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silicon bronze damascus knife

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hi i am Alec i am 15 and have started to make some knives with a local blacksmith for a school project and i was wondering if anyone knows about how i could incorporate silicone bronze into a knife with a traditional Damascus method of some sort.

i have made a look alike and will post some pictures of it soon when i am finished. but this knife is not real Damascus just a look alike. i did it by cutting grooves in the high carbon steel and filling them with silicon bronze weld and grinding it back so now it has orange and gray patterns through it. it looks amazing with a full steel handle and rams head on the back.

hope you guys have some ideas cause i am stuck.:D
 
You can make 'damascus' from other materials, typically copper alloys. The Japanese make it as Mokume .You can google that.
One of our members , Ariel Salaverria ,an Argentinian with amazing creativity, combines copper alloys with steel !! Check his website and this forum for his work.
 
Hi Alec,

Welcome! You sound like an innovative person, good for you. If you want your damascus (sometimes called pattern weld or laminated steel) to actually hold a good sharp edge for a while, I'm not sure you'll be able to do it with copper and copper alloy (bronze and brass) laminates such as mokume. That being said, Ed Fowler (a world class bladesmith) wrote about some of his experiments in adding bronze (or brass, I can't remember) to damascus. You might want to check out his books, Blade Talk and Blade Talk II. I think it might have been in the first one. I'm away from home and my library for a few week so I can't look it up for you right now. You might be able to get a copy through your local public library system. You also might be able to ask Ed Fowler on his forum, http://www.knifetalkonline.com/smf/index.php.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

All the best, Phil
 
You are entering an extremely enchanting frontier, when you bronze a blade the material used can penetrate into the adjacent steel and influence its nature. There are many alloys that show promise, I strongly encourage you to experiment to your hearts desire. One thing to remember, performance testing (if performance is your goal) will teach you much if you pay attention. If simple beauty is your goal, you again have a lot of opportunity awaiting your visit.
 
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