Well I did something this weekend and had a blast hanging out with a knifemaking mentor and friend. We spent 3 very full days locked up in a shop and worked through 40 hours of conversation, designing, theories, dreaming and making. What a blast!!! Below are a few pics and looking forward to sharing future builds as they come.
In a nutshell, we designed and built the following with titanium hardware and jeweled the inside of the liners then anodized them all blue to try and make it pop with the fossilized mammoth tusk. Backspacer bar was a piece of copper damascus and blade was stainless damascus. The action is more smooth than i could have imagined after working the race with 14 ball bearings. Topped with a swedge and a thumbstud with inlayed mammoth i came across about 10 years ago. Sent the shaped bolsters over to a friend for engraving and will share back when that returns. Made up a little sheath for it to boot...exhausted haaa! Can't believe we stuck it out honestly but worth it i believe.
In a nutshell, we designed and built the following with titanium hardware and jeweled the inside of the liners then anodized them all blue to try and make it pop with the fossilized mammoth tusk. Backspacer bar was a piece of copper damascus and blade was stainless damascus. The action is more smooth than i could have imagined after working the race with 14 ball bearings. Topped with a swedge and a thumbstud with inlayed mammoth i came across about 10 years ago. Sent the shaped bolsters over to a friend for engraving and will share back when that returns. Made up a little sheath for it to boot...exhausted haaa! Can't believe we stuck it out honestly but worth it i believe.
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