Logo Through Entire Cross Section of Billet?

RyanW

RyanW

Moderator
Joined
Jul 17, 2009
Messages
3,327
I was at a show and saw a 4" x 2" x 12" billet of Damascus that had a logo (In a different steel) running all the way through the billet. My guess is they water jet the logo out and somehow filled the void with a different steel? as you cut cross sections from the bar you would have the logo on each piece.

Anyway I have a client that would be interested in this for 12 - 24 knives with their logo I don't remember who the smith was or if I was suffering from Knife overload at the time I saw it?
Ryan
 
Probably filled it with powdered steel. I'm amazed at the stuff that can be done with powdered steel in damascus. I saw some stuff at Chad Nichols shop that I just could not wrap my mind around.
 
Yep It was powdered Steel and I found the maker I talked to... Kirk Rexroat and the knife was "Lightning Strike"

K05796-Rexroat-Kirk_18201.jpg
 
Yeah powdered steel. I did talk to Bruce Bump one time about something similar. The negative is waterjet cut out of the blade or billet and then a positive is waterjet cut out of a different steel a bit thicker. When put together and forge welded the thicker piece will swell and weld to fill the negative up.
 
Also wire edm machines are made to make the cuts, I believe that they can go deeper and possibly more precise than a water jet.
 
Damascus shotgun barrels sometimes had the company's logo repeated along the barrel.
 
The same technique is also done by making water jet cutouts in the blade stock and in a contrast steel. Say you want a ten layer billet, you make ten cutouts in 15N20, and ten buffaloes in 1084. The buffaloes are placed in the cutouts as you stack the billets exactly on each other. Any voids are filled with powdered 1084 as you stack. Once the stack is done, it is canister welded into a block, and the block is reduced to the desired size. Then slices are cut and a mosaic billet is welded up.

Raymond Rybar has taken this to the max in his scripture damascus blades.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top