MaDuce Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I thought I posted this earlier but it appears I didn't. All of the following knives were heat treated and therma cycled (cryo treated) by Metal Science/Angel Sword.This is a hunting knife I built. Handle is made of cocobolo and brass. As the marking indicates, the blade is made of S-7 steel. I tested the sharpness by shaving a patch of hair off my arm with it. I refined it a little since these pictures were taken. Sold it to a friend for $200 (around what it cost to make). I made this knife out of the same piece of metal that the hunting knife was made of. I originally listed it for sale on craigslist and on this forum but wound up giving it to my cousin's fiance for Christmas. Literally beyond razor sharp.This is my wootz pocket knife. My personal carry-knife. I waited in line for 3 years (2 for the bar stock, 1 for the heat treat) to get the blade built. It has held up extremely well. In fact, some idiot got his hands on it and damaged the handle beyond repair, but the blade it's self remained unscathed. I had since replaced it with a newer one that I am much happier with. Both handle and blade seam to have grown sleeker and better performing over time. A couple years in to ownership it went missing for a half a year or so. It was in surprisingly good shape considering the blade had suffered ALLOT of water exposure during the time missing, but it still had some bad blemish. I was fortunate enough to restore the blade with only a few pits. The most obvious is near the center of the right side of the blade and 3 tiny pits are also visible above it on the left side of the blade above the thumb grip.BTW. Mr. Robobot, this is the one you held when we met.This picture (taken with it's original handle and before I lost it) shows the micro carbide fiber pattern in the metal. As Damascus steel is just a brand of wootz, this pattern is what caused pattern welded steel to be commonly mistaken for Damascus. The pattern is visible in one of the above pictures, but it only appears as a slight ripple in the reflection.Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 That level of work takes some serious skill - that's amazing, man. <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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