At the 25th annual New England Bladesmiths’ Guild seminar at the Ashokan field campus of SUNY, Kevin Cashen gave two demonstrations; one on forge welding damascus steel, and the other on heat treating. Here are some pictures from his damascus demo;


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Kevin making a point, as Delbert Ealy looks on.


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The starting billet, 1084 & 15n20.


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Welding the 1084/15n20 billet.


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Drawing out the billet with a big ass hammer.


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Kevin Cashen drawing out a billet with a little help from Delbert Ealy.


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Kevin hamming it up with his “geek” glasses (my favorite picture.)

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