Rolled Crushed W's

I tried something different I took a piece of crushed w's about 1 inch long and ran it through my rolling mill and stretched out the w's.
Here is how it turned out.
Steel 15N20 / 1080
Curved stainless fittings and fiber spacers
Stabilized maple burl

 

like the blade profile Cal, looks great , like the W's , trying some W feathered right now......

 

Real nice. That wood is a dandy.

 

That's sweet Cal. Dig that re-curve.

 

Wow, that's some pretty nifty work there. Way to use your imagination!

 

Not sure about blade profile, totally not my style, but crushed W's pattern is super! And the wood structure works really well with the steel.
Bravo!

 

I kind of hesitated about the blade, but it kind of grows on you after while. Any way sometimes you just have to step out of the box
and do something different.
You are right on about the wood, I chose it because it does seem to flow with the steel.

 

This is very true.

 

Hey Cal.

As a noob to the whole knife making gig, it's impressive to see the people that have the skill and courage to push outside the box. If it all goes horribly wrong with Damascus, that's a lot of hours down the drain. There's no growth in the hobby if people don't try new things.

After cruising all of the project threads, your shock wave pattern still stands out as freaking awesome. I've gone back to look at those pics a few times.

Keep up the amazing work.

Cheers.
Gary

 

Nice knife, killer damascus.