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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Jim Kelso



Green-Man Knife
Is an ancient archetypal figure from many cultures representing man's unity with nature. This knife is one he may have found appealing: at once dark and mysterious, but with hints of light, power and renewal. The unique Pattern-welded Damascus blade by Don Fogg appears hewn from some ancient artifact. The blade is selectively polished to reveal the overall wood-grain pattern along with subtle "spirit" pattern within.
A silver guard with gold highlights shows a tree stump undergoing the inevitable process of decay. The Wenge wood handle has inlays depicting the strength and beauty of Oak in silver and gold. The pommel elaborates the process of decay, along with a wood-grained Australian boulder opal representing the concept of life regenerating from decay. Signed in a gold reserve inlaid in the handle.

EXHIBIT SPECIFICATIONS
Blade length：16.8 cm
Overall length：32.3 cm
Blade width at base：3 cm
Handle length：12.9 cm
Guard width：4.9 cm
Guard length : 2.8 cm

Manufacturing techniques
As stated above, the handle wood is Wenge. I started with a block specially selected to show flat-sawn grain or "cathedral" grain on the sides. I carved the general shape and further carved the pommel end to appear semi decayed. The whole piece was then sand -blasted to enhance the grain pattern. Wenge works especially well because of the hardness differential between the Summer and Winter growth. The wood is finished in lacquer.
The metal pieces are all lost-wax cast. This involves carving one-of-a-kind wax models for each piece. These models are then cast into their silver or gold forms and finished with engraving, chasing and patination. The guard and oak leaves also have traces of gold fused for texture and colour variety.
The blade is approximately 400 layers of alternating 1095 and 15N20 tool steel, manipulated to mimic wood-grain. The heavy texture was done under a hydraulic press. The reflective pattern in the blade is the ghost of the texture on the flat. The distressed edge was torch cut and filed to shape to create a random, organic quality. The pattern was revealed by etching with ferric-chloride.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Michael Bell

EXHIBIT SPECIFICATIONS
Blade length： 73.3cm(Nagasa) 3.7cm(Kissaki)
Blade width at base： 3.3cm(Motohaba)
Width at tip： 2.2cm(Sakehaba)
Blade thickness： 7mm(Motokasane) 5mm (Sakekasane)
Maximum Curvature (Sori):1.4 cm
Handle length (tsuka)：29.8 cm
Overall length：104 cm
Scabbard (Saya)： 77.4 cm
Blade steel: forge welded cable of composite construction. The back is of straight grain cable steel with the edge steel of tightly twisted cable. The two pieces are forge welded the length of the blade. There are bo-hi on both sides of the blade.
Hamon: distinctive gunome midare.
Polish: The blade was ground to the level of chu-nagura ( fourth stone) by the smith himself and final polish done by Brandon Thell.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Michael 'Tinker' Pearce



EXHIBIT SPECIFICATIONS
Sword Type: Viking sword type
Blade length：70.1 cm
Blade width at base：4.4 cm
Width at tip：3.4 cm
Handle length：13.5 cm
Guard width：6.9 cm
Overall length：90.5 cm
The sword's blade is made from 5160 spring steel and is differentially
tempered to produce an extremely hard cutting edge with a spring-tempered spine for shock resistance and flexibilty.
The fittings are made of Brass and are extensively engraved with Anglo-Norse motifs contemporary to the sword- roughly 7th-8th century.

BRAZIL
Edson Vieira

EXHIBIT SPECIFICATIONS
Sorocabana sword
Blade length：53.9 cm
Blade width at base：3.4 cm
Width at tip：2.9cm
Blade thickness：4mm tapering to 3mm
Handle length：12.1cm
Overall length：66.4cm
Steel: 5160
Bolster: Steel
Pins : Steel
Handle: Horn
Handle "pigeon's eye" decoration : Steel

BRAZIL
Gustavo Colodetti Vilar



EXHIBIT SPECIFICATIONS
Blade length：40.2cm
Blade width at base：3.1cm
Width at tip：2.8cm
Handle length：19.7cm
Guard width：14.4cm
Overall length：61.3cm
Blade, guard and pommel: in high contrast damascus
Furnishings: in brushed steel
Handle: sculpted in black wood

BRAZIL
Luciano Oliveira Dorneles



EXHIBIT SPECIFICATIONS
Sword type: Roman gladius interpretation
Blade length：49.6 cm
Blade width at base：4.9 cm
Width at tip：4 cm
Handle length：6.3 cm
Guard width：20.3 cm
Overall length：70.3 cm
Blade, guard and pommel in damascus.

BRAZIL
Ricardo Vilar

EXHIBIT SPECIFICATIONS
Blade length：61.8 cm
Blade width at base：3 cm
Width at tip：2.8 cm
Handle length：19.4 cm
Guard width：5.8 cm
Overall length：79.6 cm
Sword in 280 layers damascus steel in wolf teeth pattern
Guard and pommel: silver
Handle: horn

BRAZIL
Rodrigo S. Freddo

EXHIBIT SPECIFICATIONS
Blade length：63.8 cm
Blade width at base：6.2 cm
Width at tip：3.4 cm
Handle length：16.9 cm
Guard width：17.8 cm
Overall length：82.6 cm
Scabbard：65.6 cm

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