wootz bowie

[Greg Obach]

a simple bowie
- walnut handle, wrought guard, wootz blade ( used a wee bit of moly in this one )
- etched a little bit dark

pardon the bad pic's

Greg

http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e396/dimenickel/2011 coffin bowie in wootz/

 

[JMJones]

Amazing steel. I think the simple nature really lets the steel stand out.

 

[Greg Obach]

thanks JM

it is an interesting steel ! to be honest, as much as you try to control the pattern through forging and manipulation, it still has a wild side
I should really work on posting better photo's of it.. ..then maybe it'll encourage others to make it

thanks again
Greg

 

[XanRa]

Nice! I don't see many blades(or anything) made of wootz

 

[Michael Vagnino]

Just ran across this. It looks pretty cool. Can't believe it's wootz

Michael

 

[ScottRoush]

I missed this... glad to see it brought back. Awesome work Greg..... I hope people know how much work this is and what an accomplishment it is to get it all to where it is in this picture.

 

[Kislinger]

Amazing pattern. i love this steel.

 

[bobalini]

awsome knife

 

[Greg Obach]

thanks guys, appreciate the comments

typically i use low carbon iron cut with some pig iron for the charge, to come out around 1.5% overall carbon...this one would be abit higher as it seemed to have pulled some C from the clay graphite crucible
-anyhow, takes abit of time to hammer out a 5lbs ingot

-this one is just abit different as i used Molybdenum as the micro alloy for forming the pattern... seems to be alright