Mokume Gaurd - My First One -

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Laredo7mm

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Here it is, my first Mokume Gaurd made from my first Mokume billet. I don't know if I like the shape or not. I will decide that when I get her slotted and rough fit on the dagger blade. As with the billet, i dunked it in ferric for a few seconds just for the pattern to show up in the pictures.

I am going to re buff the gaurd and leave it untreated when I fit it to the knife. It has a really nice subtle pattern when un etched. The dark line down the center of the gaurd is where I tied the thread to suspend the gaurd in the ferric.

I have about six hours into this guy. It sure is easier to forge a gaurd out of 1/4 x 3/4 inch low carbon steel and then fire blue it.:) Let me know what you think.

<img border="0" src="http://www.chartermi.net/~laredo7mm/Mokume1.jpg" width="600" height="450">

<img border="0" src="http://www.chartermi.net/~laredo7mm/Mokume3.jpg" width="600" height="450">

<img border="0" src="http://www.chartermi.net/~laredo7mm/Mokume5.jpg" width="600" height="450">
 
I agree that gotta see it on blade before you can make good decision on design of guard. but the pattern is beautiful. Gonna put it on some kidna blade that can use matching mokume pommel?
 
The materials are copper and nickel silver. There were 51 layers in the initial billet. The billet was made using 26 gauge sheet. The billet was about .75 x .85 x 3 after being cleaned up. It was then drawn out to .5 x .5 and twisted. Then flattened to about 1/4 x 0.75 x 6.0

The copper worked really easy under the hammer. It was kinda difficult to judge the temperature of it while it was in the forge. I had to keep taking it out to see what color it actually was. Also, it does not like to twist very much. It will crack on the edges. I maybe had 1.5 twists per inch on this one and it was already cracking.

Interesting stuff when you are used to working steel. :)
 
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