[TheForge] Mokume Gane

[Bob Ehrenberger]

----Original Message: 8
>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:16:52 -0700
>From: "gblacksmith" <gblacksmith at alamedanet.net>
>Subject: [TheForge] Mokume Gane
>
>Hey Mokume-makers:  I have been experimenting with mokume using brass and
copper and >while I have been able to get the initial billets to join, they
have all delaminated in the forging >process.
>

It is my understanding that mokume does not forge well.  Most that I have
seen used in knife hardware and jewlery were filed or ground to shape once
the billet was welded.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.