Any pictures of milled/ground damascus before final flattening?

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benjamin2515101

I'd like to see what your ladder, raindrop, etc looks like before you do the final flattening after you have machined the pattern. I think it would help me get a better idea of what it should look like at this point to create a successful pattern.
 
If you go to my profile and click on "Find latest started threads" you can find some of mine. I usually prefer to press the pattern in and then grind the high spots down, but that's just one way to do it. :)


edit: Okay, I know two clicks is one click past what many folks are willing to do these days, so I found one of the threads for you. :p ;) just fool'n with 'ya :)

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/956343-Damascus-integral-tag-along


Based on another threads of yours it sounds like you're just getting into this stuff, if you click on my signature line--- it will take you to a thread I did with a lot of detailed pics on how I make up a billet and subsequent knife. :)
 
THanks for those links Nick, I missed those before and they're great! Never even considered dry welding damascus, the thought didn't even cross my mind, but its so much less wasteful than the way I was doing it.. will have to try!
 
Partly drilled holes in the surface give you bird's eyes/raindrops when you do your final squish. Partial cuts into the surface with an angle grinder give you "waves" in your parallel lines when you squish. Can't beat Nick's thread for producing ladders. Twists are, well, twists. Anything that upsets the surface prior to squishing will show up as some kind of patterning, but remember, the more grinding you do after, the more the pattern will revert back to parallel lines. (Unless you're using the Ruffles to Dorito method).

Then there's all the Mosaic stuff which i'll leave to others with more experience to discuss
 
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