Black Death!

[rainshadow1]

Mosaic pins, gripped with “black death,” the legendary Cape Buffalo!

I paid a ransom and bought a Buff skull, immediately took the horns to the bandsaw!

The chatoyance is found in the bosses.

Really excited about this knife! Will be sheathing this week!

(Contact me to purchase and personalize the design on your own sheath!)


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[Dan-o]

Beautiful.

I had to look up "chatoyance".

[Jpmiller]

What are you doing to get that shine? Pretty darn cool looking knife

[rainshadow1]

What are you doing to get that shine? Pretty darn cool looking knife

Just a matter of going ‘til you’re done! The beauty is in there somewhere, just need to find it.

[jasnt]

Amazing work as always Steve!

[rainshadow1]

Thanks jasnt, jp, dano.

Here’s the story on the steel…

250 +/- layer 15n20 and Spring Steel (1070) built by ME on a hydraulic press, at the shop of / under the direction of local master damascus maker John Davis. 

Angle cut ladder pattern ground into the billet then hammered out by hand on the anvil at my shop. 11” overall, 5 3/4” cutting edge.

Normalized 3x, annealed, ground, heat treated in the forge and quenched in oil. Hand-etched and finished with ferric chloride.

Will be finished with a detail etching after the sheathing and sharpening are all completed.

[Dan-o]

Thanks jasnt, jp, dano.

Here’s the story on the steel…

250 +/- layer 15n20 and Spring Steel (1070) built by ME on a hydraulic press, at the shop of / under the direction of local master damascus maker John Davis. 

Angle cut ladder pattern ground into the billet then hammered out by hand on the anvil at my shop. 11” overall, 5 3/4” cutting edge.

Normalized 3x, annealed, ground, heat treated in the forge and quenched in oil. Hand-etched and finished with ferric chloride.

Yeah, I was gonna guess that....

[JDHasty]

What are you doing to get that shine? Pretty darn cool looking knife

Just a matter of going ‘til you’re done! The beauty is in there somewhere, just need to find it.

Kind of like finishing a gunstock the right way.  When you start you never know if it will finish out in a week and half with eight or ten coats of finish or sometime over a month and a half later with north of 35 coats.  Just a matter of going ‘til you’re done!

[Jpmiller]

What are you doing to get that shine? Pretty darn cool looking knife

Just a matter of going ‘til you’re done! The beauty is in there somewhere, just need to find it.

I've heard some horns never do polish up to a shine like that but I've never tried. I've always wanted to give horn or bone a go but I always end up back to wood on all my projects.

[rainshadow1]

What are you doing to get that shine? Pretty darn cool looking knife

Just a matter of going ‘til you’re done! The beauty is in there somewhere, just need to find it.

I've heard some horns never do polish up to a shine like that but I've never tried. I've always wanted to give horn or bone a go but I always end up back to wood on all my projects.

I’ve only stopped pre-luster when I wanted to leave in some of the animal’s experiences! Otherwise, I’ve always found it down in there somewhere. (Unless it’s rotted or punky all the way in.)

[A. Cole]

Looks really good, that shine is cool!

[pianoman9701]

Amazing work, Steve.