really existed, it was high quality crucible steel made with the Wootz method in India, and possibly in another way from Sri Lanka. These modern 'Damascus' steels are pattern-welded steel; two or more different types of steel forge-welded together repeatedly in order to produce a pattern.)
Oh and as an aside, 'Damascus' shotgun barrels were originally made by welding together scrap (old horseshoes, nails etc.). The pattern was not the objective (at least not the main one). Many original 'Damascus' barrels are not safe to be shot with modern loads, if at all. Many have been lined with modern steel to make them safe to use with modern shotshell loads These days though, 'Damascus' barrels on new guns are all about looks -- damned good looks. (A walnut stocked 12-bore with side-by-side lightly browned 'Damascus' barrels and a colour-case-hardened action, mmmm... now just to decide hammers or boxlock, and to work out how to pay for it!)
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