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Title: Knife handle up!
Post by: skullworks on February 09, 2011, 05:56:00 PM

Here are a couple that I did for a Tradganger. The blades are a couple of Craig Barr blades, one damascus & one carbon. The damascus one was handled up with snake wood and mammoth ivory with red spacers and liners. Pins are brass. The other one is some nice buffalo horn with some gold color in it. red liners, brass pins and lanyard tube. Hopefully he will give the additional info on the blades.

 (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/Skullworks02/KNIVES/AmarKnives.jpg)

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Post by: sticshooter on February 09, 2011, 06:03:00 PM

Very nice bro. Love the ivory and snakewood one best.

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Post by: 4est trekker on February 09, 2011, 06:23:00 PM

Boy, those are both very excellent.  I'm fond of everything about them.  I particularly like the looks of that small one.  Great work, and thanks for sharing!

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Post by: DANA HOLMAN on February 09, 2011, 06:58:00 PM

Sweet sweet sweet, nice job
Dana

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Post by: JamesJamison on February 09, 2011, 07:43:00 PM

Nice looking knives.

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Post by: TheBigRedArcher on February 09, 2011, 07:55:00 PM

I agree with Frank. That Snakewood and Ivory is just plain sexy.

TBRA

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Post by: Steve Nuckels on February 09, 2011, 07:58:00 PM

Both, most excellent!

Steve
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Potomac Forge

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Post by: kansas stik man on February 09, 2011, 09:48:00 PM

i love them both but the short one is my pick. something about a black handled skinner. just cant beat it.

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Post by: charlie phillips on February 09, 2011, 09:58:00 PM

THOSE ARE NICE.


    TXCP

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Post by: amar911 on February 09, 2011, 10:24:00 PM

I bought these blades from Craig Barr of Deer Mountain Forge. Craig lives and works in Colorado near the Arkansas River just upriver from the Royal Gorge. He forges his own steel products, including forging his own Damascus. Besides knife blades, Craig also forges tomahawk heads and some other products. I have several of his hawk heads, and they are nice.

The longer blade is a high layer count 5160/15N20. I don't remember what the actual count is, but it was in the hundreds of layers. I only know of a few blades that Craig has made of the high layer count Damascus, because it is much more work than the lower layer count he normally produces, so when this one became available, I bought it. The shorter blade is 52100 ball bearing steel, which I like a lot as a knife steel. You can see the distinctive hamon on the blade that was created during the differential heat treatment. I bought the Damascus blade about a year ago and the 52100 blade about 9 months ago, and I have been waiting to figure out what I wanted to have done with them. I have bought three knives from Clarence in the past, and I knew what great work he does, so I asked him to reshape the full tangs to my design and to install the handles that we discussed and agreed would look good. I already had another mammoth ivory and snakewood handled knife from Clarence, so that choice was easy. I am excited and pleased with the superior job that Clarence did on these two knives. Now I have just a little longer to wait while he builds the sheaths and sends everything to me.

Allan

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Post by: Toecutter on February 09, 2011, 11:29:00 PM

Very Nice!!

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Post by: oldpaths on February 10, 2011, 07:36:00 PM

I love em both!!  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Bodork on February 10, 2011, 09:42:00 PM

Very nice knives!!!

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Post by: Hillbilly81 on February 11, 2011, 12:24:00 AM

Those are a couple sweet looking knives.  :)

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Post by: OconeeDan on February 11, 2011, 08:00:00 AM

Very nice, the handles look great!

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Post by: Hunter 709 on February 14, 2011, 08:37:00 PM

Love the buffalo horn, the red spacers are a real nice accent.