[TheForge] Pattern Welding Billets

[James Binnion]

Thanks Mike, that is a great paper definitely a keeper.

Jim

On Apr 2, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

> 
> James Binnion <jbin at well.com> wrote:
> 
>> Damascus is a particular formula of crucible steel that gets its
>> pattern from the heat treatment it goes through during it's smelting
>> and cooling. There are only a handful of people who have made any
>> modern examples of damascus steel.
> 
> Greg Obach would be one of them.  He did a demo for the Maritime
> Blacksmith a couple or three years ago.
> 
>   http://dark.unitz.ca/~gthomas/myweb4/replication_of_wootz.htm
> 
> 
> 
> - Mike
> 
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James Binnion
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