rick alen
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This is for the forgers out there.
I was reading on Ed Fowler's site here: http://www.edfowler.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=67
In it Ed says that the extensive forging and reduction his blades go thru create "banding," which he indicates is a desirable thing [in a purely functional knife], which Ed seems to emphasize as the primary element in his knife-making philosophy.
Banding is a dishomogination of structural elements within a metal, and so far as I have read serves no functional purpose but to degrade a metals strength. It does serve to give wootz steal its patterned appearance, but that is not exactly functional.
So what if anything am I missing here?
Rick
I was reading on Ed Fowler's site here: http://www.edfowler.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=67
In it Ed says that the extensive forging and reduction his blades go thru create "banding," which he indicates is a desirable thing [in a purely functional knife], which Ed seems to emphasize as the primary element in his knife-making philosophy.
Banding is a dishomogination of structural elements within a metal, and so far as I have read serves no functional purpose but to degrade a metals strength. It does serve to give wootz steal its patterned appearance, but that is not exactly functional.
So what if anything am I missing here?
Rick