11" blade, 16.5" overall. W2 with a midare hamon and stabilized redwood burl handle.
Just brought this one home from the Janesville Wis. show and had some beautiful photos taken by Cory Martin Imaging.
Forged from W1 and 15n20 damascus in a raindrop pattern. Handle done in a traditional stingray skin and cord wrap then resin impregnated. Just keeping it simple. Overall length 10.25" with 5.5" blade, .25" blade thickness.
Haven't been on the forum in ages, just been super busy and figured it was time to pull myself out of the "man cave" and share some of the stuff I've been working on.
A few new tactical pieces I just finished. Both are W1 and 15n20 damascus with stingray and resin soaked cord wrap.
Specs are
CPM3V .25 thick
33" overall length with 22.5-23" depending on where you measure to
blade width is 1.6" Very wide for a katana but balances out SWEET! and give a mean look
Heat treated by Peters. The flats are etched with a splatter pattern and the cutting edge is finished to a...
Damascus is 1095 and 8670 in a modified ladder pattern
Ironwood scales with bronze pins
Overall length- 8.5"
Blade length- about 4.5"
Scabbard is leather lined kydex
This is one of two new Karambit designs I'll be doing this year after having tweaked the design quite a bit over the past year.
Just finished this one up last week
Blade is 4.25" with a 9" overall length.
Damascus is 1095/8670
Handle is Lightning strike carbon fiber
Comes with a leather lined kydex sheath
I plan on doing another one with stingray skin and a cord wrap but I'm pretty thrilled with how the lightning...
For any and all interested I'll be doing a seminar/ Hammer-in at my shop in North Central Indiana. I'll be offering hands-on to 6-7 active participants. Basically working side by side with each person to forge out a blade, heat treat, and grind for them to take home. I'm also planning on doing...
Looks kind of like a contemporary style aikuchi. In the picture you can see the bamboo peg which acts the same as any retaining pin. Basically pop that out and it will release the blade.
Here's a new one I just finished up.
Blade is Cpm 30v 5"
handle is carbon fiber 5.25"
Most of my fighter designs are 6" or over and I wanted to do something a bit shorter and more concealable. Let me know what you guys think.
Hi all, good friend and fellow bladesmith Kevin Cashen told me about the forum. Here to check out the community and see if I can contribute. look forward to being a part of things. Rick