1. Hand Forged Damascus Knives

This 7 billet composite Damascus blade has 4 nickel twist billets protected by 3 cable Damascus billets forged together to form a short, thick, Bowie blade, convex ground to 6 1/2" by .160", and the knife measures 11 1/2" overall in length. Cable Damascus guards and pommel, antler handle with left handed, snake skin inlayed leather sheath. This blade has personality PLUS! SOLD

The center cross image in the meteorite composite (center) billet is the same on both sides of the blade. Straight line Damascus surrounds it and provides a better cutting edge. The blade is convex ground to 4 1/2" by 3/16" by 1 1/4" tall. It is tapered for a hunter/skinner. Cable Damascus fittings front and rear with a carved antler handle with a smooth leather slip sheath finish out this beauty. SOLD

3 Billet composite blade with untwist Damascus pattern in the center billet. Damascus guard, popcorn antler handle with pearl and blood wood spacers and gem stone butt cap with twisted wire inlay. It comes with a snake skin inlayed custom sheath.

3 Twisted billets with meteorite twist center billet form a composite masterpiece that is convex ground to 5" long by 1/4" wide by 1" tall with an overall length of 10". It has an Oosic handle and pure meteorite fittings all around and is carried in a hand tooled leather slip sheath.

Only 3 billets in this one, but the details of this composite are dramatic. Blade is convex ground and left thick, measuring at 4 1/2" long by a little over 1/4" inch wide and 1 1/2" tall. Blued bronze cable Damascus was used for the fittings front and rear. A solid slab of antler is used to grip this workhorse. A basket weave tooled heavy leather sheath comes for carrying.

This 3 billet composite blade is convex ground to 6 1/2" by 3/16" by 1" tall with a meteorite twisted center billet. Blued tool steel fittings and cable Damascus pommel adorn this knife. It comes with a hand tooled leather sheath.

This sword is 4 billets of meteorite mosaic composite Damascus with the center cross logo repeating down the mosaic center billet shown with strips which are also of meteorite Damascus, with twisted meteorite Damascus both above and below then a liner striped tool steel Damascus for a convex ground cutting edge that is 13" long by 1/4" inch thick at the spine and you have one great piece of art. Striped meteorite Damascus fittings front and rear with a 1084 tool steel "S" guard and rear guard blued to match with blue expansion spacers to protect the sculpted mammoth tooth handle. It comes with a multi-colored snake skin inlayed leather slip sheath.

A 3 billet meteorite Damascus blade is convex ground to 6" long by 1/8" wide and 1 1/4 tall with the knife measuring 11 1/2" inches. Blued bronze cable Damascus fittings all around and an Oosic handle with hand tooled leather sheath complete this package.

This 3 billet mirror image composite mosaic Damascus is a mouthful even to say. The middle billet hosts the center cross image all the way through the blade to produce an almost identical image on the opposite side of the blade. Meteorite makes out of this world steel and mosaics are amazing patterns manipulated through the steel. Nickel twist Damascus fittings with antler handles are set off by ivory micarta spacers at each end. Black expansion spacers protect the handle from thermal expansions. A hand tooled leather sheath comes with this knife.

A 2 billet meteorite composite blade was convex ground to 5" long by 3/16" thick by 1" tall and measures 10" overall in length. Cable Damascus fittings all around and an antler handle with a hand tooled leather slip sheath.

A 3 billet composite blade has striped meteorite Damascus in the center billet. It is convex ground to 6 3/4" long by 1/8" wide by 1" tall and 11" overall. A stag antler handle with colored expansion spacers and blued bronze cable Damascus fittings all around fill out this knife thatâ

This video knife was made without power tools and the bevel was shaped with a file and sand paper. A main feature in our newest DVD production called "Customized Knifemaking" which is sponsored by Blade Magazine. It consists of a Cable Damascus composite blade, cable Damascus guard and pommel. The knife is finished out with an antler handle and a snake skin inlayed sheath. The owner of this knife recieves a copy of "Customized Knifemaking" compliments of Center Cross Instructional Video's.

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This 3 billet composite of striped cable Damascus is convex ground to 5 1/2" by 1/4" thick with a cable Damascus guard and pommel, a stag handle and is carried in a hand tooled leather slip sheath.

A 3 billet blade has a auger (heavy spiral wooded drill bit) twisted into the center billet and is surrounded by cable Damascus. Fully fileworked and convex ground to 5 1/2" by 1/4" inch thick measuring 10 1/2" overall in length. It has Amazon blood wood handle slabs, a full tang construction with a left handed leather slip sheath. SOLD

This knife spent almost a year on display in a museum in Houston Texas and returned to me with the nickname "The Fossil". This 5 billet composite Damascus blade with nickel twist cores was convex ground to 5" by .160", and then a heavy etched for contrast as well as texture. Mammoth ivory handle with cable Damascus guard and gold colored pins. The knife measures 8 1/2" overall in length. This knife is protected by a snake skin inlayed leather sheath equipped with pocket clip.

This 3 billet mosaic composite Damascus blade was convex ground to 4" by 1/8" on an inch with filework down the spine. Mosaic patterns form the blade core, full guard and butt cap. They all match in box pattern. It has an antler handle with snake skin inlayed leather strap sheath. The knife measures 9 1/4" overall in length. SOLD

This is a small utility knife with a 3 billet composite. It sports a nickel twist core billet with a heavy etch. It is a convex ground 3 1/4" by 1/8". The knife measures 8" overall in length. Antler tine handle with cable Damascus guards and red stone inlay secured by a twisted stainless steel wire anchor. Red expansion spacers protects against thermal fractures in the handle material. It comes with a smooth leather pocket sheath that fits almost anywhere.

This composite blade was forged with fragments of the actual turret from the decommissioned warship. The USS Constitution is mixed into the center billet. It is surrounded by a cable Damascus and convex ground to 8" by 1/4". The knife measures 13 1/2" in overall length. This knife has a Cable Damascus guard and curly maple handle that was inlayed by Allen Eldridge on his Silver Wire Inlay DVD that is available from Center Cross Instructional Video's. You can watch Allen install this inlay step by step and learn how to make old fashioned scrolls. This knife is historical in two ways. The purchaser of this knife will receive the DVD compliments of CCIV. SOLD

This leaf pattern cable Damascus (2 billet) blade is convex ground to 3" by 1/16" thin. It has deer femur (bambi's shin) handle with leather wrapped guard and hand tooled (left handed) leather slip sheath. SOLD

This 3 billet composite blade with filework has been convex ground to 6 3/4" by 1/4" inch wide. It has a staggered mosaic pattern that runs down the center of the blade. Cable Damascus fittings adorn this knife with an antler tine handle and colored expansion spacers to prevent thermal fracturing in the handle. Itâ SOLD

This big bronze filled beauty comes from 3 billets of cable Damascus forged together in a Bowie pattern. It is convex ground (with a false edge on top) to 10" by almost 1/4" and measures 14" in overall length. Antler handle with ivory micarta and butt cap secured by a twisted copper wire inlay accented by a cable Damascus guard fully fileworked. Snake skin inlayed leather slotted sheath is provided.

This 3 billet cable Damascus blade with filework was convex ground to 6 1/2" by .160 wide and measures 11 1/2" inch in length. It has a flame blued tool steel guard that is fully fileworked. A curved antler handle held with brass pins provides a unique comfortable fit. It comes with a snake skin inlayed leather strap sheath.

A thick bronze cable Damascus hunter blade with filework, titanium fittings and oosic handle supported in a snake skin inlayed leather sheath. It is a 7" by 1/8" convex ground blade. The knife is 12 1/2" overall in length.

This 3 billet composite blade has a nickel twist core billet surrounded by cable Damascus. It is convex ground to 7" by 1/8" thick. The knife measures 12 1/2" in length. Cable Damascus fittings hug the antler handle and provide a feel good balance. The leather sheath has gentile tooling patterns and custom stretched to fit perfectly.

This 5 billet composite cable Damascus blade has a nickel twist center of 3 billets. It is convex ground to 9" by 3/16" wide and the knife measures 13 1/2" inch in overall length. It has a false edge on top with filework added. Cable Damascus fittings and a pommel squeeze squeezed the antler handle in place. Itâ SOLD

This 5 billet composite Damascus blade has 3 nickel twist billets running in opposite directions down the center and deep etched for texture. D guard and pommel are of cable Damascus and is fully fileworked. An antler handle and black expansion spacers for thermal protections to the handle material. Snake skin inlayed leather. 11" convex ground blade and is 16" in length.

4 billets of cable Damascus form this swooping blade of convex ground comfort. It is a 7" blade by 1/4" of an inch thick with the knife measuring 12" overall in length. It is full tang construction with a nice wide grip for control. Fileworked with cable Damascus guard and smooth leather slip sheath. SOLD

Mosaic Damascus full tang blade with Center Cross logo running through the steel with real armadillo shell handle slabs with all screw construction. This knife has fully fileworked spine and belly.The complimenting sheath is a snake skin adorned cross draw leather sheath designed to carry sideways on the belt to conceal.

Watch this blade being formed in Gene Osborn's video on Forge Welding Cable Damascus offered from Center Cross Instructional Video's. This blade is 8 1/2" that is convex ground to a 1/4" inch thick and supports a blued bronze cable Damascus fittings (like midnight lightning bolts) on both ends along with split oosic handle colored (yellow pearl and black) expansion spacers to provide thermal protections to the handle. Smooth leather slip sheath has a tooled trim along the seam.

This 3 billet mosaic composite cable Damascus blade is 6 1/2" long and 3/16" on an inch wide. It is convex ground with a repeating picture running through the steel. It is fileworked and the full tang construction is covered by stag handle grips and blued/bronze cable Damascus bolsters that are screwed on for future care of the Damascus when needed. A form fitted smooth leather sheath is included.

This 2 billet composite striped cable Damascus blade was convex ground to 5 3/4" by .160 with a full tang measuring 9 1/2" overall in length. Brazilian walnut handle with brass pins. It is supported in a smooth leather slip sheath with simple tooling along the seam. SOLD

This 3 billet mosaic composite blade was convex ground to 5 1/2" by 3/16" making the overall length 10" for the knife. Mirror image mosaic's grace the center billet and is surrounded by striped cable Damascus to fill the blade steel puzzle. Cable Damascus was used for the guard and a green gem stone to cover the tang nut used for assemble of the antler handle. A hand tooled leather slip sheath is provided.

This 3 billet composite striped cable Damascus blade is convex ground to 5 1/2" by 1/8" with blued/bronze cable Damascus guard (like midnight lightning bolts)and Jasper stone on the butt cap secured with twisted copper wire inlay that sets off a globe look on the end. A snake skin inlayed leather slip sheath completes this package.

These 3 billets are a mirror image mosaic pattern that runs through the steel. 6" by .160" thick and convex ground are the features of this blade. It has a cable Damascus guard, antler handle and red stone for the butt cap which is secured by a twisted wire inlay that locks it all in place. It comes with a formed smooth leather slip sheath.