Took a 16 layer chunk from my first forge welded billet. It was 1.3" tall, 1.7" wide and around 1.25" long. Forged this out by hand!
Damascus!!
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Re: Damascus!!
Its 96 layers, 33" long, 1.8" wide and .31" thick. This way I can draw out a profile, pattern it if I want (or leave it as random pattern) and then forge the bevels. Not sure what knives are coming out of this bar yet!
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Re: Damascus!!
I took the little cut off piece from the end of the billet after I did the 1st draw out at 16 layers and etched it. Layers look nice!! The deep scratches are from using a very coarse file to flatten it quickly so I could etch it.
The billet now has 6 times the layers I gotta get a cut off from that one and etch it, maybe this evening!!
The billet now has 6 times the layers I gotta get a cut off from that one and etch it, maybe this evening!!
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