Browning Double-edged Damascus Hunter
with cocobolo wood handle is mint in the
box and came out in 1985. Overall length 7-3/4". Serial number
867/1000. Comes in a fine wood box. No sheath. Designed by the acclaimed
USA knife maker Gil Hibben and forged by the master sword makers of
Seki City, Japan. They sold for $350.00 back in 1985. A fine knife that
came out over 20 years ago! Get it before it is gone! We have one to sale.
The original paper work is included with the knife. It is rice paper and has the
following about the Browning Double-edged Damascus Hunter:
Damascus knife and the sword making is a tradition that has endured in
Japan for over 1000 years. Japan's feudal history, often shrouded in
conflict, demanded the making of blades that possessed qualities of
exceptional strength and beauty. Today's Japanese Damascus knife makers
continue to blend their art, religion and culture into a unique knife
making process that is expressed exquisitely in each blade that leaves
their anvil.
Master sword maker Makoto Takaba selects only the finest bars of pure
nickel and high carbon stainless steel for the blades. In ancient
tradition, the fire is stoked with pine tree charcoal. Again and again the
red hot metal is taken from the fire, hammered out lengthwise, folded over
and reheated. A core layer of high carbon stainless steel is then forged
into the center of the blade for the cutting edge. In a practice common
only to the Japanese knife making the nearly finished blade
is drilled or beveled, then pounded flat again, creating elegant,
contoured patterns. Freehand grinding, followed by dipping in acid
completes the traditional process.
The blade has a full tang which extends through an exotic cocobolo wood
handle. The hilt, end cap and spacers embellishing the handle are all
polished nickel silver. The entire knife itself is 7-3/4 inches long. The
Damascus blade itself is 3-3/4 inches long and consists of over 200
separate layers. And, like a fingerprint, no two blades look exactly
alike. Designed by the acclaimed American knife maker Gil Hibben, and
forged by the master sword makers of Seki City, Japan, the Browning
Double-edged Damascus Hunter is truly an extraordinary knife, and destined
to become a classic.