Damascus blanks...what to expect

cs900 said:
well i appreciate your input. The billet was meant for just the blade.

So maybe a good plan of attack. Anneal then cut out the rough shape. Sand/grind one side flat as my reference. Then surface grind the other side. Flip back to the first side and surface grind to final thickness.
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I'd anneal it for sure, you can probably get away with a simple anneal cycle... 1500 f then leave steel in kiln to slowly cool. I do wonder if it is soft already or what.

You might want to ream your pivot after heat treat and further straightening, I'd consider leaving some room for straightening/grinding flat again post heat treat.

Keep us updated! That oven looks cool...
 
it is quite soft. I measured it at work, and it's running a max of 28HRc.

Also looks like the controller on this oven is crapped out. Time to make a programmable arduino based one!
 
small update, got the oven controller working so I started working on the blade blank. Started on the mill to get close to flat.

Blade thickness is down to .125" and flat and parallel within .002"

Lot of work left to do but it's getting there.

and after many hours on the surface plate, it's starting to look like a real blade, but lots of work left to go.
 
I apologize for that mistaken comment on the price of Damascus!
I also want to make a very positive comment on that "recovery work" CS900 did on the bearing pocket.
You sure have done it nice as well the rest of that blade !!! I hope we get to see the rest of this one !
Frank
 
thanks for the compliments guys. Very reassuring to hear given the amount of talent in this forum.

I am very new to knife making, that is the first blade I've ever attempted to make...Now that said I do have a bit of a dirty secret, and I think this might give it away to the keen eyed:


Is there a place, the regular joe such as myself can make build treads for our projects? I'm still learning all the nooks and crannies of this forum.
 
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