Travis Fry
Well-Known Member
So this is a bit of a "random" post. I'll likely spend some days this weekend making my first damascus billets with some folks who actually know what they're doing in that realm. I have a thing for Middle Eastern style blades and would like to make a few that are historically accurate, mostly. I say mostly because I'm not going to be buying wootz or smelting my own (I've done this with a remelting furnace, pretty fun but not what I'm currently into). I think a high layer count random billet would fit the bill and look enough like wootz to satisfy, but I'm not sure how many layers would give me the look I want. I'm not at all new to knife making, but am very new to pattern welding. Can anyone post pics of such billets to give me an idea what to shoot for? 500, 1000, 2000 layers and beyond--I'd like to see them all.
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