Ladder Pattern

Greg Covington

Greg Covington

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Sorry to be a tease...but the customer for this one doesnt have it yet....so I just wanted to show my first ladder pattern. It is 176 layers of 1080 and L6....the stack started as 6 pieces of 1/8" 1080 and 5 pieces 3/16" L6.

I used the angle grinder to put grooves halfway thru the bar at the last draw and then pressed flat.

Resulting knife has a 10.5" blade with a damascus guard and elk handle.


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Looks great, a lot better than my first try, not to mention my last try :D at a ladder pattern.
 
Good looking steel, I think your layer count is just right for a ladder.
Is that Admiral L6 or saw blade?

Don Hanson lll
 
It has more L6 than 1080. You dont often see that but it makes for more of a chrome color in the damascus. I like it. Good welding techniques.
 
What grit do you sand to before your etch?...the after, do you sand or scotchbright?
Nice lines!!
 
Looks good! You still liking the press?

Started the work on my shop addition Monday. I have renamed myself " the human backhoe".
 
Don: It is Admiral L6 as well as their 1080.

Brian: I sand to 400 grit before the etch in apprx 5:1 ferric. It got 3 etches, 5 min each, and sanded in between with 1500 grit...then 2000 grit on the last etch.

Ray: This press is great and you learn so much about it as you go along.

Bruce: Thanks! I planned it to be more silver by the thicker L6 stock. The blade got 3 normalzing steps, then brought to critical in my HT oven with the blade coated in PBC...quench in ToughQuench at 140F...then 3 tempers.

On these big fighting Bowies I have switched to using the oven to HT because I find it difficult to maintain a even temp across the blade with these long fighting tips. PBC keeps the scale off nice. On the damascus models...I do a full quench and then a torch draw.
 
Well, whatever you're doing, keep on doing it. Looking really good.
 
Thanks GREG.....how long have you been making blades anyway? Sweet steel for sure!
 
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