gift for soldier comming home from Afghanistan

[clint]

I made this knife for a SSgt comming home soon ,he took one of my knives to afgh. last year and has sent lots of pic's back and used the knife hard and it worked great for him, so i thought i'd make him a damascus knife for home uses
Camping, etc...
this knife has a 6" blade 1 1/2 wide 1/4 thick 12" overall hand forged 1095 and 15n20 120 layers the handle is black teak SS 1/4 pins
it sure is nice to be in the shop again two months off gets to a man LOL

[orvet]

A great gesture Clint! KUDOS!
Nice knife too.

it sure is nice to be in the shop again two months off gets to a man LOL

You can say that again.
I am just getting back into my shop after my hand surgery at the end of March.
I am not 100% yet, but I can work on some of my own folders, as I don't trust my hand yet to work on customer's knives.
I am getting brave and starting on some fixed blades are they are a bit easier on the hand than the delicate work sometimes needed with folders.

Dale

[Darksev]

looks fantastic. I've been out of action for 6 weeks and it's driving me crazy as well.