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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/09 10:13:01
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So many cool looking patterns, that turned out very nicely. Kind of reminds me of wood grain. I'm glad your sharing your projects with us. 
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/09 11:59:47
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wow nate very good work you did i think your ready for the twist pattern.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/09 14:41:50
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So many cool looking patterns, that turned out very nicely. Kind of reminds me of wood grain. I'm glad your sharing your projects with us.
Glad you like it! As for the twist pattern, I have tried it and it was the knife that didn't survive the heat treating process. I will try it next though. Working on the handle for this one today.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/09 15:56:47
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Looks amazing!
Why didn't it survive the heating process? What went wrong?
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/10 05:32:46
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The handle starting to take shape: 
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/10 05:37:36
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Looks amazing!
Why didn't it survive the heating process? What went wrong?
 This was the twist pattern knife. well.. more like a stacked twist. I twisted 3 bars, and forge welded them together. It was going to be beautiful. Tool steel is quenched differently then the other knife (above). It warped during the quench so I just re-heated it, bent it back into shape and quenched it again. Tool steel as I have read requires a more slow soaking of heat. Doesn't seem to like rapid changes in temps. But I am still reading up. I am no ABS master blade smith. Just learning as I go.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/10 16:46:26
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In any case, I have a new batch of Tool steel coming, AND some spring steel.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/10 17:38:41
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Ahh, gotcha, makes sense.
Looking forward to seeing how this new hobby of yours goes. Great craftsmanship going on here..... so what if there is a bit of a learning curve, there is with everything!
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/10 18:25:49
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well, I spent MONTHS learning about CNC's before I got into it, and took 2 years to make it, so I learned at a much slower pace. I just kind of dove into this after only a month or 2 of researching.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/11 10:42:53
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well, I spent MONTHS learning about CNC's before I got into it, and took 2 years to make it, so I learned at a much slower pace. I just kind of dove into this after only a month or 2 of researching.
Yeah, but so far so good though! I love following your projects.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/14 16:07:50
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I have another batch of tool steel, and some 5160 Spring steel Damascus up next.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/14 19:38:11
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This is amazing stuff Nateman.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/17 05:21:51
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Thanks! handle is shaping up nicely. Will be stabilizing it shortly 
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/19 19:08:09
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/19 19:11:28
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Next 2 knives:   the lower billet is O1 tool steel, and the pile is 5160 spring steel.
post edited by nateman_doo - 2015/12/19 19:13:35
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/19 19:59:32
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That lower billet is 20 layers, and I just folded it 3 times, so Its already at 60 layers. The spring steel knife will start at 32 layers.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/19 22:01:39
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/20 23:22:46
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Where do you get all that metal from Nate?
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/21 20:07:42
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mostly local places. Plenty of industrial places in the "garden state"
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/21 21:52:05
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That's why I posted that form imgur, go out and mine your own ore, forge it/melt it down and there ya go lol
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/22 09:36:01
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very cool, now get to work on a 40" katana blade with 20 folds 
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2015/12/22 13:50:51
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The next project is going to be "feather" Damascus (the spring steel). I will die trying as I think that is the sexiest thing I have ever seen. (but I still have a twist pattern much closer to being made)
As for getting my own ore?? meh.. no thanks. The Japanese that made the samurai swords started with the same and it becomes steel. Im already starting WITH steel. Call me crazy, but I think if a Japanese sword smith started out with tool steel he would make a FAR better katana then what he would make from ore. But what do I know, im no ABS master.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2016/01/02 01:25:49
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The next project is going to be "feather" Damascus (the spring steel). I will die trying as I think that is the sexiest thing I have ever seen. (but I still have a twist pattern much closer to being made)
As for getting my own ore?? meh.. no thanks. The Japanese that made the samurai swords started with the same and it becomes steel. Im already starting WITH steel. Call me crazy, but I think if a Japanese sword smith started out with tool steel he would make a FAR better katana then what he would make from ore. But what do I know, im no ABS master.
Yah I watched a show on the making of a Samurai sword. It's amazing how they did it with what they had back in the day, but there is stronger steel now. Anyway, that is some real knife making Kung Fu my friend ;)
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2016/01/02 13:19:49
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It does make me wonder if a grand master did the same method that I did, what a work of art and insanely durable piece it would be.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2016/01/05 13:31:09
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It does make me wonder if a grand master did the same method that I did, what a work of art and insanely durable piece it would be.
Well, in a couple years, you can answer that, Grand Master Nateman!
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2017/06/07 20:46:53
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As for me, I like damascus knife so much, which is so beautiful and sharp. I like to collect various knives including kubey knife,kershaw, hq, etc. Click here to know more:
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Re: My first hand forged Damascus knife.
2017/06/10 06:33:14
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As for me, I like damascus knife so much, which is so beautiful and sharp. I like to collect various knives including kubey knife,kershaw, hq, etc.
Thanks! Welcome to the forum! Did you join just to comment? I am honored to have your first post. My Damascus has improved by leaps & bounds since this knife.
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