Roman Stoklasa Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Hi friends! I have just finished scandi style knives. The first one has three layers san mai blade with O2 steel core and birch bark/bronze handle, the second one has W2 steel blade with hamon line and flamed red oak/copper handle. Thank's for watching and comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Roman, Wonderful work , just beautiful...the leather design and workmanship is beautiful as well....thank you for posting this, it is inspirational. Blade #1 has a pattern in the steel ( it seems)..is this a crucible steel? Edited July 23, 2014 by Jan Ysselstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Harris Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 That first hamon; how did you get it so distinct? Trying to make each knife just a little better than the last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Hebbard Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Awsome work, Roman! I love your style, those bolsters and pommels you make are just wonderful!!! Great pakage, now I'll go sulk (I mean ponder) about your skill! To become old and wise... You first have to survive being young and foolish! Ikisu.blogsot.com. Email; milesikisu@gmail.com mobile: +27784653651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) I love your knives Roman; they are so unique and gorgeous! I am always excited when I see a post from you. @Caleb - not a hamon, but instead I would image that the blade is a laminate and you are seeing the transition between the inner steel and the jacket steel. Edited July 25, 2014 by Wes Detrick “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 the texture on the copper, and the handle shapes really get to me. I am smitten. those are beauties. please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I am quickly becoming a fan of your work sir. Both are amazing. George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ullrich Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Wonderful knives, Roman! I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan.... - Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveEvans Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 You have your own style that I admire very much. The knives and the leather are very well done and distinctive. Thanks for sharing! Dave Dave Evans, Maker http://WinDancerKnives.Com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Tim215 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Beautifully done! "Any system that does not give ample opportunity for talent to displace unearned rank (dead money) will, in the end, be forcibly replaced" http://fireandforge.wozaonline.co.za/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Abbott Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Outstanding! You'll make a scandi fan out of me yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Those are both fabulous! The birchbark handle is my favorite, though, just by a hair. Jan, that looks like alloy banding to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen Dahlberg Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) They're gorgeous and incredibly well made!But I have two questions:-How much is there to gain from laminating when the main bevel eats up alot of the supporting mild/iron? -Could we agree on a term for knives with scandi contour and sheath but american style bevels and/or non-laminated edges? Edited July 24, 2014 by Steffen Dahlberg http://lumberjocks.com/Stefflus/projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Norris Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 What steel do you use to sandwich the O2 with in your San Mai? I very much like your style... The contrast of texture with smooth, polished, surfaces is visually intriguing and strongly organic at the same time. The leather work is top notch too! ~Bruce~ “All work is empty save when there is love, for work is love made visible.” Kahlil Gibran "It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them." - Alfred Adler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielQ Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 As always, you have style and a sense of design that is lovely to behold. Your knives have movement and harmony. Something I think more and more of and struggle with every time I make a knife. Beautiful work. They're gorgeous and incredibly well made!But I have two questions:-How much is there to gain from laminating when the main bevel eats up alot of the supporting mild/iron? -Could we agree on a term for knives with scandi contour and sheath but american style bevels and/or non-laminated edges? I don't know man.. There are such wide views out in the world of what is a "scandi", "puukkot", "veitti", "kniv", and so on and so on... Sometimes it looks like it's only the grind that matters, sometimes is just because it's a sticktang, sometimes it is because it is made in the geographical area of Scandinavia. Personally I think it is confusing, I didn't even know there was such a thing called a "scandi" before I started reading on international forums. But it must be even more confusing for those that are not involved with the scandinvian knife scene and isn't familiar with the different regions and styles.But the knives that Roman show has always struck a cord with me, he would be very well respected as a contemporary maker here in Sweden and his knives would not feel out of place in any way. The style he has has a lot more common to the knives we make here than most knives I see on forums labeled as "scandies" even though the grind is a bit different from what some people want on a scandi.However, in the way that languages work, maybe a more specific vocabulary will evolve almost by itself as it sometimes does :-), until then, I'll just enjoy all these beautiful knives I keep seeing from around the world. No matter what they are labeled as. //DQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.H.Graham Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Gorgeous! Randal www.rhgraham.simpl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter johnsson Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Very nice knives. It is refreshing to see some new subtle twists on the traditional scandinavian knife. Lots of character with very little bling.-I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen Dahlberg Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Well said, DanielQ. http://lumberjocks.com/Stefflus/projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Stoklasa Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Hello gentlemen and thank you for all posts! At the first. The blade on the birch bark knife is made of billet which I bought from one dealer of knifemaking supplies here in Czech republic. It consist of Czech equivalents of AISI Gr. 1045 and O2. Unfortunatelly I'm not equipped for forge welding; I have only simple gas kiln, anvil and hammer, so I can forge only simple not welded blades. Every damascus and laminated blades are made of billets bought mostly from knifemakers from Czech rep. DanielQ: thank you very much. In 2008 I was in Sävsjö knifeshow and met Michael West, this year winner of "best of show" category in Solingen. He is wery friendly guy by the way. I can see his clear modern designed knives in my own hands. You can say it has't pure scandinavian shapes, but for me it's modern essence of nordic tradition. I think that is about a feeling. We are living in 21th century and we can set influences from all of the world and creating with absolutelly freedom...uff... I hope that is understandable with my bad english. Back to my work: customer for who is the birch bark knife needs to collection little neck. Here are the pictures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Scarlatti Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I love your work so much, especially the neck knife. I'm curious; do you scratch the texture in the bolster or is that chemically etched? Also, that is copper, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy spake Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 thanks for posting the additional photos of the small knife being made. it is a perfect pairing to the larger knife. inspirational work, thank you very much for sharing! - jeremy spake - spakeknife.com - instagram.com/jspake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Stoklasa Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 Thak you! Tim Scarlatti: It's scratched with edge of carbide burr fitted on my high speed micromotor. Than it's patinated on sodium polysulfide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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