[TheForge] raindrop damascus

Thu Feb 12 17:04:05 2004

Thanks everyone.  I'll try the clay tonight with my 4 year old's playdough. 
I'll try it for real this weekend.

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 Bill & Kirsten <[email protected]>:

> Daniel,
> The process you mentioned is one way to do the raindrop.  This gives you a
> compressed circular form once you grind the surface.  You also need to keep
> the thickness double so you can then do the same thing from the other side.
> Another way is to drill the surface, forge it from the back to press the
> circle raindrop out to the front and then do the same to the other side.
> This gives you more of the visual raindrop that I think you are seeking.
> Bill
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Kretchmar" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:15 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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