Damascus Hunter

Recently I bought a hydraulic press and produced a Damascus bar.

Although the press makes easier to produce the damascus, I coud not manage to create an uniform pattern. Thus, this first bar is an aleatory pattern with few rain drops. It is made of 1095 carbon steel (old files) and 15N20 and have near 200 layers. In order to produce the desired contrast between the layers, the knife was eached in Ferric Perchlorate and then Phosphatized. The overall shape follows the last hunters I made. The blade is approximatly 4 inches long and was silver soldered to the guard, made of the same damascus piece. The handle is Olive Wood hand sanded and treated with Tung oil.

The sheat was made of dyed leather and ornamented with some basic stamps.