Integral Bowie tutorial

WOW!!! Great site and super tutorials!! I'm glad I looked,added to my fav. list. THANK YOU!!:cool::thumbup::thumbup:
 
Interesting. I had assumed that those knives started at one thick block, and that you then pulled out a thinner blade.
 
Thank you guys! Joss, as I said, this is assembled because of the pattern, that is formed from several bars welded together. The other integrals, like the one you have, are forged from a single block. I think I'll need to make an tutorial about these too!:p
Sheers!
 
Rodrigo, you're sure good at making the rest of us look bad!!! LOL :D

Great work! I am excited to see it finished!!! :cool: :D
 
Joss said:
Interesting. I had assumed that those knives started at one thick block, and that you then pulled out a thinner blade.
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Joss, the Fisk Persian Bowie (the blade anyway) from the "Best Bowie" thread is made the same way.
 
Thanks for the tutorial. I love learning about how knives are made. My guess is that this knife is going to look great.
 
Hello Guys! This knife is an order... sorry.
I would like to thank's Stephen, Murray, and all the other friends who have posted pictures and spoken with so much care about my work. Thank you guys! Really! I just read now some of the posts, and didn't want to pull them back over the others, but I REALLY appreciated! Also thank's for everybudy who mentioned my work on the best bowie contest! It was an honor to see my work sharing space with some of my Idols!
And speaking about bowies, I think you didn't saw this one: I made it for the knife show we made here in my town in past september.
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Rodrigo, the tutorial is great. I also thought integrals were made from a solid billet. You do amazing work and I have admired your knives since I first saw some here on the forum.

I am looking forward to seeing the completed knife.

Thanks,
Peter
 
Rodrigo that is simpley amazing work. Please make sure to show us pictures when this one is complete.

-d
 
Not that Rodrigo needs any help here, but I thought I might post a couple thoughts.

Most integrals (including Rodrigo's) ARE forged down from a solid bar to begin with, but due to the design of this knife and pattern choice (Turkish twist) it required a different approach.

To really maximize a Turkish twist, you need to grind VERY HEAVILY into the billet. If you start a Turkish twist integral with very heavy twisted bars and then draw the blade down from the bolster/guard area, you will lose the super tight, star effect.

Doing it the way he has done, the pattern will be very tight throughout the knife.

In case anyone is questioning the strength of a design like this, keep in mind that damascus blades are all just a series of welded layers. You don't have as much steel manipulation going on POST weld with the things Rodrigo did here with the guard, but I can assure you if you clean your mating surfaces and have proper temps you will have an incredibly strong weld.

The way Rodrigo has approached this will leave the owner with an very strong knife with an AMAZING pattern. :thumbup:



Rodrigo, the bowie above should have definitely been in the "Best of 2007" thread!!! Great stuff!!!

Keep up the great work... you are an amazing talent!!! :cool: :thumbup:
 
Wild stuff, man!!:thumbup: Could we call this style a "laminated integral"?:D It does give one some ideas about some things to do even with monosteel. Like perhaps being able to forge a full tang knife with a double guard that doesn't require that you have a skinny straight handle or no choil. Rodrigo had to do his guard in multiple pieces to get the patterning right, but maybe if you were using simple damascus or monosteel, you could just forge/grind the two halfs, slot them, and then forge weld it to the blade on the press. Do you guys thnk that this would be easier than doing a frame handle?
 
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