My first Turkish Twist what do you think?

Mike Turner

Mike Turner

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Hi all been goofing around yesterday in the shop. I forged up this 6 bar Turkish Twist a few months ago and finally got around to forging a blade out of it. I was trying to keep the pattern flowing through the tip of the blade so I basically did what I will call a double bird mouth.

Let me know what you think.


Here I made a template of what I had in mind for the blade for forging reference and a piece of the 6 bar turkish twist.

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Blade forged to shape

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Just knocked off the scale and a quick etch to see what I have

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Tomorrow I will try and get this one surface ground so I can move on with it.

Thanks for looking.
 
Hi Dan thanks and actually I am undecided on forging the bevels in or stock removing not sure which will yield a better pattern.

Thanks Greg, all the welds are golden, this was twisted to 6 per inch.
 
Looks like that one's gonna be special. Not sure I'd do anymore hammering on it at this point. I think I'd just grind it from here on.
 
Looks awesome Mike!

I think you'll like what you see if you just grind nice and deep into your hammer profiled blade.

I have done blades like this with very close finish forging, and I think it looks neat...but it definitely distorts the pattern. If that's what a guy is after then it's great... if not----- ;) :D

Hope you show it when it's done!!! :) :cool:
 
Thanks guys,

Nick I was wondering about how much I would distort it if I forged the bevels in, that is one of the reasons I have been leaning towards stock removal so maybe I will just go that way.
 
Mike Turner said:
Thanks guys,

Nick I was wondering about how much I would distort it if I forged the bevels in, that is one of the reasons I have been leaning towards stock removal so maybe I will just go that way.
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It's not just distortion you need to worry about. Bear in mind that the best part of the twist is in the middle. When I'm working twist-based stuff I basically forge to twice as thick as finished size and grind it down. The resultant pattern is much more the "stars" most people are looking for.

Steel looks great and a nice job forging that blade out. Don't forget to share the finished product!

-d
 
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