WillC
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Well, nothing knife shaped yet, but work on the materials has begun.
Had a pleasant, toasty warm afternoon on friday making a start on the damascus. Two largish billets, one for the blades, which will be a feathered W's pattern. Another for the ferrules and endcaps which will be a twist on a w's pattern, literally.:laugh:
Some progress in the workshop, billets prepared one to 7 larger layers, the other is 15 layers. Both alternating 75ni8/en42j
First weld complete and billets ready to be forged down at 90 degrees to crush the layers vertically.
Layers squished down vertically and billets drawn out ready for the first cut to 4.
Cut and re-stacked
Back in the fire for weld and draw number 2
Mmm toasty
I polished and etched the end off cuts so pattern development can be seen.
7 layer billet after forging down layers vertically
15 layer billet after forging down vertically
7 layer billet after the first cut and stack to 4
15 layer billet after the first cut and stack to 4.
Lots more to do
I have sketched the pattern development for a W's pattern in my thread, "out of the etch" This explains the beginnings of a Feather pattern.
Had a pleasant, toasty warm afternoon on friday making a start on the damascus. Two largish billets, one for the blades, which will be a feathered W's pattern. Another for the ferrules and endcaps which will be a twist on a w's pattern, literally.:laugh:
Some progress in the workshop, billets prepared one to 7 larger layers, the other is 15 layers. Both alternating 75ni8/en42j
First weld complete and billets ready to be forged down at 90 degrees to crush the layers vertically.
Layers squished down vertically and billets drawn out ready for the first cut to 4.
Cut and re-stacked
Back in the fire for weld and draw number 2
Mmm toasty
I polished and etched the end off cuts so pattern development can be seen.
7 layer billet after forging down layers vertically
15 layer billet after forging down vertically
7 layer billet after the first cut and stack to 4
15 layer billet after the first cut and stack to 4.
Lots more to do
I have sketched the pattern development for a W's pattern in my thread, "out of the etch" This explains the beginnings of a Feather pattern.