Blacksmith and Metal Working Forum > Blacksmith and Metalworking Forum

A bit off topic...

<< < (2/3) > >>

RLT:
Tanto, or a khukri खुकुरी. Give yourself a challenge.

64longstep/Brian:

--- Quote from: Branson on May 05, 2011, 07:41:12 AM ---Hope you have a power hammer for all the drawing out!   Are you starting with a stack?  What sort of patterning are you aiming for?

--- End quote ---
I don’t have a power hammer yet the work will be done with a 22 ton air over hydraulic press and by hand. I’ll be starting with a stack and see what kind of pattern pops out…


--- Quote from: lzenglish on May 05, 2011, 07:55:03 AM ---Lol Where does one buy 5 different types of steel?

--- End quote ---
My niece’s boyfriend is a machinist and can order the steel for me through work. 

Branson:
[quote authorYou lost me at 5 different types of steel! Lol Where does one buy 5 different types of steel?
Wayne [/quote]

Grin.  That depends on how much trouble you want to go to.  Old shovel blades.  Old bumpers.  RXR car siding -- old RXR scraps and pieces give a wide variety of steels, including carbide.  Cast off industrial band saw blades.  Steel banding.  You *could* turn some old re-bar into plates...  Maybe you could find some old ST-2...  I have a stash of 38/40 tool steel, 3/16 to 1/4 inch thick.

Branson:
[quote author=64longstep I don’t have a power hammer yet the work will be done with a 22 ton air over hydraulic press and by hand. I’ll be starting with a stack and see what kind of pattern pops out… [/quote]

Forge a bit on the thick side, and you can make patterns interesting by either grinding and forging out, or by fullering or punching and grinding.  Punching with a star drill ought to leave you with star patterns after you grind...  Or forge, twist, and reforge to shape will also give an interesting pattern.  H.H. Ellison Davis documents Viking "damascus" blades made of separate square stock twisted and then forge welded together.  I have the book somewhere...

I think if you have the forge welding down, you have an opportunity to play.

64longstep/Brian:
The possibilities are endless, it all depends how much work you want to put in to it…

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page