A small forging job of discovery.

Fred.Rowe

Fred.Rowe

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The last feather pattern billet I made, I ended up with a crushed "W's" section of the billet that didn't weld. It was in the final stack and measured 1 1/4" square by 5/16" thick.


I welded a rod on this with the "W's" on top running with the handle. This was the pattern that came out of it. You can see the "W's" in the center of the blade as well as the bars that got forged to the face during the flattening and drawing.


I'll make this again only with a little larger blade. Half the fun in the shop is discovering new things.


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The handle is finished on my little damascus intragal. I used reconstituted stone, silicon bronze with black G10 spacers; the handle is fossil walrus ivory. Fits in the palm of your hand.

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Beautiful knife. I had to pick up a business card to really appreciate the scale of work. Can we see the knife with your card again? What are you doing for a sheath?

Thanks for sharing. I can't wait to do some damascus.
 
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