Beautiful work! Love the handle on the damascus fighter.

Well done work here! Someone has shown you some great foundational techniques that it seems you are natural at! Don’t ignore smaller knives as these will be your “ Bread and Butter”. The more detailed in thought, and detailed balance/ symmetry, you can go to your artistic side and get wonderfully wild! Enjoy a real craft. Most of all , enjoy. Great job⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️

Very nice. What a great hobby!

The talent on this forum never ceases to amaze me.
Very well done!

That looks better than journeyman to me. Great craftsmanship !

Great looking knives. +1 on the tip from Xer0 for single needle stitching. A 3/16" mosaic pin would be perfect in the handle through the tang, just a thought.

Beautiful work. Yes, you would love having a mill.

...and...

It will keel...

The damascus knife is an awesome piece of work.

If you made others what would your price be?

Looks like you've got a bright future as a knifemaker, hope you keep at it. I've collected customs for over 30 years was never really into Damascus, I'm partial to the other. Good luck with your testing, be sure to post the knives on here.

Anyone who can earn an ABS Journeyman certification is the real deal.

Do you have a website or other sales site? You do good work.

Graceful lines & usable size. Impressive work. Thanks for sharing. And sign me up for your pending catalog.

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Originally posted by DaBigBR:
Go ahead and put me down for one of those damascus fighters. Great looking knife.

(Seriously, I'd buy one)

If you decide to make some Damascus fighters available to forum members, please put me down for one as well.

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Originally posted by sybo:
Well done work here! Someone has shown you some great foundational techniques that it seems you are natural at! Don’t ignore smaller knives as these will be your “ Bread and Butter”. The more detailed in thought, and detailed balance/ symmetry, you can go to your artistic side and get wonderfully wild! Enjoy a real craft. Most of all , enjoy. Great job⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️

I'm with sybo. I'd love to see what you could craft in a hunting knife. Say damascus blade, file work on the spline for grip, an index finger sized choil, mosiac pins, etc.

Very impressive!

You have talent. Put me down for a sub hilt fighter.

Awesome karma - count me in!

Kidding aside, if this is the beginning if your journey i can't wait to see where you end up. If you ever decide to sell your wares I hope you will let us know.

Beautiful work, and I’d be down for a twin to that Damascus fighter as well,

Hey guys, Thank you so much for the support. This has been a process that I started, mainly because I find it very rich for the soul. Something amazing about making something with my hands.

I am very familiar with Jantz They have taken much of my money. Right now I am trying to track down some 410 Stainless so I can attempt another San Mai billet. Whew that stuff is expensive.

I started with the single needle approach. However, what I have found is that the 2 needle saddle stitch, every stitch is a knot so it makes for a binding connection not likely to unravel. I have it down to about 20 seconds a stitch.

Tomorrow, I return to work on the remaining three knives in process and forge a new Damascus billet. I hope to have my shop 'rebuild' done so that I can work more efficiently at the house.

This new billet will make 3-4 knives and one knife will be used to test and destroy. I just want to see how the welds hold up. Unfortunately, that means the blade is destroyed. But then I know the limits of the edge, material and it builds confidence in the process and my skill.
Mrs. Redstone is already leaning on me to start selling them, especially since I purchased a 40t forge press That monster can squish!

Again thank you guys for the support, I look forward to showing you the san mai when I finish it this weekend. That is the plan anyway.

-David

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Anyone who can earn an ABS Journeyman certification is the real deal.

Do you have a website or other sales site? You do good work.

Not yet, and I am unsure. I do 90% of my work with Resilience Forge This is the real reason I got into all of this, I was helping my friend Kyle and I just kept working and learning. Getting to help vets learn as well just makes it truly wonderful.

Put me on the list please