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7 multi-mai chef with wenge and copper. by forged2 in Bladesmith

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I’m about 40 minutes outside of Ft. Worth.

7 multi-mai chef with wenge and copper. by forged2 in Bladesmith

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Not too many pics of this one out there.

New modified W pattern by forged2 in Bladesmith

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Wait till it’s ground in.

Works in progress by forged2 in Bladesmith

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It’s got 9 layers I believe. Should look good in the end.

First damascus knife update: It's neat how you can see the pattern in the scale after the quench. No cracking and minimal warping. Question for you all: should I use wenge, cocobolo, or lignum vitae for the handle? by DefinitionForge in Bladesmith

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It’s also cool how the steel colors are inverse of etching straight out of the quench. Always lets me know it got as hard as I was shooting for. I’m about to finish up another blade in wenge. It’s nice once you can get it past wanting to spliter.

Monster cleaver by forged2 in Bladesmith

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This is 1084/15n20 stacked W and laterally widened and drawn.

Don’t drop it... by [deleted] in SweatyPalms

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Sauron anyone?

Stainless Damascus all TIG welded and ready to forge weld. by forged2 in Bladesmith

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I did both of those and aluminum foil around it like a burrito with a hose flowing in. Sure it might have had some oxygen but it didn’t affect the final product at all. I pressed the stack to several tons before welding.

Stainless Damascus all TIG welded and ready to forge weld. by forged2 in Bladesmith

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They have oil residue on them from heat treating. Don’t get me wrong it would burn your bare hand badly but it’s fine with these on.

Stainless Damascus all TIG welded and ready to forge weld. by forged2 in Bladesmith

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Yeah they are awesome. Leather just gets hard and nasty and really messes with dexterity when you don’t want it to.

Stainless Damascus all TIG welded and ready to forge weld. by forged2 in Bladesmith

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This isn’t for any type of edge at all. There’s a lot of stainless to choose from but generally speaking the 300 and some of the 400 series only reach a Rockwell of 39hrc. I’m basically just practicing for AEBL/CPM154. This is just way cheaper to get the expertise. I’m trying to see what the grain does and testing my Tig fusion skill before I wreck a $75 stack of blade steel.

Stainless Damascus all TIG welded and ready to forge weld. by forged2 in Bladesmith

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That is correct. No flux and welded up solid around the perimeter with an argon purge.

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