Making my first damascus fixed blade

That seller sources blades & steel from Pakistan. I'd test the billet to verify content & hardness.
 
CWL said:
That seller sources blades & steel from Pakistan. I'd test the billet to verify content & hardness.
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I'll be giving it the spark test on the grinder.
 
I purchased a billet off ebay before and the steel was not 1080, it didn't even harden. Good luck.
 
I didn't see any negative feedback so I'm gonna keep ny fingers crossed.
 
Charlie Mike said:
I didn't see any negative feedback so I'm gonna keep ny fingers crossed.
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good luck, unfortunately I didn't even think about testing a small piece of it for hardenability <-(if that's a word) before I put about 6 hours of work into making the complete blank.

good luck!
 
Charlie Mike said:
Just ordered this piece of 15n20/1095 from the bay. Beautiful ladder pattern. I think I'll make a Japanese style tanto.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Damascus-Bi...651?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item484f3f05e3
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Ah, price spotting. Not supposed to link to active ebay auctions.

As an aside, I believe the ladder pattern means it was made with Pakistani Aluminium ladders. Hope the piece arrives as advertised and it hardens up okay. IT would make a very beautiful looking knife.
 
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I have only done a spark test and acid etch. So far, so good.
 
I'll send out for HT on this one to Jeff at TruGrit. He has much more expertise at HT than I do.
 
Kalamazoo Industries 1x42

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Oh man i can't wait to see this! Do you have any idea what your Gonna use for the handle?
 
Black 550. 2 cord japwrap.
 
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