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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: tippit on May 29, 2011, 07:13:00 AM
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I guess I should have known better...but a friend gave me a piece of cable damascus that he forged welded. This little blade started out 2-3 times bigger! As you can see in the starting cable there are fault lines that didn't weld up. As I was forging I kept trying to flux and re-weld. Then during grinding, I kept discovering more unwelded areas. You can see I almost had to grind into my stamp and keep grinding the tip off. It was kinda like grinding an Artichoke :scared:
Anyway I got a small necker out of the deal. The pattern is nice but very subtle as there aren't any contrasting steels in it. With faults still present, I added a lanyard hole for para-cord cause I won't even bother putting a handle on this one. It will be awhile before I do another cable damascus. Frustrating blade..tippit
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/Knives/CableDamascusBlade002.jpg)
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thats what make some great knife makers.to make knife outta something even when it dont wanna be made LOL. great little knife.<><
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I really like the blade shape you ended up with. I say next time just use cable damascus that you welded up yourself :) . I bet yours wouldn't have the same weld problems. Great job making the knife when it didn't want to be made.
Jeremy
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The blade shape is basically what was left of usable steel. It looks nothing like it was intended :knothead:
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Looks like it will make a skinner or necker.
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Amazing how we can start out with a camp knife and end up with a bird and trout knife!