Oconee Dan knows his stuff

Ray Hammond · February 23, 2008, 11:57:00 PM

I made my first knife Friday. Thanks to Dan Masson, what likely would have been a mediocre effort became an unbelievable(to me) work of functional art.

Having someone with Dan's skills to guide me on my first knife was a tremendous experience and has set me on the path to building knives in earnest.

Thanks, Dan for the great guidance, and opening your home to a stranger!

Lewis Brookshire III · February 24, 2008, 06:58:00 AM

Ray, where are the pics????? LOL

varmint · February 24, 2008, 07:21:00 AM

Man Law,Man Law!!!

Ray Hammond · February 24, 2008, 07:43:00 AM

Unfortunately, they are in Dan's camera...and he is working all day today!

I will try to take some today if I can.

OconeeDan · February 24, 2008, 07:53:00 AM

Thanks for the kind words Ray.
I had a really good time, and Ray is very detail oriented. His knife turned out very nice as did his sheath. I know it'll be bloodied up soon!
Here are a couple of pics, the handle is desert ironwood with mosaic pins.
Dan

sticshooter · February 24, 2008, 08:45:00 AM

one word..... AWESOME!<><

Doug Campbell · February 24, 2008, 10:28:00 AM

Very nice Ray and Dan, desert ironwood and damascus, gotta love it!!

drewsbow · February 24, 2008, 11:30:00 AM

yep that is a work of art right there :0)

el oso · February 24, 2008, 05:03:00 PM

very nice! whats betwean the skales and the knife?

Lewis Brookshire III · February 24, 2008, 07:10:00 PM

WOW Ray, that turned out GREAT!!!

brettlandon · February 24, 2008, 07:19:00 PM

I wish my LAST knife would have turned out as good as your first. Great Job!

-Brett

OconeeDan · February 24, 2008, 08:21:00 PM

El Oso, Ray used black/white/black name tag material between the desert ironwood and the steel. I thought it was a nice accent that didn't scream and take away from the other attributes of his classy knife.
Dan

varmint · February 24, 2008, 08:41:00 PM

Very,very nice!!!!

Is that your first file work too???

Beautiful!

MYSTIKBOW · February 24, 2008, 08:57:00 PM

:eek: :eek: That right there is one SAWEET damascus blade. Excellent job Ray.

el oso · February 24, 2008, 09:33:00 PM

thats cool. I wouldn't have guessed name tag meterial in a million years!

Ray Hammond · February 24, 2008, 10:05:00 PM

yes...first everything. Thanks for the kind words!

Mr Vic at the cabin · February 25, 2008, 01:35:00 PM

Great looking knife!!!

SouthMDShooter · February 25, 2008, 02:07:00 PM

Wow that is an incredible lookin knife

GRAYBEARD · February 25, 2008, 05:27:00 PM

RAY, THAT IS A MIGHTY HANDSOME PIECE OF WORK.

Chris Surtees · February 26, 2008, 03:04:00 PM