11" square button Latamas. All the steel was hand forged by
Jerry Rados in Turkish twist Damascus. One knife was twisted
"left/right/left" and the other twisted "right/left/right" so that they
are a mirrored duplicate of each other. Scale material is
mammoth bark ivory with midnight blues, dark greens, some
black and tans with a carmel base color. All 4 pieces were cut
from the same side of mammoth tusk. One knife has flat guard
bolsters and a flat style vintage grind on the blade while the other
has standard style round guards with swept grinds on the blade.
Both knives have been vintage profiled with all the edges melted
and peeled. Full wrap-around filework on the .090" Damascus
liners and Damascus spring. Slide safeties are on the sides of the
scales, to the right of the square buttons and are also Damascus.
All the steel was taken up to a full mirror polish before etching
and then hot salt bluing. Even the screws the knives were built
with were hot salt blued. Both knives are "proto-types" as they
are the first Damascus square button Latamas produced by
Burnknives. As shown: $5000 each piece.
Jerry Rados in Turkish twist Damascus. One knife was twisted
"left/right/left" and the other twisted "right/left/right" so that they
are a mirrored duplicate of each other. Scale material is
mammoth bark ivory with midnight blues, dark greens, some
black and tans with a carmel base color. All 4 pieces were cut
from the same side of mammoth tusk. One knife has flat guard
bolsters and a flat style vintage grind on the blade while the other
has standard style round guards with swept grinds on the blade.
Both knives have been vintage profiled with all the edges melted
and peeled. Full wrap-around filework on the .090" Damascus
liners and Damascus spring. Slide safeties are on the sides of the
scales, to the right of the square buttons and are also Damascus.
All the steel was taken up to a full mirror polish before etching
and then hot salt bluing. Even the screws the knives were built
with were hot salt blued. Both knives are "proto-types" as they
are the first Damascus square button Latamas produced by
Burnknives. As shown: $5000 each piece.
In the above pic, on top of the liner,
underneath the top scale is the
safety head protruding out slightly.
Safety is in the engaged position.
underneath the top scale is the
safety head protruding out slightly.
Safety is in the engaged position.
