Robert Dark
Well-Known Member
Yesterday, I spent the day at Alabama Damascus in Jacksonville, Alabama with Brad Vice and Lacy Smith.
Here are a few pics. This place is power-hammer heaven.
Nice little forge heating up the billets.
The next few are of the welding, cutting (for folding) and stretching the billets.
Pattern pressing a billet.
These are patterned billets ready to be ground to size.
And this is the Blanchard machine they are ground on.
Here are a few finished billets and blades.
A few more misc. shots will be added below.
Here are a few pics. This place is power-hammer heaven.
Nice little forge heating up the billets.
![GasForge.jpg](http://darkknives.com/webpics/AlaDamascus/GasForge.jpg)
The next few are of the welding, cutting (for folding) and stretching the billets.
![Mash1.jpg](http://darkknives.com/webpics/AlaDamascus/Mash1.jpg)
![BilletCut.jpg](http://darkknives.com/webpics/AlaDamascus/BilletCut.jpg)
![Stretching.jpg](http://darkknives.com/webpics/AlaDamascus/Stretching.jpg)
![Sparklers.jpg](http://darkknives.com/webpics/AlaDamascus/Sparklers.jpg)
Pattern pressing a billet.
![Patterning.jpg](http://darkknives.com/webpics/AlaDamascus/Patterning.jpg)
These are patterned billets ready to be ground to size.
![ReadyToGrind.jpg](http://darkknives.com/webpics/AlaDamascus/ReadyToGrind.jpg)
And this is the Blanchard machine they are ground on.
![Blanchard.jpg](http://darkknives.com/webpics/AlaDamascus/Blanchard.jpg)
Here are a few finished billets and blades.
![BilletsBlades.jpg](http://darkknives.com/webpics/AlaDamascus/BilletsBlades.jpg)
A few more misc. shots will be added below.