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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: kbaknife on October 07, 2010, 01:12:00 PM
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Here's the newest result of a process I've been using lately for twisting my Damascus billets in the forge. That way, I'm never fighting the steel while it's cooling off and I can take my time with the steel, since it is always at a forging heat.
Anyway, I did a 324 layer billet and twisted.
Not only did I get some pretty radical chatoyance from my power hammer and my press, but I also got these unexplained lateral striations in the steel as well. I can best describe it as "wisps" in the steel.
They are so dramatic, that the camera had nearly an impossible time focusing on the steel.
This was about the best I could do.
Then I cleaned it off and got it dry for the photo outside.
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/kbaknife/Damascus/ba-2.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/kbaknife/Damascus/bb-2.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/kbaknife/Damascus/324b-1.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/kbaknife/Damascus/324d-1.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/kbaknife/Damascus/324a-1.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/kbaknife/Damascus/324e-1.jpg)
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Karl
that is the neatest Damascus I've every seen, if you have any left over I would like some
nice job
Dana
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That is some cool lookin stuff . Good job .
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Sweet looking pattern in the steel. Can you repeat it?
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Originally posted by Ragnarok Forge:
Sweet looking pattern in the steel. Can you repeat it?
I think so.
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It is always great if you can repeat an awesome pattern. Let us know how repeatable it is if you run that pattern again.
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That damascus is great looking, and the blade design remains one of my favorites!
Hope you can do it again!
Steve
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