[TheForge] Hacksaw Blades was Banding steel

[Ron Childers]

Mine worked fine- pretty damascus.

Ron C

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> aubrey

> i wouldn't try to mix metals in damascus.
>
> that sounds hard.
>
> don't forge t there are rules.
>
> rules
>
> On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:14 PM, Washington, Aubrey O. wrote:
>
>> Jerry,
>>
>> I have a bunch of old hack saw blades, but I think most are  
>> bimetal.  Do you think bimetal blades will work?
>>
>> Aubrey
>>
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>> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Smith  
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>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:53 PM
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>> Subject: [TheForge] Hacksaw Blades was Banding steel
>>
>> The reason I asked about the banding steel, is that a
>> few years ago I made a rough twist Damascus out of
>> hacksaw blades. It made a pretty knife that I saw it
>> was what you could get out of Medieval Times.
>>
>> I made the billet, then took two pieces of 1/4" steel
>> rod, twisted them into a caduceus like pattern. Then I
>> flattened them out and forged them on to the knife
>> blade. This was more for show than using, but it made
>> a pretty pattern.
>>
>> Jerry
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> George Rousis
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George Rousis
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