custom knife pic's

I'm a disabled war vet from the first gulf war and this is how I keep from going crazy.
This is my first bowie it's made from W2 tool steel and started out as a 1" round rod. The line in the blade is the temper line below is hard above is softer. Should have made the hard part bigger on this one.
http://i46.tinypic.com/ixqla9.jpg

This is a camp or small hunter with a damascus bolster again made of W2 tool steel.
http://i49.tinypic.com/fz0o6d.jpg

This is a hunter with stag handle made from 52100 ball bearing steel. It started out as a 2" diameter roller bearing.
http://i50.tinypic.com/30nivkn.jpg

This was one of a matched pair that I made for the friends of the NRA fund raiser. This one is a "M" pattern damascus with an elk handle, the other one was a plane blade out of 52100. The idea was you could have one as a show piece the other as a using knife. They sold for close to $1000 for the pair all money going to the NRA.
http://i45.tinypic.com/24fd7rp.jpg

This is the sister to a knife I gave to a neighbors son who is heading to Afghanistan soon, it's D2 tool steel and the only knife hear that is stock removal instead of forged. The knife I made for the soldier had a Micarta handle not cord wrapped like this one.
http://i47.tinypic.com/mrz1q0.jpg

Anyone wanting to talk knife making please PM me. I also make all of my sheaths
more pic's to come in the future.
thanks
Greg

good work sir[Beer]

Those are sweet blades, love the damascus pattern. Thanks for your service. [Beer]

Once you get your 30 day probation over you might think about putting some of your work in the trading post.

Nice to see your work again! ;)
If I'm ever heading up that way I just might pm you before I go for a lesson or two [Beer]

Love that stag handled damascus !!!! Well done and thanks for sharing. [Beer]

I like this one. I'm really curious how you made this out of a bearing. I assume you used the race and flattened it out somehow?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by gmerrell

This is a hunter with stag handle made from 52100 ball bearing steel. It started out as a 2" diameter roller bearing.
http://i50.tinypic.com/30nivkn.jpg

---

Great looking knifes.

Dang Gmerrel ! So that is how that hunk of metal you were folding ended up. My favorite has to be that camp/hunter with the damascus bolster. Excellent work!

Very nice work.

WOW!!!! Every one looks too nice to use.

NicE!!!!

Ray1970,
as far as using the bearing goes, I used just one roller from the bearing here is a pic the the bearing before I started flattening it. I weld and handle on the end, heat it up to 2000F and make a knife out of it.
http://i45.tinypic.com/2em0k9k.jpg

If people are interested, I have a picture how to on the damascus hunter NRA knife I can post it's 20 or so pic's starting at the raw steel and going to the finished knife.
Greg

Beautiful work sir!!!!