2 more knives and sheath

Here a small update, i made a cable damast knife and after working with it i was not satisfied so i changed the handle, it was to long and i personalized it by adding a Samoan symbol at the end of the handle.
The damast didn't came out so much so i etched it a extra  couple of times and it also i missed a sheath for it so i made one out of a old booth laying around.
I hand stitched the the leather sheath and added some old glass beads on it abd a seed i found in the jungle of Bolivia when i was there. Also i added a nice piece of vilt cloth (1930 USA/NY) from a cigar box with a old native american pattern on it (and No it's not meant as a nazi swastika from Hitler and No i don't have any right wing sympathies, this symbol is used by tribes all over the world for more than 1000 years and has many positive meanings).
The next knife started out as a small kitchen knife project but now when it's finished i think it's more a utility knife, something you can use for many things.
It's a high carbon damast blade, full tang with convex grind, silver/nickel pins and a hexagon brass pin in the middle.
Thanx for watching, Igor.

Cable damascus

Last 3 weeks i've been working on some designs, i forged some different types of knives and i hammer out an old double headed peen hammer to make an axe.
Because i had surgery on my leg i was not able to forge a lot but had time enough to sit on a chair and make up some new ideas.
Thanx for watching, take care Igor.

Brut de Forge hunter, cable damast, convex edge,
arrowhead hammer stroke pattern and tumb ridge, handle made out of
horse chestnut burl from Hawai.

Axe out of a old double headed peen hammer,
with hazel handle and a burned in Samoantattoo symbol.

This is a little woodcarver, Brut de forge mini drop point, with
convex edge and arrowhead hammer stroke pattern, firework
on the spine, handle made from deer antlers, guard from black
epoxy with abalone, butt cap from abalone. 

Last pictures are some new ideas for knives i have been working on,
work in progress....

Bushcraft Parang

This mini parang is inspired on a blade from Fox Knives http://www.foxknivesusa.com/en/product/2425/fox_parang_bushcraft_jung.html
After testing this knife out a year ago i liked the way how it worked but hated the handle and the cheap finish.
I copied the blade and than i modified it into something that i thought would be better, for example i gave it a sharper point so it's more versatile in use as a bush crafter,  changed the spine of the blade and made the edges sharper for using a fire steel and gave it a convex sharper edge, what i do with all of my knives.
The blade is hand forged out of Modified CM60 steel, hidden tang and a forced acid patina pattern.
The handle is made out of desert ironwood burl and bone.
The bone is probably is  a cow's leg i found some years ago under my house while rebuilding the place,  don't worry i didn't kill my neighbors;)
And the desert ironwood burl is a leftover piece from another knife i made.
A silver/nickel pin and a engraved a sharkteeth pattern into the bone which i filled up with black epoxy, the same i did at the pommel of the handle.
After i finished the blade i tested it out, and it holds better in hand than the original version, also because it's more heavy in weight it chops easier  and the convex edge changed allot.
I forged the knife a year ago when i did not have a makers stamp yet so the is no mark on the blade, instead of that i made a shield with my makers stamp on it of red copper what came out pretty cool but was overdone on the knife.
Now i have the shield i am thinking of using this more often on a handle or on the back of the pommel if it fits the knife, give's it that  look from these old school knives they made in the frontiers period.
Anyway, thanks for watching take care and keep forging ahead!
Igor

Shield with the KK makers stamp

Handmade sharp things from the Lowlands

I made two little mini 'Brut de Forge' bushcraft knives with burl and striped tiger maple, also i added some arrow point hammer stroke effect.
The green handle knife is a G10 Ghost jade, with spring steel, convex edge, silver/nickel pins and a hexagon brass pin, also added a custom firesteel made out of the same scale material.
The knife with wooden handle is a damascus steel 'Brut de Forge' with tropical hardwood out of Costa Rica (don't know the type of wood because the customer brought me a piece), silver/nickel pins convex edge and i added on request a piece of a golden chain into one side of the handle, it's the golden chain from his mother who passed away.

Mini 'Brut de Forge' Bushcrafters

Utility 'Brut de Forge' knife

'Brut deForge' Utility kitchen/kamp knife