First Damascus WIP

racjarrett88

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Me and my dad have made ourselves a small billet of twist damascus. 132 layers of 1095/15n20 made partially by hand and with our new mini press we built.
 

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Then i profiled a blade and heat treated it.
 

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Blade ground and ready for hand sanding and cutting shoulders for guard.
 

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Then we hand sanded it to 600 grit and cut guard shoulders. Now its ready to etch.
 

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Time for the good stuff. ETCHING!
 

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Next is guard building i have some damascus but its too thin and i think im gonna have to weld 2 pieces together to thicken it up. Wish me luck.
 
Guard is fitted
 

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change of plans decided to use a piece of stable koa I got from a friend. Guard is now rough shaped and handle is ready for drilling.
 

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