I am really happy with this, lots of hammering! I made this on my homemade brake rotor forge using charcoal, anvil and hammer.
It started as 5 layers. 1084,15N20,5160,15N20,1084 I was so caught up in the forging that I can't remember if I folded it 3 or 4 times. :knothead:
Anyway, the handle is my stabilized walnut with buffalo horn bolsters and mosaic pins.
(http://i.imgur.com/5WchxCL.jpg?1) (https://imgur.com/5WchxCL)
(http://i.imgur.com/ppasio4.jpg?1) (https://imgur.com/ppasio4)
(http://i.imgur.com/lwjUlss.jpg?2) (https://imgur.com/lwjUlss)
Beauty!
Excellent! Great job.
Nice job! Making Damascus by hand is not for the faint of heart!
Pretty neat, great job!
Real nice work!
That's beautiful Benjy!
Any chance we could see a few photos of your homemade forge? That would be interesting to me :)
I have another brake rotor that fits inside of this one that is deeper that I used to get enough heat to get to welding temperature. I am a beginner at this so I am open to all ideas and opinions!
The blower is an oven exhaust fan, I bought a variable speed switch to adjust the air flow.
(http://i.imgur.com/PDS1fBH.jpg) (https://imgur.com/PDS1fBH)
(http://i.imgur.com/2oYnNLH.jpg) (https://imgur.com/2oYnNLH)
(http://i.imgur.com/3kcK6i1.jpg) (https://imgur.com/3kcK6i1)
(http://i.imgur.com/jNvmcsB.jpg) (https://imgur.com/jNvmcsB)
QuoteOriginally posted by madness522:
Nice job! Making Damascus by hand is not for the faint of heart!
You have that right! I spent about 10 hours and 4 bags of charcoal on this one blade! It was worth it in the end!
Very nice!
Benjy,
Very nice! You could almost buy a forge for the time you have into that blade :)
I think it turned out very nice!
Todd