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Made these 3 knives today,in the middle is a Damascus blade,imported along with some mosaic pins(Pins inside pins)

The wood on the 2 others is Yew and I chose london plane for the Damascus,still have some sanding and polishing to do though

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They are all lovely, the London Plane is really nice. With the Damascus, did it come to you with the white bits near the hilt and top, or did you do that?

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You are certainly very adept to making these Matt, they're superb.
 
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chas_41_uk said:
A lovely set of knives Matty :thumbs:
Is the Damascus acid etched? I've never seen circles in real Damascus before :thinks:
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Yeah it's real Damascus which has been etched to show the two different steels...Damascus can be made into any pattern using maths and complicated formulas which tell you in which direction to fold etc,some people have been able to fold their initials or stars and triangles into it!
 
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Buckeye said:
They are all lovely, the London Plane is really nice. With the Damascus, did it come to you with the white bits near the hilt and top, or did you do that?

Peter
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The white bits are different types of steels, there are 2 steels which have been welded then folded 100's of times,it's then dipped in acid and each steel reacts differently to the acid,some go grey and others go black,giving the comparison..without an acid dip,you couldn't tell there was multiple types of steel there
 
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For anyone interested in Damascus.. you can see what Acid does in the images below (copied these from a knife forum,credit goes to original owner! )

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Smashing Matty, well done, that is one big bolster did you make it or was a kit form knife.
Love the Yew too init?
 
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mattyts said:
The white bits are different types of steels, there are 2 steels which have been welded then folded 100's of times,it's then dipped in acid and each steel reacts differently to the acid,some go grey and others go black,giving the comparison..without an acid dip,you couldn't tell there was multiple types of steel there
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It's just that I have a chefs knife that is damascus, but it doesn't have the white bits and I thought that you may have etched it to make those.

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Great looking knives Matty, when i was your age i also had a love for Knives, i would had loved to been able to have done similar work my friend ... :thumbs:
 
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