Posts Tagged "sold"


Sometimes I have the great luck to work with materials that are special to me. Among those curly birch has been for a long time of increasing interest. I was allowed for this true bespoke commission a free hand with it. This is the result: combined with african blackwood and bronze that sets the curlybirch off with their quiet and understated appearance, the overall impression is rich of features, yet well balanced in somewhat...

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TNT666/1.2443 Sanmai kitchen knife

TNT666/1.2443 Sanmai kitchen knife


Posted on Apr 7, 2021

After my friend Achim Wirtz gave me a piece of TNT666 to play with, I ended up with forging it as sanmai constructed blade material for cooking knives. while it firewelds like a dream it can be challenging in further working, if temperatures are not under control. after some experimenting, I came up with a viable heat treatment to make use of the steel´s properties. Thanks to his remarkable composition, there is little to very little...

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Myoushu

Myoushu


Posted on Feb 14, 2021

Myoushu is a highend damascus cooking knife. The blade is a composition of TWR/1.2513 vintage tungsten steel combined with 145sc and in a first weld and later with very thin layers of 75ni8 nickel steel covered by a springy jacket of s700 construction grade manganese steel and 75ni8 nickel steel that was later mixed with a very high carbon steel and 75ni8 nickel steel to create islands in the pattern at a later stage. The handle is...

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A Dagger for Paul

A Dagger for Paul


Posted on Nov 14, 2019

Paul asked me if I was game to make him a dagger. After some sketches and talks, we decided to make this one. It should have something special, business-like. I chose a very unique tungsten damascus with various tool steels added.Comissionned and completed in 2019. I like to make my daggers with an extra thick point zone. This point being no exception is about 8mm thick: almost 1/4″. For the hilt, I selected a unique piece of...

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A new FDS for Jens

A new FDS for Jens


Posted on Nov 12, 2019

FDS stands for the name Feuille de Sauge. the blade is made of 1.2002, a filesteel with 1,2%C The beautiful blond handle is made from the horn point of a Watusi ochs.

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