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Made this blade 2year back only just got round to etching it...( ya can't rush these things)..its come out ok
Back in the 16th century the wealden area of East Sussex was the main iron producing area in Northern europe .and this slag glass is every were, so i polished it, Drilled a hole in it and i wear it round my neck.
As far as i'am aware this is a faithful
reconstruction of a Jacobite Sgian Dubh, taken from an old photo of the remains of one found on the isle of Harris in the 1930s so probably from the Clan MacLeod of MacLeod. it's somewhat different to the commercial ones sold today (no so Dressy)
its 6.5 ins Long , 3.25in pattern welded blade,Bog oak & bronze handle ,nickel silver pins
A palm tree in a park in the center of Donetsk.
The entire tree is pattern welded steel. Also called damascus steel, or damask in russian, though it does not come from Damascus.
Pattern Welding : for the life of me i can't remember the order of the Layers.
The Billet is about 1in. Sq x 7.5in.
Made this some years back ,it's mad because i lost count of the layers in the pattern welding .......it's high hundreds