Withdrawn 250mm Wrought iron + Damascus usuba

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Was $260
Was$190
Was $150
Was $120
Withdrawn

190g
248mm machi to spine tip
223mm edge length
96mm tang length from machi
47mm tall at heel and tip
48mm tall at widest near middle

4.8mm at tang thickest
3.1mm at heel
2.4mm at middle
1.7mm at tip shinogi

Sharpens and responds like classic forged Sakai white steel

Edge is straight, ura is extremely shallow and not the best, some microchips from rust at the edge.

Wayyyyyyyy tooooo thinnnnnnn, amazingly so. Super thin lamination for core steel. Craziest Damascus I've ever seen in a Japanese knife. By far, the most steel in the cladding I've seen, and a huge variety of patterns and range of detail from smaller to larger bands of iron and steel. Forging must have been so painstaking. Cuts like a laser with sticking due to such large surface area

Swordsmith style feather filing at tang, super fine, all sides

Fingerstone finish. Main bevel has some low spots still from flattening with bench stone work.

Some delam spots. Chamfered spine, filed choil.

Selling because I'm more of an iron banding guy

 

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[ethompson]

Densest Damascus I’ve seen

 

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Back up for sale

 

[Naftoor]

Single bevels terrify me. But I imagine for anyone who uses an usuba this must pretty much be a grail piece

 

[simona]

Seeing this makes me annoyed that I am not enthralled by damascus

 

[julestools]

Good god this would be fun as a stone tester

 

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$190

I need to reburn it in

 

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One more drop $150

 

[deltaplex]

I do not need this, I do not need this, I do not need this...

 

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$120

Can carve and burn in another handle if you want

 

[stumpt]

This is way too tempting.... I really don't need another project.... but I do want one....

 

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Ya know what, withdrawn cause I'm never gonna see a single bevel this thin again

 

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Upon close examination, the iron is in fact wrought so **** it, yes I'm keeping it. Wrought iron + Damascus. All the iron has fine black inclusions spread throughout and fine granularity and porousness that is distinct from just pitting. Also alloy banding on the steel on the ura.

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

Quite upset my lady put her foot down in this one. Glad you’re keeping it though! Too cool if a piece

 

[Jdeutchman]

i'll definitely buy it for $120 if you change your mind