First damascus O1 + 15N20

Kosa_PL

Kosa_PL

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Hello,


Finally I'm able to do this then let's go :D

3mm Bohler K460 (O1) + 1,1mm 15N20

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Ou who is here? ME!

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And with very nice grip for this :D
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How the piece is looking...
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And the work started :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KNnk3pnDS4


When we get this to 4-5mm I will decide what knife to do with this :)

Mostly in plan is a Goliath.
If we get to small piece I will do other knife, kamisori etc.
 
Looks good. I love your sword handle lol
 
Making this is delayed because of isolation fail in gas forge >.>

Devils Forge have to thin insulation to work on clean propane...
 
Run your forge rich and make sure all your steel layers are ground clean and weld it with out flux. But besides that I would try soaking the billet in kerosene than heating and welding.
 
Actually I collecting materials to build vertical forge, and for this I have a monster Banan Torch for this.
 
A verticle forge is nice, my second forge is verticle and I love it. The bottom of the forge is covered with bubble refractory so the flux does not eat it. But I know in the past people would cover forge floors with cat litter to soak of the flux. I'm actually considering building another forge and thinking about casting it. It would be fire brick with a cast center. Not sure how it would work but both my forges are on there last leg and especially my horazontal needs relining bad.
 
For my vertical forge I want to use Fire-resistant concrete ( up to 1500*C), to cast center chamber.
And for insulation a ceramic wool 50mm, then 60mm of this Fire-resistant concrete.

I thinki about to make square or round one...
 
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Time to design something usefull (26 ton-force)

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I was thinking that this will be in US only ;(
No one in EU sells this >.>

Do somebody have actual prices ?
i was thinking about powder with nickel for ball bearing damascus.
 
I swear I saw powdered steel on a norwegian supply website another EU member linked when asking about a particular steel type they carried but I can't remember the name or the thread title.
 
Kosa I have family coming to visit me in April from the us. They already have a pile of material for me that is hard or impossible to find in Austria that they are bringing over for me. How much powdered steel are you looking for?

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Hey dlux, I was thinking about 10lb (~4,5kg) of 4600KC and 10lb (~4,5kg) of 4800KC.
Or maybe 20lb ( ~9kg) of single powder.

What powder will give me a nice sweet contrast in ball bearing damascus etc. ?
 
Kosa_PL said:
Hey dlux, I was thinking about 10lb (~4,5kg) of 4600KC and 10lb (~4,5kg) of 4800KC.
Or maybe 20lb ( ~9kg) of single powder.

What powder will give me a nice sweet contrast in ball bearing damascus etc. ?
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Use 1084 powder and 52100 bearings. In the U.S it's called dragon skin damascus
 
I haven't done a canister weld yet, but it's on my to do list. (The motor for my press is under a snow drift right now. :grumpy:8)Others who have done it suggested getting the bearings nickel plated for extra contrast. Sounds like a good plan to me, then use 1084 powder as the manganese etches darker. If you wanted the balls darker than the background, the nickel steel powder will etch lighter than the carbon steel balls. This is assuming the balls are 52100, which etches lighter than 1084, but darker than 2% nickel steel. 52100 has some chromium, lower manganese, but higher carbon than 1084. It'll be a bit more grey than the 1084. Carbon, manganese, and molybdenum etch dark, chromium goes towards grey.
 
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