1095 / cable damascus – Badger Forge https://ranum.com/badger_forge Metal with Marcus Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:53:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://ranum.com/badger_forge/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-ievas-badger-512-32x32.jpg 1095 / cable damascus – Badger Forge https://ranum.com/badger_forge 32 32 Occam’s Petty Knife https://ranum.com/badger_forge/2021/01/19/occams-petty-knife/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:49:02 +0000 https://ranum.com/badger_forge/?p=403

Handle is fiddleback maple with ebony bolster. Blade is 1095 carbon steel plow cable welded then shaped end-on to maximize the grain effect. Mirror polished then etched in phosphoric acid and manganese dioxide.

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Face-on wire rope damascus, ebony bolster and fiddleback maple. The maple is from an old piece I inherited from my grandfather.

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Chisel-ground blade of 1095 high carbon steel wire rope, welded and crushed end-on. Differential tempered to show hamon. Handle is 7000 year-old bog oak with silver 16ga wrap bolster.

]]> Jazzlet’s Eye-Gouger 2.0 https://ranum.com/badger_forge/2019/10/10/jazzlets-eye-gouger-2-0/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 03:43:10 +0000 https://ranum.com/badger_forge/?p=228

End-forged 1095 wire rope damascus. Thick wedge-shaped blade with strong tang.

Handle is burl maple and bog oak.

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1095 wire rope damascus. Bolster is ebony; handle is bog oak.

The handle is shaped with two angled surfaces at the backbone, and large flat bevels that meet at a small flat surface. It’s weird-looking but it fits the hand very well.

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1095 cable damascus with unfinished blade back. Burl oak handle and scabbard with turned ebony lock-peg and copper accents. Handle is mokume’ gane and burl oak.

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1095 high carbon cable differentially quenched to show temper-line, mirror polish. Handle is ebony with resin-infused claro walnut.

]]> Heartbreaker https://ranum.com/badger_forge/2019/08/11/heartbreaker/ Sun, 11 Aug 2019 01:52:20 +0000 https://ranum.com/badger_forge/?p=193

1095 wire rope “plow cable” damascus, differentially tempered. Handle is redwood burl and vintage redwood.

I made this for Dan G.; I was aiming for a “down home kitchen knife” for a fellow who’s mostly a farmer. I was quite happy with how it came out until I noticed it was slightly bent. Since it’s differentially tempered I knew there was a good chance that I could tap it back into line with a little rap on the anvil. Instead, I made a crack in the martensite edge near the tip. I’ll try again later.

]]> Gary M’s Coffin-handle Slicer https://ranum.com/badger_forge/2019/08/11/gary-ms-coffin-handle-slicer/ Sun, 11 Aug 2019 01:41:24 +0000 https://ranum.com/badger_forge/?p=184

1095 high carbon steel plow wire rope, differentially tempered. Handle is stabilized bog oak, silver, and ebony.

This handle shape is surprisingly positive. I based the dimensions on his favorite chef’s knives.

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Blade is 1095 core with cable damascus facings. Handle is ebony collar with bog oak.

Flaws: in the course of pressing out the billet, I got a piece of scale embedded in the face of the blade, near the guard. That is not a maker’s mark, it’s a great big cinder. Once I realized there was going to be a hole, I left it.

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