Hello.
I have torn out a large chunk (1cm x 1.5 cm) from the edge of a Valiantco Survival Golok Large, damascus, by trying to make it do stuff that an axe could do. My bad ofcourse. It was also bent badly. I have hammered it straight and sawed it in two. The part with the handle is now a good mini golok. I would like to reshape the other part though, but to get the shape I want, I would need to put part of the edge where the core is soft (1/3 from the edge, according to Wandi). So I would need to heat treat it again. I polished and etched the cut, and it looks like the core extends all the way to the spine, with many layers of longitudinal sheets each side. Wandi says the core is the same steel as the plain spring steel blades they make. He also says I'm likely to destroy the structure if I reheat it.
Anyone have any idea how to treat it, since I don't know its composition? Just a 5 inch blade, I'd want to harden it throughout. Can I weld onto the pattern steel?
I have torn out a large chunk (1cm x 1.5 cm) from the edge of a Valiantco Survival Golok Large, damascus, by trying to make it do stuff that an axe could do. My bad ofcourse. It was also bent badly. I have hammered it straight and sawed it in two. The part with the handle is now a good mini golok. I would like to reshape the other part though, but to get the shape I want, I would need to put part of the edge where the core is soft (1/3 from the edge, according to Wandi). So I would need to heat treat it again. I polished and etched the cut, and it looks like the core extends all the way to the spine, with many layers of longitudinal sheets each side. Wandi says the core is the same steel as the plain spring steel blades they make. He also says I'm likely to destroy the structure if I reheat it.
Anyone have any idea how to treat it, since I don't know its composition? Just a 5 inch blade, I'd want to harden it throughout. Can I weld onto the pattern steel?
