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 heat treating demo (sorry, no real action shots);


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I was able to weasel this blade from Kevin after he heat treated it.

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Most people are unaware that Kevin is Michigan’s finest soprano.