How wide can 1" cable get

[J.Marsillo]

I hope I'm not biting off more than I can chew on this one.I showed one of my cable knives to a friend and he wants me to make one for him.He gave me a rough sketch.Oh no I took a custom order
The way I remember this style bowie the blade is pretty wide,the problem is by the time the cable is welded and flat its not wide enough for that style.All I have is 1" cable,to get a wider thicker billet can I stack cable or twist 2 peices together?? Or should I buy a peice of bigger cable?
Now that I looked at that picture again maybe I can forge alot more to shape to stretch it out?

 

[deker]

1" cable can get very wide...if you make it thin enough If you don't have enough meat in it as-is, you can certainly double it over and weld it up again.

-d

 

[butcher_block]

i should be able to get some in the 1.5 inch (i think) up to you if you need /want to try it its not clean but its up for grabs
i made my first forged knife out of it but i dont know if its HC or what
i heat treated it as 1084

 

[hss_forge]

Weld it up, cut and fold like this ///////\\\\\\\ and you will get a nice fishbone pattern and have plenty of stock wo work with.

 

[indian george]

The next time you come down we can weld you up some billets together.

 

[J.Marsillo]

Weld it up, cut and fold like this ///////\\\\\\\ and you will get a nice fishbone pattern and have plenty of stock wo work with.

Sorry I thought about that for a while and now my head hurts
I really dont know much about the cutting and folding tecniques.

The next time you come down we can weld you up some billets together.

One cable sammich coming up
I just scored a nice heavy 9' beam from work....1 piece off the list.

Thanks for the offer butch I have to call my friend back and see what we can work with all I'm going off of is a sketch right now.I might try something silly like san mai style.