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Title: ebony/damascus knife
Post by: Bodork on October 23, 2008, 09:06:00 PM

Honestly, I fell a little intimidated when I show my knives here, because it seems most of you make your own blades and I still buy mine already made. I'm proud of them nontheless so here is a picture of my latest. Ebony handle with bloodwood liners and a seiki city damascus blade. Homemade mosaic pins. Blade is 3" long and O.A.L. is 7".  thanks, Mike
 
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Title: Re: ebony/damascus knife
Post by: JEFF B on October 23, 2008, 09:23:00 PM

real nice mike  :thumbsup:

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Post by: vermonster13 on October 23, 2008, 09:36:00 PM

That is one sweet looking knife!

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Post by: prarieboy on October 23, 2008, 09:52:00 PM

Really NICE!!!!!!!
Are you willing to share how to build those pins?

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Post by: Larry Surtees on October 23, 2008, 10:01:00 PM

Very nice!

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Post by: skullworks on October 24, 2008, 07:29:00 AM

Nice job! I build mine the same way. Seki City is awesome! Those pins are insane!

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Post by: DW on October 24, 2008, 09:10:00 AM

Nice...like the handle combo....Don

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Post by: Kevin Evans on October 24, 2008, 10:26:00 AM

Very Nice!!

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Post by: Chris Surtees on October 24, 2008, 02:15:00 PM

Great looking knife Mike   :thumbsup:

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Post by: drewsbow on October 24, 2008, 10:06:00 PM

sweet

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Post by: Lin Rhea on October 25, 2008, 05:31:00 AM

What matters is your making a good knife. It certainly lives up to that. There's just something about making cutting tools that is so cool. Very nice pins. I'd like to see how you put those together. Lin

Title: Re: ebony/damascus knife
Post by: Bodork on October 25, 2008, 03:32:00 PM

Thanks for the compliments, guys. The pins are no big secret at all. I just used some of that star-shaped tubing from hobby lobby and stuck a piece of 12 GA. copper wire into it with black epoxy. I just drilled holes that the tubing fit into real snug and set them in black epoxy. I just didn't put them into the round tube like you normally do. You can't see the round hole even if you look for it(i've tried). This wouldn't work on a colored wood but because the epoxy and ebony are both black, it worked well. I really suspected you would be able to see the round holes at least a little, but you can't! I got lucky!   :D  Thanks again, Mike

Title: Re: ebony/damascus knife
Post by: Bodork on October 25, 2008, 03:32:00 PM

Title: Re: ebony/damascus knife
Post by: MYSTIKBOW on October 25, 2008, 08:41:00 PM

DANG !! I like THAT!! Very well done, no matter who made the blade.   :thumbsup:

Title: Re: ebony/damascus knife
Post by: Ga.boy on October 28, 2008, 11:20:00 PM

Here is another Bodork knife that now belongs to yours truly. If memory serves me correctly it is also a Seiki City damascus blade. Handle is Osage & Ebony with Bloodwood liners and Mike's custom pins. 3-1/2" blade, 7-1/4" OAL. Now my favorite knife!

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Title: Re: ebony/damascus knife
Post by: Ga.boy on November 07, 2008, 11:14:00 AM

Well, it used to be my favorite knife. My better half confiscated it as her jerky knife. LOL.