[TheForge] Damascus

Tue Apr 2 11:19:00 2002

you think he makes it look easy in his book you should see him work . Grr .
when he taught me to weld  he went from nothing to a full welded 50 layer
billet in less then a hour (37 min to be exact)
Dan Scheid
Flying horse forge
http://home.earthlink.net/~chevalvolant/flyinghorseforge.html

> And if you want to know about Damascus I would suggest a book entitled On
> Damascus Steel, it tells about the history, the methods involved in both
> making and working with it, and shows some really neat examples of it,
both
> swords and firearms. I have Hrisoulas books and videos on pattern welded
> steels and blades and would recommend them. He makes it look easy.
> T. Clark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nicholas Marcelja" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: April 02, 2002 12:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Damascus
>
>
> >
> > and Jim Hirsuolas's
> > > Get Wayne Goddard's books and read all about it.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Dan Tull wrote:
> > >
> > > > #1.:
> > > > What is the definition of damascus?
> > > >
> > > > #2.:
> > > > Is forge welded cable damascus?
> > > >
> > > > #3.:
> > > > IF the strands are all the same material ( same carbon content ),
> > > > what makes the pattern when etched ?
> > > >
> > > > #4.:
> > > > Draw work hardened or not,  the threads should be the same
> > > > when forge welding temperature is reached. If you put even one
> > > > dissimilar steel in the last fold, is it then damascus?
> > > >
> > > > #5.:
> > > > What is the criteria for the  "best " knife?
> > > >
> > > > dan.t
> > > > Dan T.'s Inferno, Georgia
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