Travis Fry
Well-Known Member
A while back I started some damascus while at my friend Jim's house, and ran out of time before I had to go back home. I was out again this weekend, and after a long and cold and ultimately unsucessful Saturday of deer hunting, in which my pants literally froze solid (thank God for good long underwear), I was able to finish the final Ferry flip welds and see the results.
One of these is Ws, and the other is something like what I've seen called explosion:
I also forged a few blades. The small ones are san mai made from some cable we welded up last time with a core of 1075. The big one is from my very first damascus billet, about 300 layer twist. I cleaned them up a little on the grinder, but obviously have a long way to go before they're done. The billets in this pic are the same as the ones above:
And another for fun. I had just welded a handle to a small stack that was to become some san mai. It was about 10 degrees Farenheit outside, but the forge kept it nice and toasty inside:
One of these is Ws, and the other is something like what I've seen called explosion:
I also forged a few blades. The small ones are san mai made from some cable we welded up last time with a core of 1075. The big one is from my very first damascus billet, about 300 layer twist. I cleaned them up a little on the grinder, but obviously have a long way to go before they're done. The billets in this pic are the same as the ones above:
And another for fun. I had just welded a handle to a small stack that was to become some san mai. It was about 10 degrees Farenheit outside, but the forge kept it nice and toasty inside:
