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Just in time for Blade Show we completed a few knives with a brand new steel. What you’re seeing is our proprietary in-house High Carbon Vanadium Damascus but with Mokume-style layers of copper and nickel. This is a new process for us that took months and months of trial and error to formulate. Just a few knives with this steel have been made so far but we’re looking to expand the process and build more.

31 Comments
  1. David Hobden July 11, 2019 at 1:48 am - Reply

    Incredible, astonishing, gorgeous!

  2. MARSHALL LEE COPKNEY July 11, 2019 at 1:48 am - Reply

    SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLADES I’VE SEEN.

  3. David Hobden July 11, 2019 at 1:51 am - Reply

    I do not know what my website is.

  4. Bill Griffith July 11, 2019 at 2:30 am - Reply

    Absolutely the finest looking I have seen to date. I need to own one of these.

  5. Bill Griffith July 11, 2019 at 2:33 am - Reply

    Absolutely the finest looking blades I have seen to date. I need to own one of these.

  6. Tom Mahoney July 11, 2019 at 3:00 am - Reply

    Would love to get my hands on one . They are SWEET !

  7. Bob Tavlin July 11, 2019 at 5:27 am - Reply

    So creative. So sweet. I need some in my collection. Like, right NOW. Who cares how much!

  8. Yory July 11, 2019 at 10:07 pm - Reply

    Congrats for the good looking knives – these do look better than some (excuse me) drivel you will encounter at Blade; also these blades have an archaic / prehistoric feel to them which I do like -they should almost look more vicious, more raw and strange, not super-well- resolved, kind of like the dagger on the photos 4 & 5 but more raw, more aggressive, more African or Polynesian… Cheers!

  9. Patriot=Treeman September 29, 2019 at 5:54 pm - Reply

    Wow, impressive, a real eye catcher! Would love to see this steels as a big sub-hilt bowie! now that would really catch your eye!

  10. Glen January 30, 2020 at 8:25 pm - Reply

    hI IS theese from pakistan?

    • Eugene Solomonik February 3, 2020 at 11:26 pm - Reply

      No.

      • Garrett Larsen May 22, 2020 at 4:52 pm - Reply

        Theoretical question, im creating a character that is a Warrior wizard for a little story of mine and im a huge forged in fire fan so i know a little about knives and metal forging, but my question is could one have a Mokume Damascus staff, and it be a viable weapon?!? Is Mokume Damascus strong enough to be turned into a staff and could potentially be used to block swords, claws, arrows or whatever else i can throw at my character?!? By the way Beautiful blades!!

        • Eugene Solomonik December 1, 2020 at 11:35 am - Reply

          so if your character is specifically a warrior wizard class that’s an automatic boost in all weapons-related stats which offsets whatever potential damage resistance handicap the staff might have as a factor of being Mokume Damascus. if you look closely and i doubt that forged in fire will teach you this, any proper forge welded or san mai or sandwich damascus will be stacked and ground in a way as to not allow any layers of the softer outside metals to touch the edge. the core is either our high carbon vanadium damascus or a tool steel both of which are geared towards performance, which in turn will not be sacrificed if the outside layers don’t touch the edge. and moreover still since your character is also a wizard class AND the staff is Mokume Damascus (it’s at least a legendary item obv) then that multiplies all combat damage done by 1.22x. so in fact, i’d say that this steel is perfect for a Warrior Wizard.

  11. Ludwig Szczerbiak March 13, 2020 at 8:50 am - Reply

    Like Sam the Butcher, I bring Alice the meat

  12. Eric Scott May 9, 2020 at 1:53 am - Reply

    Beautiful blades.

  13. Neal The Smith August 14, 2020 at 11:36 pm - Reply

    Interesting, but surely there’s going to be an issue with galvanic corrosion? If not, curious how you’ve arrested it.

    • Eugene Solomonik December 1, 2020 at 11:28 am - Reply

      galvanic is only when the metals are electrically connected, with an added electrolyte, which is something I just learned on the internet. in our case they are forged and pressed, no current or anything, so it’s not an issue

  14. Rio Davis January 1, 2021 at 8:12 pm - Reply

    The most beautiful blades I’ve ever seen! I would absolutely love to learn how you do this . It must be an incredible process to get that all to forge weld together. You are a master blade smith!

  15. Donnie jay February 8, 2021 at 11:05 pm - Reply

    Can I purchase one of these knives?

  16. Ruth A Timmons February 27, 2021 at 10:01 pm - Reply

    I’m actively coveting these knives. If I understand you reply about the wizard’s staff, the knives are steel damascus with mokume gana as the outer layers of a sam mi(spelling?). Is that a close approximation?
    Just because I was a marine electrician for a while, I’d add to you answer about galvination that will need to be careful around salt water, lemon juice, or anything that will act like a battery acid. Clean after every use, dry thoroughly and use a little bit of oil to create the barrier. That’s what the jewelers I know suggest for mokume jewelry. I miss talking to other crafts people.

  17. Steve Starling April 10, 2021 at 2:25 pm - Reply

    Where can I get some blank stock material

  18. Joshua May 19, 2021 at 11:19 pm - Reply

    I was wondering about pricing of these stunningly beautiful blades.

  19. jnemes August 1, 2021 at 12:36 pm - Reply

    Yes, very good looking knife, but how does it hold up to extreme use?

  20. jnemes August 1, 2021 at 12:38 pm - Reply

    Can you make it with gold instead of copper?

  21. Dav Hayner August 23, 2021 at 7:27 pm - Reply

    I would like to purchase one of these (personally the one in pictures 4-6 is amazing). How can I make this gapoen?

  22. David Sharpe March 9, 2022 at 12:04 am - Reply

    What do you do with the blades that have blend or do not have the pattern you are working for? Are they for sale? I would pay a reasonable price for knives that will be a life long knife but just didn’t look the way it was intended. Thanks for the consideration, David Sharpe
    jax1dms55@gmail.com

  23. David Sharpe March 9, 2022 at 12:08 am - Reply

    Blems- small errors that do not change the performance, I should have reviewed before sending

    Incorrect spelling- blend

  24. Francesca Mayagoitia July 14, 2022 at 9:21 pm - Reply

    Gorgeous, what kind of steel are you using? I like the seventh picture, I guess that the hilt is copper…I was also wondering about the handle, what kind of wood it is. How much would one cost?

  25. Henk Pottas October 25, 2022 at 5:52 pm - Reply

    Can I buy one of those knives?

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