left it in the acid

Knifemaker87

Knifemaker87

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Hey guys!
i made some 1084/15n20 steel at the Fire and brimestone hammer-in with Deker, and i made part of the 74 layer bar into this:

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well... i cleaned it up last night and put it in the acid to see the pattern before going to bed.. and well.. i forgot about it. i went out to work some tonight and couldnt find that blade... well my FC is pretty strong.. and it etched hard.. so it looks like this:

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I normally do mono-steel with a hamon. what would you recommend for a quench for damascus, and how think do you leave the edge? i have water parks 50 and a slower oil.

thanks!
~Chris
 
Nice ladder pattern ,Chris.
I would leave the edge about .030-.040, austenitize at 1475F, and quench in Parks #50.

The thing that saves a blade left in the FC too long is that it coats itself with an oxide, and starts resisting the etching . I have found a blade left in for several days , and was surprised that it was still usable. It did look like wind worn beach wood, with all the high and low spots.
Stacy
 
Looks great!I would do point down quenching in the Parks after three normalizations.You could do a hamon like Don Hanson often does with damascus but I think it would ruin the pattern.
 
McAhron said:
Looks great!I would do point down quenching in the Parks after three normalizations.You could do a hamon like Don Hanson often does with damascus but I think it would ruin the pattern.
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I agree with the above, that blade does not need any more activity than it already has. Very nice pattern.

Chuck
 
Well..
i soaked teh blade at 1475 for about 10 minutes and then quenched into about 130 degree parks 50. the blade has no hamon, but the pattern is great. the pattern as changed slightly as i have ground the blade down.. gonna finish grinding this one.. assemble it and hopefully sell it to help finance my honeymoon.

i admit.. i had wanted to do a high layer pattern and get a hamon exactly like Don Hanson's blade. However... with the 1084 it woudnt have worked. so i did a little bit of a ladder.

thanks for all the help!
~Chris
 
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