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I do love the looks of a Damascus blade. And, these blades can cut. Here is my latest Damascus knife. Got it just yesterday.

Damascus dagger with camel bone handle. S&W Model 15-4.
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Birdgun said:
I do love the looks of a Damascus blade. And, these blades can cut. Here is my latest Damascus knife. Got it just yesterday.

Damascus dagger with camel bone handle. S&W Model 15-4.
God bless,
Birdgun
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All you need is a bullwhip and you can go all out Indiana Jones.
BTW, I know who made the gun, but who made the beautiful knife?
 
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I don’t sew how in the world it is possible for them to sell that knife for $95!
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Easy. I know a guy who retails close to 1000 similar knives a year at prices ranging from $60 to $150. He buys them for, like, $7 a piece -- from Pakistan. If you push him a bit, he'll 'fess up that they are more "decorator pieces" than working knives.
 
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Damascus Abalone & Gold

This is the only knife with a Damascus steel blade that I own. The knife scales are of Abalone shell, and the knife plated in gold. The knife is not marked with the country in which it was made.

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Pisgah said:
Easy. I know a guy who retails close to 1000 similar knives a year at prices ranging from $60 to $150. He buys them for, like, $7 a piece -- from Pakistan. If you push him a bit, he'll 'fess up that they are more "decorator pieces" than working knives.
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These Damascus knives do come from Pakistan (not my favorite country). I have purchased at least a dozen Pakistan Damascus knives and they are all functional knives as well as decorative (I doubt I'll use the daggers for anything more than just looking at). I have two large kitchen knives that we use on a regular basis cutting veggies and meat. These do work. Only negatives I have is they are heavy and will rust easily. The other knives I've had were table knives, 4-inch blade hunting/skinning knives, and one Bowie. In every case, the knives had excellent craftsmanship, razor sharp, and decorative. I've given many of these Damascus knives as gifts. If you like Damascus blades, these are well made.

Here are a couple of another Pakistan Damascus knives that I've had over 5 years now. Got these through a relative who owns a business and can get them for me at his wholesale prices. These are from a different company. The handles are real antler.

Table steak knife with stag handle. S&W Model 34-1
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Dagger with stag handle. S&W Model 19-3
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Thanks for looking at my Damascus knives.

God bless,
Birdgun
 
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Birdgun said:
These Damascus knives do come from Pakistan (not my favorite country). I have purchased at least a dozen Pakistan Damascus knives and they are all functional knives as well as decorative (I doubt I'll use the daggers for anything more than just looking at). I have two large kitchen knives that we use on a regular basis cutting veggies and meat. These do work. Only negatives I have is they are heavy and will rust easily. The other knives I've had were table knives, 4-inch blade hunting/skinning knives, and one Bowie. In every case, the knives had excellent craftsmanship, razor sharp, and decorative. I've given many of these Damascus knives as gifts. If you like Damascus blades, these are well made.

Here are a couple of another Pakistan Damascus knives that I've had over 5 years now. Got these through a relative who owns a business and can get them for me at his wholesale prices. These are from a different company. The handles are real antler.

Table steak knife with stag handle. S&W Model 34-1
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Dagger with stag handle. S&W Model 19-3
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Thanks for looking at my Damascus knives.

God bless,
Birdgun
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The Damascus Dagger with stag handle, looks great shown with the Mod. 19-3. I would like to have one like it, to show with my only Mod 19, a Blued Mod. 19-3 2.5" RB. It would also be nice, to have a fixed blade Damascus knife for my knife collection.

Chubbo
 
Birdgun said:
I do love the looks of a Damascus blade. And, these blades can cut. Here is my latest Damascus knife. Got it just yesterday.

Damascus dagger with camel bone handle. S&W Model 15-4.
ovAXOo.jpg


HJGzrz.jpg


Thanks for looking at my latest Pig Sticker.

God bless,
Birdgun
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I think you got took. Camels don't have antlers. As far as the steel goes my first choice would be Valarian steel
 
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First off, remember, all Damascus steel isn't the same. Just because somebody calls it "Damascus," doesn't necessarily mean that it's high quality.

Here...let me quote from the "Ask a Knife Maker" site:
"First, let’s do a little freshening up on what exactly “Damascus steel” is. Damascus, Wootz, and patternweld are all names given to different types of steels and blades. Basically, the idea is that two or more steel alloys are forged/cast together through various methods to give the wavy artistic pattern that comes from such a layering process. Unfortunately, the technique for making both Damascus and Wootz steel has been lost to the centuries. Anyone claiming to be making authentic Wootz/Damascus these days is delusional. Or lying..."​

What we refer to as "Damascus steel" today is really "pattern-weld." In other words, a combination of anywhere from two to five different steels combined in a wavy pattern....not actually folded together as in true Damascus.

What constitutes quality is the types of steel used in the pattern-welding. If you use cheap steel, you get a cheap knife....but it looks pretty.:)

Bottom line...all Damascus steel is not the same.
 
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My lady friend is a fan of edged weapons. For Christmas a couple of years back I had a custom built coffin-handle Arkansas Toothpick made for her specifically to fit her hand and balance for her. She has a fairly narrow hand but her hand and fingers are long. The blade is a little shorter and more narrow than normal profile and the blade a little more tapered than normal. Looks nice and fits her hand well. Damascus is cool.
 
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The Damascus Dagger with stag handle, looks great shown with the Mod. 19-3. I would like to have one like it, to show with my only Mod 19, a Blued Mod. 19-3 2.5" RB. It would also be nice, to have a fixed blade Damascus knife for my knife collection.

Chubbo
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Chubbo, they sell the stag handle dagger on Amazon. There is a bad review. I've bought two (one was a gift) and the workmanship was flawless on both daggers.

The stag handle dagger is nice in the hand and feels deadly. The camel bone dagger I showed in the OP is a beast and feels like a small sword.

[ame]https://www.amazon.com/Damascus-DM1031-BRK-Commando-Dagger/dp/B000E8ZLRA[/ame]

Birdgun
 
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As using knives, I prefer normal steels.

Knifemaker Dietmar Kressler told me that his customers prefer 154CM blades, as the overlapping layers in Damascus steel sometimes have spots where the hardness varies and dull spots may persist. Also, non-stainless Damascus rusts easily.

Kressler is so famous now that I doubt anyone really hunts with his knives. Too expensive. German edition of, "Playboy" did a full feature article on him and he's now very famous.
 
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