Stainless damascus making - 304 and 420 MV

[ArielSalaverria]

This one is a small tutorial as I was alone and taking the pictures myself. I'll have another one with a fully stainless san mai up in the near future, so stay tuned!

After making the canister, I put some kitchen paper soaked in WD40 inside. This will burn and consume the O2 inside the can, creating the reduced atmosphere needed for the welding of stainless steels.

Can filled with alternated sheets of 304 (0.3mm) and 420 MV -420 with added Molibdenum Vanadium- (0.7mm)

Then I gotta weld it closed so no extra O2 gets inside.

After pressing it.

Blue print of the desired claw shape.

 

[ArielSalaverria]

Bear claw mirror polished, ready for the acid etch.

About to to etch it in the acid for 15 minutes.

Out of the acid bath, just washed with water and baking soda. Note how black the 420 MV gets!

After a little polishing.

And that's it, I'll get cooler pics of the claw on the weekend, before it goes up North for its new owner.



And since we're at it, a knife I'm about to finish for another customer.

San mai damascus from 1010/1070 with a 5160 core.
7 1/4" overall length, 3 3/4" from tip of the blade to bolster. 3/16" thickness. Halloween micarta handles with mokume bolsters.

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Ariel

 

[Sam Salvati]

Ariel, you can weld anything but an ass crack (and I bet you could if you have it a go), that is amazing, thanks for sharing.

 

[ArielSalaverria]

No problem

Ariel

 

[indian george]

Nice job. Thanks Bro:thumbup:

 

[ArielSalaverria]

I completely forgot about temperatures and times!

The oven is at 1350C and I leave it there for about 20-25 minutes, rotating it every 5"

Ariel

 

[efleming]

Ariel,

Great tutorial and beautiful work! :thumbup: Thank you!

 

[richard j]

that claw is cool. i like how the layers show up well.

 

[nate3993]

ya never cease to amaze me...beautiful as usual

 

[ArielSalaverria]

I like this one myself too, the contrast is very nice

I'll be making more claws out of this billet.

Ariel

 

[SteelSlaver]

You do some great work and such interesting projects. I can't wait for the San Mai. I keep thinking of taking some of my already made 1095/nickel damascus and placing it on each side of a piece of D2.

 

[ArielSalaverria]

Here are 3 more claws I made from the same billet

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[Gabriel Pierri]

which acid did you used to etch my friend??

 

[samuraistuart]

Mr Pierri, you do realize you’re responding to an ~10.5 year old thread, no?

 

[coldsteelburns]

which acid did you used to etch my friend??

I know it's as old thread, but to try to help here is a tutorial of how he etches his blades and logo from his website using the wayback machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120622072447/http://www.aescustomknives.com/docs/tutorial13.htm


Quote from the page: "Blade (with the sticker applied) on a solution of 70% Ferric Chloride and 30% distilled water. I leave it there for about an hour."


~Paul
My Youtube Channel
... (Just some older videos of some knives I've made in the past)

 

[Gabriel Pierri]

I know it's as old thread, but to try to help here is a tutorial of how he etches his blades and logo from his website using the wayback machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120622072447/http://www.aescustomknives.com/docs/tutorial13.htm


Quote from the page: "Blade (with the sticker applied) on a solution of 70% Ferric Chloride and 30% distilled water. I leave it there for about an hour."


~Paul
My Youtube Channel
... (Just some older videos of some knives I've made in the past)

Oh! thanks Buddy!! I'll try it! i've using sulfuric acid