r/Bladesmith

A closer look at the Samurai art folder from Noblie Custom Knives.

The engraving depicts a fight between a samurai and ninjas on the rooftops of a Japanese castle.

The titanium handle scales feature hand engraving with gold, silver, and copper inlays. The recessed background was darkened with black engraving paint to bring out the details, while the copper was patinated using ammonia to give it an aged appearance and additional contrast. The knife has a Damasteel blade and a liner lock mechanism.

An interesting part of this project was combining three different inlay metals, chemical patination, and darkened engraving within a single composition.

First time making a blacksmiths knife. This was forged from part of a coil spring

To clarify just in case, the symbols aren't religious.

They represent the cattle brand of the ranch owned by the client who commissioned the original blade.

San mai with a Core of 1084, 15n20, and 1095. Cladded with 1084 and wearing carbon fiber and canvas Micarta pants with matching pins. This build I decided to try Gator Piss. I think it has its place but for this particular build coffee would have been better. Gator Piss would work great for random pattern weld to mosaics, especially with tight patterns. Let me know what you think.

Full process video of a Damascus chef knife I made. Forged and ground the blade, brought out the pattern, and finished it with a dark wood handle and a green stabilized wood accent. Happy to answer any questions about the build.

First knife I've ever made and I just went to quench it but I'm pretty sure it's still soft I've read about normalizing the metal before quenching it and that I shouldn't heat up my oil but I don't know what color I should be looking for or anything like that

The knife is made out of the spring off of a strut and I'm using canola oil to quench it

San Mai Santoku
80CRV-2 core with 410 ss jacket. Spalted curly maple with ziricote spacer.
6.12" cutting edge, 12.30" AOL
.12" spine
1.87" heel
162g

I recently bought this funky knife from a flea market and I was hoping someone could help me identify it. I have no background on it once so ever but I don’t think its hand forged just due to the fact it has Korea stamped on it lol. Thanks!