I fired up the forge and I am almost done a new batch of 448 layer ladder damascus.
I used a combination of high carbon steel and a nickel alloy, and I will be doing the final welds tomorrow.
After that I will be cutting in the tightest ladder patterns that I've ever done.
The stuff should look great, and I already know it cuts like crazy.
Here are some pics of the procedure.
I start with a stack of steel.
I heat the stack, flux it then put it back in the forge.
When the steel is at welding temperature I quickly pull it out of the forge and weld the stack together.
This is the welded bar before I drew it out cut it into 4 pieces, ground the scale off then restacked it.
Disclaimer: I am not in the knifemaking business, I make damascus knives because I love doing it.
I do sell a very small amount of them and use some as well, but I have always said that if I had to do it fulltime it would take the joy out of it.
Here is a short vid clip of me welding a billet together.
I used a combination of high carbon steel and a nickel alloy, and I will be doing the final welds tomorrow.
After that I will be cutting in the tightest ladder patterns that I've ever done.
The stuff should look great, and I already know it cuts like crazy.
Here are some pics of the procedure.
I start with a stack of steel.
I heat the stack, flux it then put it back in the forge.
When the steel is at welding temperature I quickly pull it out of the forge and weld the stack together.
This is the welded bar before I drew it out cut it into 4 pieces, ground the scale off then restacked it.
Disclaimer: I am not in the knifemaking business, I make damascus knives because I love doing it.
I do sell a very small amount of them and use some as well, but I have always said that if I had to do it fulltime it would take the joy out of it.
Here is a short vid clip of me welding a billet together.
