Tuxedo Damascus gent's folder

[J. Doyle]

I just finished up this very small slim gents folder.

1084/1095/W2/15n20 Damascus 2 5/8" blade with "twisted steel" fileworked spine. Black g-10 scales with white g-10 pivot and screw collars. Blackened titanium hardware. Black g-10 backspacer with twisted filework. Jeweled titanium lock and liners. 3 1/4" closed. Ultra smooth action on PB washers with ceramic detent.

 

[soundmind]

Beautiful knife, John. Great presentation photo again, too.

I'm intrigued by the damascus mix... idk - still learning - carbon content, toughness, and different contrasts?

Looks overall very light and the twisted spine/backspacer is very cool.

 

[Sean Jones]

Another beauty!

 

[MTBob]

Wow!!

 

[Dennis Morland]

If that knife falls out of your pocket and I pick it up. I would not give it back. I would make it a foot race to keep it. Just saying...

 

[bladegrinder]

That's some really nice looking filework on that backspacer John.

 

[CDHumiston]

Another Beautiful piece of work! Love the file work!

 

[J. Doyle]

Beautiful knife, John. Great presentation photo again, too.

I'm intrigued by the damascus mix... idk - still learning - carbon content, toughness, and different contrasts?

Looks overall very light and the twisted spine/backspacer is very cool.

I mostly used the varying steels for a particular height/layer thickness (based on what I already had on hand) that I was after for another billet not because of any particular property they imparted to the blade.

This piece was leftover from that billet. But a side effect of that mix is a subtle variance of black/grays in the carbon layers due to the different manganese content of the 1095 and w2 compared to the 1084.

The 1095 and w2 may impart an overall higher carbon content to the mix than standard 1080/15n20 but I doubt it's high enough to make much real world difference.

It is still very important (at least to me) that all the steels mix well and have similar heat treats/thermal properties, which these all do.

 

[J. Doyle]

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

[J. Doyle]

If that knife falls out of your pocket and I pick it up. I would not give it back. I would make it a foot race to keep it. Just saying...

I don't blame you Dennis. I was tempted to hang on to this one myself.

 

[soundmind]

I mostly used the varying steels for a particular height/layer thickness (based on what I already had on hand) that I was after for another billet not because of any particular property they imparted to the blade.

I hadn't thought of different etching rates. Along with the color differences that's a great detail.

 

[REK Knives]

That twisted steel file work is such a unique touch, beautiful. Great job John!