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A little while back I posted a picture of a forge and venture type burner I built. I have been playing with it. It seems to work well, the question was whether it would make welding temps. Several days ago I thought about that once too many times and put together a small billet (4x1x7/8) of 1080 and 15n20. Having no press or power hammer, well you know how that goes. So this is the result of an 8 layer, dry welded billet from my forge. I am happy with the result, but need more and bigger tooling! Jess

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Jesse Latham said:
A little while back I posted a picture of a forge and venture type burner I built. I have been playing with it. It seems to work well, the question was whether it would make welding temps. Several days ago I thought about that once too many times and put together a small billet (4x1x7/8) of 1080 and 15n20. Having no press or power hammer, well you know how that goes. So this is the result of an 8 layer, dry welded billet from my forge. I am happy with the result, but need more and bigger tooling! Jess

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That looks pretty cool! I haven't seen much damascus with that few of layers.
 
Don Nguyen said:
Finished these right on New Years eve.

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nice way to end the year Don... the lines at the ricasso area are absolutely awesome. i can't find the right word for the way it flows, but the contrast with the rounded inside and that clean plunge line are outstanding.
 
Jesse Latham said:
A little while back I posted a picture of a forge and venture type burner I built. I have been playing with it. It seems to work well, the question was whether it would make welding temps. Several days ago I thought about that once too many times and put together a small billet (4x1x7/8) of 1080 and 15n20. Having no press or power hammer, well you know how that goes. So this is the result of an 8 layer, dry welded billet from my forge. I am happy with the result, but need more and bigger tooling! Jess

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That's definitely cool.
 
Jesse Latham said:
A little while back I posted a picture of a forge and venture type burner I built. I have been playing with it. It seems to work well, the question was whether it would make welding temps. Several days ago I thought about that once too many times and put together a small billet (4x1x7/8) of 1080 and 15n20. Having no press or power hammer, well you know how that goes. So this is the result of an 8 layer, dry welded billet from my forge. I am happy with the result, but need more and bigger tooling! Jess

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I usually think damascus steel looks very tacky, BUT that looks brilliant. Actually it's the single best looking layered/damascus I've ever seen. ;)

Please can you do a photo heavy work in progress on the whole process for us?
 
Jesse, I am a 64 year old knife maker who only makes knives by stock reduction as I have no blacksmithing skills. I buy pieces of Damascus to make knives sometimes and most of the Damascus has many layers. Your blade is beautiful and interesting. Very different and very cool. You should think about making some more. It will make a great knife. Thanks for sharing. Larry
 
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I think this knife found a new name, thank you. Guys thanks for the kind words! Samon and Larry, this is doable by most everyone. I will be 64 in April so age isn't a factor. This is my first attempt. My lack of hammer control was evident. If you have access to a forge with welding temps and an anvil you can do this. This was a dry weld (no flux), all of the scale and oxidation was ground from the steel before tacking the billet together. After that it's just like you have read in all of the Damascus posts on this forum. One important thing, when the billet cools to the point you cannot feel the metal move when you hit it with the hammer, re heat it. I found it easy to feel the difference between hot and too cool. I will make more. But you should try it! Jess
 
I've been editing this video the last couple of days. It shows the harvest and processing of the pacific yew wood we make our wooden scales of. My dad and I did every step of the process from log to handle scales!

[video=youtube_share;K3jdVdJtcss]http://youtu.be/K3jdVdJtcss[/video]
 
Finished one up today, happy with how it turned out.... 6 1/2" blade of w1, 1084, and 15n20, bog oak handle.
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Finished up this paring knife for my sister. It's 3/32 52100 with stabilized figured pacific maple. The knife block is accented with the figured maple.

 
I got a couple good scores off craigslist, Free VFD (He was asking $50) and 1.5hp 3phase motor for $30 bucks.
I was using pulleys and single phase, this is SO much better and much quieter

http://imgur.com/a/MfDba The VFD is 10hp rated and was used for a hydraulic filtration system or something. It came with a seized 10hp motor that I sold for $20.
A nice thing about the setup is the remote control unit, which I will mount somewhere near my grinder and tuck the giant VFD box somewhere out of the way. I might get a knob to turn instead just because its more fun to turn the speed up rather than pressing a button.
 
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