Two damascus kiridashis in progress.

The plain looking kiridashi on the left is an off cut from another knife blade I'm working on. It's my own damascus made from 15n20 and 20c steel. I have done a test etch and the pattern looks promising. It needs hardening still.

The kiridashi on the right is made from cable damascus and has been welded to a piece of rebar. I'm thinking of trying to soak some rope in epoxy and use it for a handle.

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New high quality "anonymous" FD750 budget folder

  Awesome "anonymous" FD750 budget folder from China:

Pros:

- sturdy folder with an excellent fit and finish

- solid lock-up without any blade play

- nice, stone washed, perfectly centered blade

- the back of the blade is "sebenza style" rounded

- comfortable and grippy G10 handle

- lanyard tube

Cons:

- because of the full steel liners it's a bit heavy

- the pocket clip is shiny (mirror finished)

Details:

Blade length: 3.26" (83 mm)

Cutting edge: 3.07" (78 mm)

Blade thickness: 0.129" (3.3 mm)

Blade steel: 8Cr13MoV Stainless Steel (57-58 HRC) 

Open length: 7.75" (197 mm)

Closed length: 4.48" (114 mm)

Handle thickness: 0.48" (12.4 mm)

Weight: 4.86 oz  (138 g)

Handle: G-10 with steel liners

Lock: liner lock

Carry: right hand tip up

You can buy this knife with BM logo: ***HERE***

***HERE*** is a similar styled one with Chris Reeve markings.

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A Jungle Parang - now full tang

There are some pieces of work that you connect with and some that fight you all the way. This one was a fighter. This is the second set of scales it had and they nearly needed to come off too.

For the handle pins, I was going to pein straight brass rods over so it held the scales on, as well as the glue. When I started to rivet them over, it all went wrong with all the pins. Very messy with bits of brass chipping off and not diverting evenly. I don't know why I carried on after the first was going wrong!!

I ended up drilling them all out and managed to replace them with some large loveless bolts.

I welded a piece of mild steel to the small stick tang of the parang to make it a full tang. Micarta liners were made from some old denim jeans.
The scales are an unknown hardwood that I have brushed to add some gentle texture. I soaked the scales overnight in Danish Oil that has given it a lovely colour.

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