OCEAN knife handmade by master Pavlo Goncharenko, buy to order in Ukraine, mosaic Damascus steel, 59-60 HRC
- Brand: Майстерня ножів ручної роботи Павла Гончаренка
- Product Code: ОКЕАН - майстерня ножів ручної роботи Павла Гончаренк
| Загальна довжина клинка mm: | 275 мм |
| Матеріал леза | Blade - Damasteel (Mosaic Damascus) is a type of steel with visible inhomogeneities on the steel surface, most often in the form of patterns obtained in various ways. |
| Твердість клинка (метал): | Hardness - 59-60 HRC |
| Матеріал руків'я: | Stabilized elk horn, nickel silver, stabilized sperm whale bone, stabilized mammoth tooth, mosaic foam with phosphor (glows blue in the dark). Shark tooth beads. |
| Довжина леза | 140 мм |
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The name of the knife: OCEAN knife handmade by master Pavlo Goncharenko, buy to order in Ukraine, mosaic Damascus steel, 59-60 HRC
Knife type: Fixed blade
Brand: Pavlo Honcharenko's Handmade Knives Studio
Steel sheet: One-piece, through-the-hole mounting on a screed and epoxy resin.
Blade sharpening: Sharpened at 36 degrees
Blade hardness: 59-60 HRC
Total length: 275 mm
Blade length: 140 mm
Blade width: 33 mm
Blade thickness: 3.8 mm
Handle thickness: 33 mm
Blade finish: Polished, etched
Guard and back material: Stabilized elk horn
Handle: Stabilized elk horn, nickel silver, stabilized sperm whale bone, stabilized mammoth tooth, mosaic foam with phosphor (glows blue in the dark). Shark tooth beads.
Handle color: Dark blue
Handle impregnation: None
Handle coating: Polishing
Lanyard hole: Yes
Lanyard: 3mm leather cord lanyard, shark tooth beads.
Scabbard: Stabilized elk horn. Genuine vegetable tanned leather 4.0 mm, treated with water-repellent finish and impregnated with protective solutions, wax impregnation, sewn with waxed thread. Hand-stamped texture. Stabilized mammoth tooth insert. Free hanging
Model: OCEAN knife handmade by master Pavlo Goncharenko, buy to order in Ukraine, mosaic Damascus steel, 59-60 HRC
Model number: 164
Country of birth: Ukraine
Craftsman: Master Pavlo Honcharenko, Ivankiv, Ukraine ("Knives handmade by Pavlo Honcharenko")
Best use: Multifunctional: hunting, fishing, carcass cutting, slicing, household, collecting, etc.
Knife condition: New
The price is indicated together with the scabbard and stand.
A sharpened knife is not a cold weapon.
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In the photo: Folding knife DKH 01 (Damascus).
Maple burl
A cap is a growth on a tree trunk; it has a much denser structure with a completely unique cross-sectional pattern.
The cap is highly durable, the cap wood does not burn well, and is well processed and polished.
The dimensions of the blanks are approximately 135-45-30 mm.
Stabilized wood blocks are great for creating standard knife handles with through and insert mounting.
Stabilized maple cap is also great for carving, creating miniatures, jewelry, as well as various pendants, amulets, toys and crafts.
It is convenient to work with stabilized maple cap for both experienced craftsmen and beginners.
Stabilized wood of any color is straight, even blocks of real wood - maple cap, impregnated with a special composition.
The wood stabilizer completely fills all small pores, due to which all air and moisture comes out of the wood, turning it into a polymerized block of stabilized Karelian birch, only with improved properties.
Stabilized wood is several times heavier and much denser. It is not affected by moisture, does not change its color under sunlight, remaining a much stronger and more reliable material.
All this makes stabilization an ideal material for creating objects that are exposed to all physical and climatic loads - knife handles, cutters and various tools.
Stabilized maple sapwood polishes beautifully, giving a surface as smooth as glass or stone. Uncoated, stabilized bars have a faded appearance when dry, but their bright, deep texture is revealed under finishing compounds.
For its unique beauty, the cap is called wooden malachite!
In general, the smaller the pattern and the larger the size of the mouthguard, the more expensive it is.
The value of this unique material is evidenced by a historical fact given in the book "The Cap Box" (authored by Nadezhda Perminova): "... in 1837, up to fifty rubles were paid for a twenty-pound cap (a little more than 8 kg)... a thoroughbred bull was valued at the same amount at an agricultural exhibition.
Today, on the world market, the price of Kapo wood (solid wood and veneer) is many times higher than the price of any other wood, including: oak, elm, walnut, mahogany, and any exotic species.
The unique combination of material properties, limited supplies, and the uniqueness of the cap pattern in each product ultimately determined the generally recognized, high aesthetic value and corresponding consumer price of products made from this wood, which is used in the decoration of the most luxurious interiors.
Elk antlers are used to make knife handles
Elk. Elk antlers are very often used by knifemakers to make knife handles.
NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THE KNIVES!
Elk antlers are very often used by knifemakers to make knife handles.
Elk antler is not the most common material that craftsmen prefer to make their knife handles from. Most craftsmen prefer to work with denser and stronger antlers, for example, sambar or white-tailed deer. However, this does not mean that elk antlers are completely unsuitable for becoming a good knife handle. This statement is far from the truth, so in no case do not give up this idea.
Craftsmen really enjoy working with elk antler, especially when creating knives in the style of early American knives, or a la “primitive” knives. The shape, size, and texture of elk antlers are perfectly suited to knives of this type. Indeed, there is no other material, not even the antlers of other animals, that would look better on the handles of such knives than elk.
In my opinion, moose antlers are an extremely attractive and strong material for a handle, but to make it work well, a special approach is needed when working with antlers. What I can advise you is solely based on my personal experience, and I will tell you everything I know on the subject.
In general, there is no need to rush when working. And it does not matter what you are working on at the moment: whether you are forging a blade or adjusting a handle. I prefer to spend more time doing the job too well than not finishing something a little. You may agree with this or not, but these are my methods of work. Much of what I do may seem unnecessary and useless to you, however, I repeat: these are just my principles in work, and you are not obliged to fully adhere to them.
I have had a lot of experience working with moose antlers. The fact is that I was born in Hungary, a country with a huge number of moose, and therefore there are always plenty of them. It was in my homeland that I first started experimenting with moose antlers.
First of all, make sure that the materials you are going to work with are of the right quality: horns and wood, not taken from young animals and trees. They should be thoroughly dried. Make sure they have not come into contact with sources of moisture.
As was correctly noted, the core of the horns is quite porous. That is why I prefer to remove this soft porous core, and leave only the hard bony part of the horns. It is necessary to clean out most of the core, and then use a superfile to carefully clean the inside of the horn. Thus, a cavity is formed in the horn, which will be an order of magnitude larger than necessary.
I cut out pieces of wood to fill the gap. I usually use walnut, maple, or cherry. I choose these types of wood because they are light, durable, and have a dense texture. However, you can use any solid wood you like.
The wood placed inside the antler in this way doesn't have to fit perfectly. It's even better if you leave enough space inside the antler to allow for the glue or epoxy to fill in.
Once the wooden "filling" of the horn is evenly distributed inside the cavity, you will need to remove it to cut it lengthwise into two parts. Cut the wood so that the shank fits between the two halves. Once I am sure that the shank fits well, I make two small rivets. This structure forms a kind of additional handle, which will replace the same porous soft substance that I removed from the inside of the horn.
And when I am sure that all the parts of my knife fit harmoniously and firmly, I proceed to epoxy gluing the handle of the knife and the antler - the outer part. Thus, I get a knife with an internal shank. To do this, I make four or five grooves in the wood, and with the help of special equipment I make the same grooves on the inner part of the moose antler. Thus, sufficient space is created for the epoxy, which properly fastens all the parts of the knife. When you glue all the parts, you can additionally fasten the handle with a through pin. This, of course, is only possible if your shank can be drilled with a drill without consequences.
This is how I have been making absolutely all my knives for quite a long time. And, knocking on wood three times, I have never received any complaints and have not had any difficulties with these knives. However, in your opinion, today there are other techniques for making knives from elk antler using sophisticated modern equipment that fully meet the high standards of knife production.
You can also make a knife from an elk antler without removing its soft interior. But in this case, the blade will eventually loosen.
The name "elk" probably comes from the Old Slavic "ols", which refers to the red color of the fur that newborn elks have. Another common name for the elk since ancient times in Russia is "sohatiy", apparently due to the similarity of its antlers to a plow, an ancient agricultural tool.
"Nickel silver" and nickel alloys
In the English-speaking tradition, “Nickel Silver” is usually an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc. It is generally accepted that “nickel silver” does not contain silver . But in a broad sense, there may be exceptions to this rule. There are many other alloys also called “nickel silver .” “German Silver,” “Colorado Silver,” “Chinese Silver,” “Mexican Silver,” “Silveroid,” “Argentoid,”.
"Navoline", "Nickeline" - all these terms refer to copper-nickel alloys. The ancient Chinese alloy "Paktong" is close in composition to modern nickel silver.
“Nickel silver” is used as an inexpensive substitute for silver and is often plated with silver when making tableware. It is strong, malleable, and resistant to oxidation. “Nickel silver” has a grayish-yellow color, which makes it look a little duller than silver.
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Nickel silver and nickel alloys Compound and melting point Percentage given |
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Nickel |
Copper |
Lead |
Silver |
Zinc |
Chromium |
Melting temperature |
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Common name |
In |
Si |
Sn |
At |
Zn |
Sg |
°F |
°C |
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Nickel Silver |
20 |
60 |
20 |
1959 |
1071 |
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Nickel Silver Alloy A |
33 |
62 |
5 |
1960 |
1071 |
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Nickel Alloy #752* |
18 |
65 |
17 |
2030 |
1110 |
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German Silver* |
20 |
46 |
34 |
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Chinese Silver* |
13 |
65 |
20 |
2 |
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Colorado Silver* |
25 |
57 |
18 |
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Nickel coin (United States) |
25 |
75 |
2201 |
1204 |
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Nichrome |
80 |
20 |
2550 |
1400 |
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Monel Metal (monel metal) |
67 |
30 |
Little iron, carbon, manganese, silicon, and sulfur |
2370 |
1300 |
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Sperm whale
Sperm whales are typical representatives of cetaceans. They originated 70 million years ago, either from some predatory animals or from insectivores. Today, all connections with terrestrial life have been lost, and their adaptation to aquatic life has remained remarkable.
The sperm whale's body is hairless, almost smooth, with a very thick layer of subcutaneous fat, which serves as a thermal insulator. A few bristles have survived only on the snout. On the lower jaw there are 18-30 pairs of teeth without enamel, the largest of which weigh almost 2.6 kg each. The pectoral fins are wide and bluntly rounded. The body color varies from grayish-brown to black-brown.
A very large stomach - holds more than 500 liters of liquid. The kidneys are twice as large as those of land animals, because they have to remove a large amount of salts from the body, which come with sea water. The length of the intestine is about 160 meters, but its structure is extremely simplified. The first riddle: why does a carnivorous animal have such a huge intestine?
There are other inexplicable phenomena associated with the sperm whale. For example, why are its nostrils not directed upwards, like all whales, but obliquely forward?
It is known that sperm whales can stay underwater without air for more than an hour, and go to a depth of more than 1200 meters. The paradox is that sperm whales have smaller lungs than other whales, and they have to hold their breath for a long time... So, here is another mystery.
The sperm whale is a real giant. It is born four meters long and grows very quickly to 18 meters. An old sperm whale weighs more than 50 tons, others under 100. Among sperm whales there are also real babies. For example, the dwarf sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) or kogia has a dolphin-shaped body 2.4-3.3 m long (males are slightly larger than females), weighing up to 300 kg. These cetaceans live in the warm zone of the ocean and are very rare.
Sperm whales swim in all oceans except the Arctic. In the summer, they migrate from the subtropics to cold waters and swim into the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas. They can often be found off the coast of West Africa and Japan. Sperm whales are the only ones that cross the equator during migration.
The sperm whale feeds on cephalopods (80%) and a small amount of fish (spiny sharks, sea urchins, pollock, cod, saury, bullheads). It can hunt very large cephalopods (squid). Mollusks up to 18 meters long have sometimes been found in its stomach. Hunting for them, the whale dives hundreds of kilometers.
Sperm whales have no sense of smell, poor eyesight, but excellent hearing. Studies have shown that sperm whales communicate with each other using signals, and navigate in space and find food using echolocation (similar to bats).
The sperm whale is considered a dangerous animal for humans. But what is this danger if it does not specifically hunt people? There can be two reasons: it attacks either out of fear or out of revenge.
In 1820, a furious sperm whale rammed the Essex twice. The ship weighed almost 5.5 tons, but the whale was able to sink it. Only a few people survived. Small wooden vessels, weighing as much as a small whale, often suffer from such rams. What can we say about small fishing boats ...
Sperm whales can swallow people whole without chewing them. The schooner "Star of the East" caught a sperm whale, and when it was cut open, three whole human skeletons were found. It is not difficult to imagine how painful the death of these poor creatures was, because they were digested alive.
Tragedies most often occur when a sperm whale is frightened. Then it begins to defend itself and attack. It mistakes large boats with people on them for large animals, which is why it attacks them.
In addition, we must remember the existence of whaling ships. If a sperm whale manages to escape once, after that it will be hostile to any boat with people. I think you have already seen what power this giant has, so you only have to guess about the fate of the ship that the sperm whale decides to attack.
Length: up to 18 meters
Weight: more than 50 tons
Habitat: swim in all oceans except the Arctic.
Danger!
It often rams boats. It swallows people whole.
HANDLE MATERIAL - MAMMOTH TUSK
Mammoth tusk is a rare raw material used to make decorative items, such as knife handles, gun grips, and jewelry. It is a unique natural element that is rarely found, so its value is quite high.
Today, mammoth tooth, after certain processing (stabilization), is widely used by master knifemakers. Stabilization is the process of polymerizing the material under vacuum with or without the use of fat-soluble dyes, while the material is impregnated with polymeric substances throughout.
HANDLE MATERIAL - MAMMOTH TUSK
Mammoth tooth is a manufactured material of animal origin. Its exceptional feature is the fact that its source is extinct animals - mammoths. Paleontologists have established that they lived on Earth about 10 thousand years ago, and their number was very large. The teeth of mammoths were not permanent and changed about four times during their lives. The fallen teeth, which modern scientists find during excavations, become the basis for decorative elements, including knife handles.
Due to the 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 technologies for stabilizing materials have helped turn mammoth teeth into an excellent basis for creating luxurious knife handles. The polymer composite provides the products with resistance to corrosion and moisture, and the natural base gives a unique texture and intricate pattern.
Material features
Mammoth molars are used to create various products. Outwardly, they resemble elephant teeth, but they have a much different shade. Given the historical value and rarity, mammoth tusk is especially highly valued, since this animal became extinct long before our era. Tusks of prehistoric giants can be found not only in paleontological museums, but also on the shelves of jewelry stores, they are used to decorate the interior, used to create various decorative elements - of course, not in their original form, but in processed form.
The age of the material, according to scientists, is 10-40 thousand years. How mammoths lived has not been fully studied today. However, the remains of these giants found by scientists, their bones, teeth, even whole carcasses have allowed scientists to make serious progress 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, whether they led a herd or solitary existence).
The mammoth ate practically the same as a modern elephant: its diet consisted of plant food. In the world, the animal could feed on coniferous plants. They preferred rough 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 old one and taking its place. Thus, the animal could change its teeth several times during its life. Absolutely all teeth changed in about a ten-year period, and the average life span of a mammoth was 40 years. In other words, one animal could survive an average of four complete changes of molars. It is because of this feature that people often find individual worn mammoth teeth but do not encounter other traces of it.
Appearance
If you look at a mammoth tooth, you can see a heterogeneous surface with ribbed edges. Bone, enamel and soft tissue in this case alternate. The material has a rather complex structure:
Its basis is dentin.
The dentin layer is covered with protective enamel.
It is worth noting that the mammoth had only 4 molars and 2 tusks, which protruded outward and served mainly for self-defense.
After special processing, the molar can be used to make various jewelry products. The density of the material is very high and resembles stone. In order to process such a product, the master needs to spend a lot of effort and time.
Raw material stabilization
To prevent the tooth and tusk from collapsing during use and manufacturing of products from it, stabilization technology is used. This is a crucial stage of processing, in which the following technologies are used:
Polycondensation.
Vacuum processing.
Application of special dyes.
All cavities of the tooth are filled with a polymer substance, due to which the base acquires reliable protection from 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.
High-quality and original G10 overlays have become a wonderful decoration for exclusive and unique knives from the Studio "Handmade Knives by Pavlo Goncharenko" workshop (Ukraine), which offers to order and buy online at https://knife.net.ua
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