Damascus Folder with Mother of Pearl

Product Description for Damascus Folder with Mother of Pearl

Maker: Billy Bob Sowell, M.S. (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 107269
** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind **
Blade length: 2.90 in.
Cutting edge length: 2.70 in.
Total length: 6.70 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.68 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.09 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.08 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.06 in.
Item weight: 2.60 oz.
Blade: Laddered mosaic damascus forged from 1084 and 15N20 carbon steels
Bolster: Matching laddered mosaic damascus
Handle: Whitelip mother of pearl set on 15N20 liners
Style: Linerlock folder
Description: Billy Bob Sowell of Iron Horse Forge, earned his master smith stamp in 2009. He worked as a locomotive engineer for Norfolk Southern Railroad for 39 years and before that was a Poseidon missile tech on a nuclear submarine. Since childhood, knives were a fascination.
Billy Bob learned from some of the best in the industry. Mastersmith Rick Dunkerley taught him to make damascus and folders. Rick's influence is clearly visible in this elegant folder. Mastersmith Jim Batson taught him to make Bowies. Mastersmith Don Fogg taught him just about everything else … from heat treating to finishing. He even took Fogg’s sword class at Campbell Folk School and went to about every hammer-in that he could over the years, learning from countless presenters who helped him along the way. Billy Bob won the award for “Best Antique Bowie by an ABS Journeyman Smith” three years in a row – making him the only maker to have won three times.
The blade is an intricate laddered mosaic damascus pattern and immediately grabs attention. It has silky-smooth, drop shut action and is perfectly centered. It is easily opened single handed using the faceted thumb stud.
Handle scales are presentation grade whitelip mother of pearl secured to fileworked and heat colored 15N20 carbon steel liners. The scales meet with the bolsters in an elegant curve. Screws throughout are fileworked and heat colored.
Excellent work throughout!


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