San Mai Damascus WIP

PMARTINKNIVES

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• Oct 19, 2013

• #1

I'm making a Blackfoot Dagger using a Bear jaw handle for my own collection and decided to do a WIP.
The outer pieces are 120 layer Damascus I previously made and the core steel is 52100, this project requires the tang to be off center to accommodate the jaw bone.
Anyway, here a few pictures of the various steps to produce this blade. More to come, thanks for taking a look.



Peter

 

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PMARTINKNIVES

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• Oct 19, 2013

• #2

A few more pictures

I realized I didn't put up a photo of the patterning of the billet, so here are a few more including the finished blade ready for heat treat.



Peter

 

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bubba-san

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• Oct 19, 2013

• #3

Very cool , love that 52100 core . the damascus is just the right amount of layers.....

 

Dan Pierson

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• Oct 20, 2013

• #4

Great design, that blade looks great.

 

Jim Coffee

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• Oct 20, 2013

• #5

I like that, thanks for posting.

 

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Diamond G Knives

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• Oct 21, 2013

• #6

Beautiful work Peter!
When using 2 different steel like that, how do you determine the HT temperature?

Thanks and God Bless
Mike

 

PMARTINKNIVES

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• Oct 22, 2013

• #7

All the steels in this mix will HT at 1550 degrees.
Even when I use a hardenable stainless(12c27, 410, 416) over a tool steel core, I still HT at the temperature required to harden the core steel. Hope this helps,


Peter

 

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Travis Fry

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• Oct 22, 2013

• #8

How did you end up cutting the pattern in? The grooves look ground, but it's hard to tell. Either way, it turned out nice.

 

PMARTINKNIVES

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• Oct 22, 2013

• #9

Travis Fry said:

How did you end up cutting the pattern in? The grooves look ground, but it's hard to tell. Either way, it turned out nice.

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4" angle grinder with an 1/8" thick wheel, lots of patience.

 

PMARTINKNIVES

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• Oct 25, 2013

• #10

The End Results

Finished up my Blackfoot Dag, the ferrule is copper colored with heat. Thanks for following the process.

Peter

 

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Bruce Bump

Forum Owner-Moderator

• Oct 27, 2013

• #11

Very interesting, The handle goes perfectly with the blade too. Thanks for taking the time to show us.

 

Mr.Svinarich

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• Oct 28, 2013

• #12

PMARTINKNIVES said:

4" angle grinder with an 1/8" thick wheel, lots of patience.

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Oh the horror!

 

PMARTINKNIVES

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• Oct 28, 2013

• #13

Mr.Svinarich said:

Oh the horror!

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You got that right, mask, glasses, ear muffs, vacume running, grinding dust everywhere-----------horror!:sad: