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After the fuller broke, I began to get rid of the humps in the tang. Drawing the tang out longer and longer. Once I had it the right length and thickness, I put it in the vise and carefully bent the tang to match the ultimate handle shape. I left a lot of stock on the tang, so that Mr. Fleming can get it exactly how he wants it.

Notice the brass template was used to make sure the tang was bent at the correct angle.
 

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The only way to change the orientation of a twist is to twist it clockwise or counter-clockwise.

That's why you have to twist half the bars for a Turkish twist clockwise and half of them counter-clockwise.

No matter how you turn that billet, the layers will be headed in the same direction. If you don't believe me, just try it! :D
 
Once I got it nice and straight, I thermal cycled it three times to refine the grain structure and relieve stresses. I then brought it up to annealing temperature and threw it into my vermiculite.

One the finished picture, you can see that I left it oversized. I did this on purpose, so that Mr. Fleming can get it as close to the design as possible. The tang ended up a lot longer than I thought it was going to end up. He'll probably be able to cut off a fairly good chunk of it.

I'm busy tomorrow (Monday, November 12th), so I'll be mailing it out on Tuesday.

Joe Mandt,
If you don't have Eric Flemings shipping information, email me at scott.ickes@timken.com and I'll reply with his shipping information so that when you get the Camp Bowie done you'll have a place to ship it.
 

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NickWheeler said:
The only way to change the orientation of a twist is to twist it clockwise or counter-clockwise.

That's why you have to twist half the bars for a Turkish twist clockwise and half of them counter-clockwise.

No matter how you turn that billet, the layers will be headed in the same direction. If you don't believe me, just try it! :D
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This is the first plain twist damascus that I've forged, and I found that out. As you pointed out, no matter which way I turned it, it was the same.

I had fun with this. The pressure is off now. I didn't "f" it up, so I'm happy.
 
Sam Salvati said:
COOL SHOTS SCOTT shaping up really nice! hey Deker any chance of getting some steel this way?
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Anything is possible for a price Sam ;) Of course, the way things have been going recently, that price would be awfully high since I'd have to play hookey from the day job to get any shop time. :(

scottickes said:
I was surprised how well this steel moved under the hammer.
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That's just because you've been playing He-Man and forging all of that 52100! I'm just glad it didn't delaminate :)

Looking good Scott! Looks like the hunter may be the first piece finished unless the rest of you guys get moving!!! I can't wait to see how these look rough ground and with a light etch...I want to know how the steel came out. :D

Let he who is without fear swing the next hammer!

-d
 
Wow, nice job, Scott!!! That's a real beauty!!! I can hardly wait to see the rest...hell, I can hardly wait until I get them for the jewlery! Speaking of which, did we ever decide on stainless or nickel silver for that?
 
Scott, very nice job! It was good speaking with you this afternoon. Looking forward to getting the Hunter as the next person in the process. As discussed, I will wait to receive the Camp Bowie as well before starting the profile and grind. That way I'll be sure to get the design as close as possible. Again, Nice Job Scott!
 
Thanks everybody.

Deker,
No delaminations at all. It was a pleasure to work. Great piece of steel! I also got to see the pattern somewhat during the forging. It's going to be very nice. The side of the blade that will be facing you, when the tang is to the right has a really neat distortion near the tip from the forging process.

I'm curious to see the entire pattern also.
 
scottickes said:
Kerry Hampton,
Can you please email your shipping information to Mike Cantrell at mscantrell@gmail.com so that he can ship the hawk to you when he has finished forging it?

Thanks!
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Did it. Ya know whut, I kinda got a chunkage feeling in my gut when I read that.:eek::o:D:thumbup::cool: It's all good though.
 
Hello Scott,

Hope your Thanksgiving was a great one. I ran home from work Wednesday and hit the road with the wife and kids 100 miles North to the in-laws. Just got back home and now able to take a good look at the blade you sent me. Scott, I must say you’ve done an excellent job. No sugar coating here. The blade looks very well made and the Damascus held up very good as well (Nice job Decker!). I’m really chomping at the bit to get rolling… I’ll at least knock the scale off while waiting for the other knife. I’ll not start the profiling until the Bowie gets here to ensure they are profiled as a matched set. Again Scott, nice job!

Eric
 
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