As usual Alain, absolutely beautiful.
A "pocket" masterpiece on a wonderful canvas.
Best regards.
A "pocket" masterpiece on a wonderful canvas.
Best regards.
damascus knife
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Alain Lovenberg
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Many thanks for your kind comments.
I hope to see most of you within a few days in Reno.
This work was ordered by Lebeau-Courally, the Belgian gunmaker ( Carl: it is their cipher that you see on one side of the knife, not a Royal Family). The order was : a multi-colored raised gold inlay which doesn't hide the pattern of the damascus steel!
The damascus inox is a tough material and one of the difficulty with this type of steel is that you have to prepare the inlaying before the heating treatment but inlay the gold after the hardening ( the hardening temperature (1050°C) is too high for the gold which melt at 1080 °C)
Alain
I hope to see most of you within a few days in Reno.
This work was ordered by Lebeau-Courally, the Belgian gunmaker ( Carl: it is their cipher that you see on one side of the knife, not a Royal Family). The order was : a multi-colored raised gold inlay which doesn't hide the pattern of the damascus steel!
The damascus inox is a tough material and one of the difficulty with this type of steel is that you have to prepare the inlaying before the heating treatment but inlay the gold after the hardening ( the hardening temperature (1050°C) is too high for the gold which melt at 1080 °C)
Alain
Tim Wells
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Why does every lick of your chasing hammer make my heart sing? Everything you do is timeless and perfect. Thanks for another dose of inspiration!
Don Cowles
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Wow! Again, I say, Wow!
Montejano
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A work of great quality and great beauty. My sincere congratulations. 
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