SPECIFICATIONS:

The name of the knife - DARING knife handmade by the master of the GARAGE ART studio (Nazar Boyko), buy and order in Ukraine (Steel 9ХС)
Knife type: Fixed blade
Brand: Studio of exclusive handmade knives GARAGE ART

Steel grade: Blade - 9ХС steel belongs to the category of tool steels
Steel sheet: One-piece cast, bolt-on installation on screed and resin
Blade Sharpening Angle: 35' Degree Pointed
Descents: Straight
Reduction: 0.3-0.5 mm
Blade hardness: 57-58 HRC
Total length: 280 mm
Blade length: 155mm
Blade width: 34mm
Blade thickness: 3.2 mm
Handle length: 125mm
Handle thickness: 22mm
Blade Grinding: Blade patterned, chemically etched, coated with Balistol cold bluing agent
Back and bolster material: G-10
Spacers: G 10, brass
Handle material: Stabilized black hornbeam, Stabilized birch sapwood. The back is stainless steel. Nut attachment - stainless steel. Lanyard, leather cord, mammoth tusk and buck horn bead
Handle color: Black-Brown
Handle Impregnation: Yes
Sleeve Cover: Yes
Lanyard hole (for lanyard): Yes
Scabbards: 4.0 mm natural vegetable tanned leather, treated with appretature for protection against water and impregnated with protective solutions, fat wax impregnation, stitched with waxed thread. Manual embossing of the invoice. Paint drawing. Finish (Apretto) with apretura. Free suspension

Model: DARING knife handmade by the master of the GARAGE ART studio (Nazar Boyko), buy and order in Ukraine (Steel 9ХС)
Model number: 06
Country of birth: Ukraine
Master: Master Nazar Boyko, "GARAGE ART" knife studio, Lviv, Ukraine. Studio of exclusive handmade knives GARAGE ART
Best use: Multi-purpose: hunting, fishing, tourism, household - cutting, etc.
Knife condition: new
The price is indicated with the sheath.

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Black hornbeam

Artificially stained black hornbeam is one of the most popular materials for knife handles.
Black moraine hornbeam imitates the texture of ebony wood, which is a rare and valuable type of wood.

The features of black hornbeam include:
- High hardness of the material;
- Viscosity;
- Resistance to shock loads.

Tolerances are +/- 1-2mm.

What is birch souvel and how is it prepared?

A birch sapwood is an unusual natural formation, which is often called a birch bone among the people. Those craftsmen who specialize in woodworking know the value of this unusual growth. Working with souvel, you can make the most beautiful products with pleasant and high-quality natural characteristics.

What it is?
Suvel is a resource growth for humans, but it does not mean anything good for the birch itself.  This growth appears due to a disease of the tree (to speak figuratively, due to birch cancer).  Usually it is a lump, twisted and woven, does not have a clear geometric shape. Another popular name for growth is svil. And this tree grows 2 or even 3 times faster than the tree itself.

In shape, it resembles a drop, or a ball, or something averaged.  The growth is located around a branch or trunk. On the shore, such formations are often found, although it is impossible to say exactly what they are caused by and why they develop. It is believed that the souvelle appears as a result of the attack of the tree by a fungus. But mechanical injury to the birch cannot be ruled out.

But this outgrowth is called a wooden bone because the cut of the souvelle resembles the separation of marble, with the cross-section and rays characteristic of the material, and the thin particles of the souvelle can even be seen through. Some similarity with the structure of bone tissue, indeed, can be guessed . However, the density of the tissue in the growth is still less - this wood is not as strong as, for example, cap.

It happens that the souvel grows to large sizes. If you come to the Vatican, you can see the font made from a whole piece of souvelle wood cut from a tree . Admittedly, giant size does not equate to quality material. Usually, the smaller the birch bone, the brighter and richer the inner pattern. But in any case, the internal growth pattern is soft, without pincers and needles.

Inside, the souvel resembles mother-of-pearl - by shade, of course.  It is different, it can be whiter, darker, saturated or faded. Sometimes the souvel inside is like amber, it is more brown, pink or even greenish. The shade of the inside of the growth depends on where the birch grows, as well as on the further drying of this part of the tree.

By the way, it is possible to provoke a souvel. Some people simply drag a birch trunk or a specific tree branch with a wire. At the site of the tightening, a bulge is formed, which is created by annual rings. But if caring for nature is a priority, you shouldn't do that.

Suvel is also advantageous due to its natural formation, which behaves well during processing.  The growth is perfectly amenable to grinding, perfectly polished. Finally, the main value of education is the same mother-of-pearl cut that resembles marble. It plays with divorces in the sun, fascinates with its texture and even gives birth to some kind of inner light. It is impossible to say for sure, looking at the growth on the shore, what it is inside, but certain predictions can be made.

The shorter and steeper the growth, the richer and more interesting its internal pattern.

What is different from a cap?
First, it is worth saying what the cap is. It also has an alternative folk name - "witch's broom". This education, unlike souvel, has a benign nature. Nodules grow on a birch trunk or twig. This is not a ball or a big drop, but a nodular formation, with many cones that create dormant kidneys (or accessory ones). These formations resemble either thorns or bumps. It is not surprising if small shoots and small twigs will grow on the cap, directly from its interior. With silk it is excluded.

The differences between these formations are significant.

For example, a cap is a rare and successful find. It is believed that it can be found on one of 3-5 thousand trees. Souvel is easier to find. On birches, people often find a basal cap, and it can also be of impressive sizes. Processing a cap is not as easy as a souvel, nevertheless bumps, cones and spikes are visible. But there should be no problems with grinding and polishing.

The wood of suvel is not as strong as that of kapa. It is at least twice as strong as the birch on which the cap grew. Cigarette cases and boxes, earrings, bracelets, pins, and small decorations are often made from caps. But they never create a carved pattern on the mouthpiece (well, maybe only hardened experimenters), because it will be superfluous.

The texture and texture of this rare wooden element does not require excessive decoration.

Features of the workpiece
You must, of course, look for an unusual bulge in the forest. Both cap and svil, by the way, are very often confused with a tree mushroom. It is difficult to even remember its name - Inonotus mowed. But to put it more simply, it is what people call a seagull.

Such a mushroom grows on the shore, and you can find it on a tree more often than a souvel and even more so a cap.

Here are some tips for finding and harvesting silk.

• Silk cutting is optimal in the fall (as well as kapa, however). If they are very clumsy, autumn harvest is especially appropriate.
• It is not easy to cut the growth - you may have to use a chainsaw for this. However, a problem may arise here - saw chains quickly become dull under the influence of stubborn, very strong growth.
• In the absence of a chainsaw, a hand tool is also suitable, but only one with sharp teeth. If the saw is dull, it will be difficult for both the craftsman and the tree, which can be dangerously injured by such manipulations.
• So that an unnecessary hollow does not accidentally form on the tree, the places where the sawdust is cut should be covered with garden wax as soon as possible. Instead of boiling, clay and putty with oil paint will come in handy.
• If a huge layoff is found, you should seriously consider cutting your education. If you remove such a growth from a tree, you can cause severe damage to it: the wound will be so serious that the tree risks dying.
• Initial processing is variable. You can leave wood in the air in the most natural conditions, but natural drying will take a year, or even two. You can speed up the process as follows: the bark is removed from the workpiece, wrapped in a newspaper, and placed in a black polyethylene bag. The paper will prevent the material from heating up quickly, and the bag will create a greenhouse effect. If the souvel dries outside, black polyethylene will quickly heat up from the sun, if at home - from the battery. The process is uniform, so you don't have to worry about cracking the wood. The package is tied with a small opening. It will take about 25 days for everything.

But harvesting and drying are only the beginning of the process. Next, you need to cook souvel.

Processing secrets

The cooking method described below is quite popular. Moreover, it is suitable to give the wood the desired shade, to force drying, and to make the natural pattern more expressive.

Cooking souveli is made according to a certain scheme.

• Only peeled workpieces are placed in the pan. They are filled with water so that the liquid covers the material by 3 cm. Then 2 tablespoons of salt are added to 1 liter of water, the container is put on fire. Sawdust is added to the solution: alder or birch are suitable, needles are also useful. They are needed as a natural dye.
• As soon as the water boils, the fire is reduced and cooking continues for 4 hours. If you have to process a very large workpiece - all 6 hours. After that, the water is drained and the wood is left to dry. On the second and third day, the processes are repeated. In total, cooking should take at least 12 hours (up to 18) for three consecutive days.

Why it is necessary to cook in salt solution - simple physics works. There is sap in the tree, and its density is lower than the density of the salt solution. During cooking, water enters the material, dehydration begins. Wood sap is forced out, saline solution is absorbed. This is how elemental diffusion of liquid occurs, and the growth is dried.

After cooking, the material should be wrapped in newspaper and sent in a bag. The next day, the soil is still wet, it can dry without unnecessary measures.  In extreme cases, you can dry the material for another day in the newspaper.

Processing of growth is rough and finishing.  With a draft, a cut is made in the material, whatever the future shape of the product is. If it is, for example, a bowl, the inner part is selected from top to bottom. Excess wood is removed by moving from the walls to the center, observing an angle of 45 degrees. A drill or a chisel will help with this. It is not particularly necessary to thin the walls: when they dry, they may turn out to be too fragile, even cracking is possible. When the product is given its original shape, it is left for a couple of days in the open air out of direct sunlight.

Finishing is the removal of clumsiness of forms, the maximum advancement to the final form of the product, the disclosure of the birch bone structure.

If in the course of this work there are defects in the material, small cracks, a mixture of glue and sawdust will help. After that, you can clean off the roughness: with a rasp or scraper, a wire brush also works. It is necessary to act often and small, carefully. The product can be polished with a drill, or better by hand - with a peeler.

It remains only to clean the finished product from dust, to protonate it, if that is the plan. The wooden growth is sometimes treated with varnish, sometimes with wax, hot oil is also used. And this process is long, the labor costs are significant. But souvel products cost a lot.

Application

Birch bone products are diverse - what the author's imagination cannot create.  The most fashionable jewelry is considered to be: original costume jewelry, which today, in the era of eco-style, boho direction in design, is especially in demand.  Such jewelry will suit those who love natural materials, natural colors - beige, milky, green, sand.

They make very beautiful dishes from birch bone.  Cutting boards can probably be considered the most popular name today. But, of course, knife handles also compete with boards - and this is already a tradition. The material is dense, easy to process, very beautiful, so knife handles will be clearly in demand. Knives have been around for years, even decades. Renovations in the kitchen can change, as can a large part of the dishes, so you need quality and beautiful knives, timeless and changing fashion. And the birch bone handles are the best fit.

Figures of birds and animals also allow you to make a souvel, because the wooden pattern so perfectly visually repeats the plumage of birds, the skin of a snake or the fur of animals. The curves of the material themselves inspire the author, tell the craftsman what to do. A wooden drawing may not be an independent product, but a part of the decoration of a picture, panel, or other artistic object.

In a word, someone who likes to tinker with wood, knows the value of wooden decor, will have 100 and 1 idea about birch growth called souvelle. And you can be sure that the birch bone product will last for many years.

HANDLE MATERIAL MAMMOTH TEETH

Mammoth tooth is a rare raw material that is used to make decorative objects, for example, knife handles, covers for pistol grips, and jewelry. This is a unique natural element, which is rarely obtained, so its cost is quite high.

Today, the mammoth tooth, after certain processing (stabilization), is widely used by master knifemakers. Stabilization is a process of polymerization of the material under vacuum with or without the use of fat-soluble dyes, while the material is permeated with polymeric substances through.

A mammoth tooth is a product of animal origin. Its exceptional feature is the fact that its source is extinct animals - mammoths. Paleontologists found that they lived on Earth about 10 thousand years ago, and their number was very large. Mammoths' teeth were not permanent and changed about four times during their lifetime. Fallen teeth, which modern scientists find during excavations, and become the basis for decorative elements, among which there are knife handles.

Due to a long stay in the soil, the material acquired a very unstable structure - the enamel became rock-hard, and the dentin, on the contrary, became loose. But modern material stabilization technologies have helped turn mammoth teeth into an excellent basis for creating luxurious knife handles. The polymer composite provides products with resistance to corrosion and moisture, and the natural base gives a unique texture and intricate pattern.

Features of the material

Mammoth molars are used to create various products. Outwardly, they look like elephant teeth, but much more have a different shade. Taking into account the historical value and rarity, the mammoth tusk is especially highly valued, since this animal became extinct long before our era. The tusks of prehistoric giants can be found not only in paleontological museums, but also on the counters of jewelry stores, they are used to decorate the interior, they are used to create various decorative elements - of course, not in their original form, but in processed form.

According to scientists, the age of the material is 10-40 thousand years. Today, how mammoths lived is not fully understood. However, the remains of these giants found by scientists, their bones, teeth, even whole carcasses allowed scientists to seriously advance in this field of research. The available data made it possible to find out what the mammals looked like, what they ate, what climatic conditions they lived in, what behavioral characteristics they had (for example, did they lead a gregarious or solitary existence).

The mammoth ate practically the same as the modern elephant: its diet consisted of plant food. In the world, the animal could feed on coniferous plants. They preferred coarse food, which they easily chewed with their strong jaws and teeth, similar to large plates. An interesting feature of the mammoth's body was that as the old tooth wore out, a new one grew, displacing the former one and taking its place. Thus, the animal could change its teeth several times during its life. All the teeth were replaced in about a ten-year interval, and the average lifespan of a mammoth was 40 years. In other words, one animal could survive an average of four complete changes of primary teeth. Thanks to this feature, people often find individual worn mammoth teeth, but do not find other traces of it.

Appearance

If you look at a mammoth tooth, you can see a non-uniform surface with ribbed edges. Bone, enamel and soft tissue alternate in this case. The material has a rather complex structure:

its basis is dentin.

The dentine layer is covered with protective enamel.

It is worth noting that the mammoth had only 4 molars and 2 tusks, which protruded outwards and served mainly for self-defense.

After special treatment, the root tooth can be used to make various jewelry products. The density of the material is very high and resembles a stone. In order to process such a product, the craftsman needs to spend a lot of effort and time.

Stabilization of raw materials

To prevent the tooth and tusk from collapsing in the process of use and making a product from it, stabilization technology is used. This is a responsible stage of processing, in which the following technologies are used:

Polycondensation.
Vacuum processing.
Application of special dyes.

All voids of the tooth are filled with a polymer substance, due to which the base acquires reliable protection against climatic influences. Such a product does not deform, cracks do not appear on it, it becomes able to withstand high temperatures. The appearance of the material also changes, becomes more attractive and unique.
 

Before the advent of this technology, mammoth teeth and bones were rarely used for making souvenirs, because they did not have sufficient strength due to the large number of cracks and delamination inside. In addition, tooth enamel has high hardness, which during processing quickly leads to the unusability of the saw. A stabilized product is much easier to subject to further processing. Mammoth tooth became especially popular in the manufacture of knife handles. It looks unusual, attractive, and if you add a dye, you can create a unique pattern that can give even such a rare thing special individuality.

G10 — in handmade knives: quality, style, modernity

What kind of material is this?

G10 is a light and hard material characterized by a textured surface and special practicality. It is used to create handles on various types of knives - complex and integral, with additional elements.

The basis is a compound reinforced under pressure with fiberglass. The fibrous structure gives the material rigidity. In order to increase the important operational characteristics during the manufacture of handles, special strengthening chemical compounds are additionally added to the composition. The material is non-combustible, has higher strength characteristics - for bending, tearing and impact.

G10 is formed in layers. This allows you to paint the overlay in one or more colors, creating interesting visual effects of the product's multi-layering. Outwardly, it resembles  micarta  — another popular material from which RoS handmade knife covers are made

Features of the production of linings with G10

Most manufacturers subject finished G10 pads to sandblasting, which exposes the structure of the fiberglass. As a result, the handle acquires a rough surface, which prevents slipping in the hand and ensures comfortable and safe use of knives. After the finishing treatment, the surface of the pad may become dull. To restore a bright, spectacular appearance at the last stage of production, it is covered with oil or polished.

The craftsman uses G10 handle pads with various knife steels - ATS 34, CPM154CM, D2, 440C, CPM S30V, 40X13.

Advantages of the material

This modern material has the following advantages:

• easily withstands flexibility and stretching loads;
• has resistance to shock loads;
• does not absorb moisture;
• differs in high density;
• resistant to radiation and chemicals;
• has low electrical conductivity;
• does not dry out and does not deform;
• resistant to high temperatures.

Another advantage of this material is an excellent ratio of mechanical strength and light weight. This makes it possible to obtain strong linings with good operational characteristics that do not burden the knives.

High-quality and original inserts made of G10 became a wonderful decoration of exclusive and unique knives of the workshop 

High-quality and original steel inserts are a wonderful decoration of exclusive and unique knives   Studio of exclusive handmade knives GARAGE ART in Ukraine (Ukraine), which offers to order and buy in the online store https://knife.net.ua or by phone. . +380961711010