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Fun with "Fossil"
Last month I went up to Jim Clow's, and decided to do a bit of experimenting with my "fossil" damascus. I loaded up some "cans", and rather then using 1084 powder, I tried 1095 powder with 10% nickel powder added. I really like the results!
Since Jim has a MONSTER press, I did 3 1/2" cans, and forged them up while I was there. Jim also has a cool "toy" for twisting, so he blancahard ground the "can" off, then we rounded it out to about 2" and twisted it. Afterward I took it to a 1 1/2" X 3" x 12" loaf. Took a bit but after I got back home, I annealed it, then sliced it on the big bandsaw. Since I had changed to 1095 powder, I had to experient to nail the heat treat, and after sacrificing a couple of blanks, got it down. I really like the results, and think from now on I'll be using 1095 powder, with varying degrees of nickel from now on. So far I've got a Bowie blade...... And a drop point hunter blade...... __________________ WWW.CAFFREYKNIVES.NET Caffreyknives@gmail.com "Every CHOICE has a CONSEQUENCE, and all your CONSEQUENCES are a result of your CHOICES." |
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Ed that's pretty darn neat. Its fun to see were thoughts and science come together to explore a idea. you never know what you'll come up with when you put two old farts in a room with a big hammer.
Erik |
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Ed, that is about the best looking Damascus I have seen you do.
__________________ Walter R. Powers |
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That's awesome Ed. I really like the difference in the 1095 powder.
__________________ John Doyle You have nothing to fear but fear itself...........and bears. |
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Very nice!
Doug JN. 3:16 |
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Wow. Wish my new EBK had that damascus!! Beautiful Ed.
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Cool!
__________________ God bless Texas! Now let's secede!! |
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Wow. That is some busy steel. I REALLY like it.
Nice job. Glad to see you keep trying something new. |
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Absolutely incredible, just stunning. I do have one curious question though, how different will edge characteristics be with the larger sections of varying material... to me its pretty irrelevant because if anyone were to actually use it would be blasphemy. Pure art Ed, I love it.
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That was probably the mos diffult part for me.....figuring out/nailing the heat treat. I sacrificed a couple of blades to work out the heat treat, and admittedly, there are a couple of places where little bits of nickel cross the edges, but they cut pretty well. I've never been one to agree with "soaking" a blade at austinizing temp, but in this case it was necessary to achieve the outcome I wanted. these blades where heated in the salt tank, and allowed to soak for about 3 mins before quenching. As with anything "new", it just took some experimenting in the heat treat dept. to get to where I wanted them to be.
__________________ WWW.CAFFREYKNIVES.NET Caffreyknives@gmail.com "Every CHOICE has a CONSEQUENCE, and all your CONSEQUENCES are a result of your CHOICES." |
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These are real beauties, Ed! Just striking! What kind of handle material do you have in the plan for them?
Like john said! awesome!!! Dana |
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You know me Dana.....I can't ever plan that far ahead. As normal, I'll probably spend an hour rummaging through the handle material cabinet.....then change my mind a half dozen times before I figure out what to use for handles!
__________________ WWW.CAFFREYKNIVES.NET Caffreyknives@gmail.com "Every CHOICE has a CONSEQUENCE, and all your CONSEQUENCES are a result of your CHOICES." |
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I can totally relate, bro A frame handle with dinosaur bone?
Dana |
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Ed, This is making my mind spin in circles. I have got to call Kelly now.
Thanks for sharing this. __________________ Bruce Bingenheimer MLazyB Custom Knives ABS Journeyman Smith |
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1084, 1095, art, awesome, back, bee, blade, blades, bone, bowie, damascus, edge, forged, hammer, handle, heat, heat treat, home, hunter, knife, making, material, powder, press, steel |
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