[TheForge] raindrop damascus

Thu Feb 12 10:57:05 2004

What if the holes don't close?

Daniel Kretchmar
www.irontreeworks.com

Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one 
trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy�ooh hoo hoo hoo�the 
sky's the limit! 
The Tick

Quoting Dan Tull <[email protected]>:

> Why don't you try some of each to see how it comes out.
> Remember to document what you did so you will know which is which.
> 
> What would happen if you drilled random holes then forged flat?
> 
> 
> dan tull
> georgia
> abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Kretchmar" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:15 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] raindrop damascus
> 
> 
> Hey all
>    Could someone tell me how to make "raindrop damascus"  I saw the pattern
> in
> a knife magazine and I think I figured it out but I want to be sure before I
> try it.
>    I figure you make a regular billet and then use a round punch to make
> indents on the surface and then grind it down. The ad said the knife had the
> raindrop pattern on both sides which implies that you could have it on only
> one
> side.  Punch a pattern into the surface on both sides?  Did I guess right?
> 
> I suppose that if you hit too hard or grind too deep, the two patterns would
> interfere with each other.
> 
> I have done parquet damascus but that pattern is all the way through.  My
> parquet didn't look too smooth since all my welds didn't take but it was
> still
> pretty cool.
> 
> I am still having trouble making sure that no scale gets into the welds.
> Any
> suggestions for cleaner forge welds? How do I insure that the weld is clean
> all
> the way through?
> 
> Daniel Kretchmar
> www.irontreeworks.com
> 
> Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is
> one
> trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy.ooh hoo hoo hoo.the
> sky's the limit!
> The Tick
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