Salem Straub Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) My latest finished piece. It's a khyber knife, of integral construction in composite zanjir damascus, with a hilt of desert ironwood burl. The blade is 15" long, the overall length is 21", and the weight is 1 lb., 4.65 oz. It is 1-7/8" tall at the heel. It features a traditional T-spine, and a false edge in front. Tang passes fully through and is secured with a twist damascus finial nut suitable for lanyard use. Ended up making a sheath... here's a vid of that. Edited August 16, 2017 by Salem Straub 4 Please come and waste some otherwise perfectly good time, looking at my knives! www.prometheanknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Camper Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Truly amazing work. that T top I can assume had to be forged in. How did you grind the blade? Perhaps you ground it , then only heated the spine so you could sort of peen it into a T? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Craft Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Now say that 10 times real fast, Integral Zanjir Damascus Khyber Knife , that is a mouthful! Wow and the knife is an eye full. Salem I have followed your work from the time, back when I was frequenting Blade Fourms. Com till now. I think this one may be one of your finest works!! You make an intergals look like childs play and we all know they are not, especially when well executed !! Very fine Damascus! I keep going back to the pics and every time I see something new!! That is one fine piece!! C Craft Customs ~~~ With every custom knife I build I try to accomplish three things. I want that knife to look so good you just have to pick it up, feel so good in your hand you can't wait to try it, and once you use it, you never want to put it down ! If I capture those three factors in each knife I build, I am assured the knife will become a piece that is used and treasured by its owner! ~~~ C Craft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I saw the pictures on IG and was impatiently waiting for you to post them here so I could look at the embiggened versions. It was worth it. Beautiful work. That steel is something else. I don't know how if it is a secret, but if you don't mind me asking... how did you create the step overhand along the spine? Did you grind the entire blade vertically along the platen with that part hanging off? Thanks! “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...
Garry Keown Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I love the combination of steel makeup and excecution combined with the spectacular piece of wood so cleverly shaped to beautifully compliment the whole wonderfull piece of work. Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Yes sir, very fine indeed. Geoff "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hewitt Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 That's the finest bit of craftsmanship I've seen in a good long while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I know some members wanted a 'head exploding' emoji some time back. Right now I want a drooling emoji. That is a great knife Salem. Thanks. "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 DAYYUM!!! That's all for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Pierce Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Salem, from tip to nut this just flows. So many interesting and I'm sure difficult parts to this, simply amazing. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen bush Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Now that is Trixy von uber Pixy! forging soul in to steel owenbush.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter-Paul Derks Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Wow! This surely is the coolest knife I have seen in a while! I too, am very interested to know how you pulled off that T-spine. http://mefecit.nl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salem Straub Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Guys, if you want to see the build, here's a WIP album with captions that I did on Facebook: It includes some detail of the T spine as well as the patterning of the steel. 2 Please come and waste some otherwise perfectly good time, looking at my knives! www.prometheanknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Magnificent. 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...
Karim Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 fat sh1t as we would say !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Miller Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Been watching this come together on Instagram and Facebook, super impressive to watch. The lines and proportions all flow very well, and I love the look of depth and contrast you got out of your pattern weld! “If you trust in yourself. . . believe in your dreams. . . and follow your star. . . you will still get beaten by the people who have spent their time working hard and learning things, the people who weren't so lazy.” ~ Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Whoa, that is inspiring. Thanks for the FB wip link as well. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Kaiser Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Awesome work Brother!!! A man is no better than his word! Check out the web site @ www.thekaisercustomknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel James Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I feel like i could buy this for 2k and flip it for an easy 8k profit Amazing work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan P. Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Welded on bolsters? That's hardcore! *begins slow clap* http://www.prendergastknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salem Straub Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Welding the bolsters on is an effective way to get pattern on the bolsters at the same resolution as the blade... the other way is to build the blade from thick tiles and have the blade tiles "pre-compressed" so that the pattern when drawn out matches the bolster pattern. That approach wouldn't really apply to multibar. Believe me, it's always a gamble welding bolsters on when this far into a billet! They don't always succeed... Please come and waste some otherwise perfectly good time, looking at my knives! www.prometheanknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salem Straub Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Oh, and check the sheath out y'all, I think it's an interesting item... Please come and waste some otherwise perfectly good time, looking at my knives! www.prometheanknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergal Fleming Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 That's stunning, and the WIP shots were a real eye-opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Stokes Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Simply stunning. The planning and execution... (slow clap) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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