[TheForge] raindrop damascus

Thu Feb 12 14:24:00 2004

this sounds to me to be a simple pool and eye pattern. you dill then forge
flat there is no problem with the hole closing unless you Mill the hole
square at the bottom. or you drill to small of a hole I usually drill down
1/3 the billet on both sides then draw to just over the blade thickness this
is a very easy pattern to not screw up.
Dan Scheid
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> What if the holes don't close?
>
> Daniel Kretchmar
> www.irontreeworks.com
>
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>
> 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
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> > ----- 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!
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