Tigerlily (sort of damascus)

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I had to get some frustrations out so I decided to hand pound a verrrrrrrry low count damascus blade a few weeks ago. I finally got to finish her up. It was three pieces of 1095 put together with some thin L6 with a few twists. Did a clay quench and it came out pretty interesting (I'm easily amused too though. :D ) The pics don't really capture it much - I have a hard enough time getting pictures of hamons. :)

Thanks for checking her out.

tigerlily1.jpg


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Interesting, kinda looks like a stain running down the blade. Or maybe just an acid burn or something...

Either way it looks cool. :cool:
 
Fruit-stripe gum :)

Doing is by hand is a hard row2hoe huh Michael? Looks pretty cool reguardless
 
Great photos Michael.
Do you think that, with the different hardeness areas running perpendicular to the edge, there might be any stress issues? Your photos are the first that have ever brought that issue to mind for me and I would be interested in hearing any thoughts in regards to that.
I always enjoy seeing photos of your work posted.
Regards,
Greg.
 
Nice knife, Mike. Hand-forging pattern-welded blades is not too bad if you have a striker. I've done it before with my son striking with a modified 6lb sledgehammer. If you aren't shooting for a bjillion layers its actually a lot of fun because it becomes a teamwork thing in which the two of you become in sync with each other's movements. :)
 
Thats neat. I wonder what it would look like etched a little longer, do you think there would be more contrast? :confused:
 
these trhreads are the reason why i sigh a lot! Why can't i aford such a beautifull knife?

It's gorgeous
 
Thanks for the kind words --

JHiggins: What's a striker? :D I gotta do it myself, but it sure is rewarding.

Ripper: Not sure of the stress put on it. With this small a blade, I don't think there would be any difference. I think I will make a larger chopper version out of W-2 and L-6 sometime down the road and see how it handles stress. I have a feeling it's not going to make a difference. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Matt: It had pretty decent contrast when I etched it, but I took a lot of the oxidation off to do a compromise between the layers and hamon.
 
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