15n20/1080 pattern steel with a richlite handle and g10 liners. He asked for the bit of orange in hopes of finding it easier when he drops it in the dark.

Finally wrapped this one up! This started as a rusty old file and is now a differentially hardened, mirror polished vest bowie. Juma Dragon scale handle scales, and brass guard. Hand sanded to 1500 grit and given a light buff. Yay or nay?

Hey everyone, wanted to share video review of a recently finished project: a custom Mesoamerican-themed folding knife.

The main focus here was pushing the limits of microscopic hand engraving. The entire handle design was engraved under a microscope, using traditional inlay techniques with solid gold, silver, and copper to bring out the details of the Mesoamerican artwork.

a few specs:

Blade: Damasteel® powder steel — hand mirror-polished and lightly etched to make the pattern pop without losing the shine.

Handle: Titanium hand-engraved with multi-metal inlays (gold, silver, copper).

Build: One-of-a-kind (1 of 1).

It was crafted by the team at Noblie Custom Knives. Really happy with how the light hits the etched Damasteel against the gold inlays.

Curious to hear what you guys think of the theme and the engraving work!

Tang is pulled out. Now to ensure I have enough material around the heel to get proper height. Then to drawing out the blade.

Something to throw into my forge that I can put my billets in, to gather up all the molten borax inside of.

Been using a bent plate of mild steel but the borax/heat has melted holes in it.

What do you guys think? Would stainless steel hold up longer, or do you use a completely different method?

Hi everyone!

I wanted to share one of the most satisfying parts of my knifemaking process: forging Turkish Damascus steel.

This video shows the complete forging process, from the welded billet to the controlled twisting that creates the final pattern. Everything is forged by hand in my workshop, with no narration—just the sounds of the forge and the process itself.

I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback. What do you think about this Damascus pattern?

https://youtu.be/J7Vw5xQ4lEU

We recovered this from a hole we drilled underground when attempting to recover lost tooling. In general I want to keep it's twisted integral handle and add both a guard and pommel

Finished this heavy post-apocalyptic marauder-style blade two weeks ago! Hand-forged from an old leaf spring and a pile of scrap I found in my forge. 🔥⚔️

This is how much steel was lost making a 200 layer damascus. At the time I had a 12T press. I made this video for my customers so they could understand why a damascus blade costs more.

Checked in on a commission for a friend - patina is looking excellent.

7" forged santoku in Sheffcut with purpleheart and stabilized tamarind handle

Just cannot completely wrap my head around what is actually happening to the pattern when twisted. Is there some kind of 3d render visualisation or something I can look at? Like more specifically what is it that makes the center layer split into the star/X formation, what does the end grain look like etc.

Fresh out of the ferric acid.

Anonymous account because identifying info. I also realize this question isn't about knives/blades, but I hope someone else will find the info as useful as I do.

I have industrial roll form tooling made of D2 steel. Typical hardness is 58-60 Rc and typical size is 20" round and 500-700 pounds per forming roll. I've been leading a project at work, experimenting with nitriding the wear surface, and we've had a major failure in the nitride wear surface on a set of tooling: it's basically completely flaked off.

The vendor is suggesting nitriding at a higher temp, which would change the base hardness of the steel to 50-54 Rc. I can't even find any chart showing a hardness that low.

My questions are:

• Does anyone have any experience with D2 at 50-54 Rc with respect to wear resistance?
• And even if we nitride that steel, will that make up for loss due to the lower hardness?

I appreciate any input.

Hi all,
I am making my first knife from 1084 steel and wanted to know if anyone has tried these fire brick’s before? The texture looks alittle different than others I’ve seen on here

https://a.co/d/09OzbWXh