Tamahagane Question

[RavenMetalWorks]

I have been researching traditional Japanese tamahagane steel. I want to make a traditional katana out of some tamahagan, but odviously it's very hard to get as there are only 2 traditional producers left in JAPAN. I want the traditional stuff because it gives the sword a great pattern, and other than bloom steel, is there any other way of getting that pattern with modern steel? Could I forge weld alternating layers of high carbon and low carbon? Any ideas???

 

[Mecha]

Sounds like you're going to have to make some tamahagane. There's a crew up in Alaska who make their own!

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...how-knives?highlight=making+tamahagane+alaska

 

[RavenMetalWorks]

Sounds like you're going to have to make some tamahagane. There's a crew up in Alaska who make their own!

Do you know of any place that sells some?

 

[mete]

"Great pattern " is due in great part to completely polish by HAND. The delicate structures are destroyed by any power tool !