damascus info

[hirokatsu]

Hi I would like to know when a bladesmith buys a billet from a damascus maker like robert eggerling, delbert ealy, devin thomas ect do they forge them to shape or do they do stock removal im talking about carbon damascus.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

It can be either. There are damascus billets that are meant only for stock removal, and there are those that can be forged. Most bladesmiths forge their own damascus.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

The patterns made by the people you mentioned I would think are for stock removal. They have very distinct patterns that would most likely be destroyed by the forging process.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

If you get a simple twist pattern, or random, forging helps to add character to the appearance.