[bigjim]

I hope you guys enjoys these. I just finished putting this set together.

http://www.jerzeedevil.com/gallery/files/1/0/2/4/mam1.jpg
http://www.jerzeedevil.com/gallery/files/1/0/2/4/mmisa.jpg

[Valkman]

Wow! Sweet!

[hso]

Good Ooogly Moogly!!! That's lovely!

[JShirley]

That's beautiful, Jim. Thanks.

[bigjim]

Thanks guys added another picture... Just for fun.

[JShirley]

"Now you're just braggin'."

Old classic, new classic...nice. :)

[TimboKhan]

That might be the prettiest steel I have ever seen.

[bigjim]

Thanks again guys.

I have been exploreing the Photography hobby. I found my prior years of gun and knife collecting has given me a whole house full of interesting subject matter. There is a large movement going on on Knife forums right now to improve the quality of people pictures.

These pictures were taken with harware store lights and cheap bulbs and a point and shoot camera. Its all about the light.

[theotherwaldo]

That's some nice birds' eye work!

What did you use for grip inserts?

[TimboKhan]

So, I don't know a lot about steel, and I forwarded these pics to a buddy who asked me the following question, for which I had no answer:

Is that just a surface treatment, or is that the actual pattern of the steel itself?

[bigjim]

That steel is called DAMASCUS. It is folded pattern welded steel. In this case by Devin Thomas. This is his Raindrop Stainless Damascus.

[TimboKhan]

Cool.... I have seen damascus, but never anything like that. Very cool.

[BBroadside]

Interesting point ... there is a company that makes wedding rings out of Damascus! My fiance and I are eyeing them.

Now I don't think anyone makes color case-hardened wedding rings, or knives for that matter. Revolvers and old-fashioned rifles have a monopoly on that?!

Agreed ... beautiful pictures.

Oh, I get it! I tried to look up this knife at CRKT (Columbia River Knife & Tool). I figured out this is CRK (Chris Reeve). Much better.