Firescale Damascus. Using a canister and ball bearings to create a damascus billet, for knifemaking.
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- A quick journey through the process of combining two types of steel, into one.
Music: Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 (sans introduction) Creative Commons License - creativecommon...
awesome job, loved it cant wait to see the finished product. Good job on explaining your steps and I really enjoyed it.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that positive feedback.
The next video is on the way! 😊
I love it!! Also, I do appreciate the guitar (not many forgers add such chill music, and I watch these videos to chill, so I like it), but it's a liiiiitle loud. Only complaint. Otherwise, seriously, I love it.
Thanks for that. I'll definitely consider the volume on the next one. 👍
Great build man! Cant wait to see what you do with it 🔪❤️
Thank you! I should have a new video with the first half of the knife build, in the next few days.
nice voiceover and classical guitar!
Thank you, sir!
With as much scale that was coming off the canister when you first started compacting the billet there can't be a lot left of the canister to grind off. Maybe some on the ends but I would not think much of the sides are left to remove. Nice looking pattern.
I've always been under the impression that forge scale is not really part of the original steel, but rather a culmination of carbon build up from the gases and oxidization that forms in the forge. I could be wrong about that, I've never really researched it. Definitely something worth looking into.
Nice twist on canister Damascus. Is your hydraulic press a name brand or homemade? I like the actuator rod through the table.
Thank you!
I got this press from Clark Iron Forge (out of Tennessee, I think). They do make foot pedals for them, but I made mine here in the shop.
Hey brother, how about this comment? Some people either have not much talent and should appreciate that acoustic and the video that you made with the build! Maybe a little lower in volume and that’s it. Great build and be well from your New York people! ✌️
Thank you for the compliment! I'll consider adjusting the volume on the music, going forward.
Did you grind off the canister before twisting?
No. There's no need to, as long as the mild steel stays on the outside, and the core is hardenable, you're good to go.
(I actually just finished this blade today, and there's no evidence of the canister anywhere on it, and it's still a very beefy knife).
So I've never forged anything. But I will say, once you twist it like that, no, mild steel won't be staying on the outside. I'm sure it came out beautifully though. I'll Check the other video now
@@abadran8174 I could see why you'd think that. However, the mild steel doesn't "push itself" into the center as you twist it... (This is weird, but imagine filling a sock with Play-Doh, and then twisting the sock 360°, then pressing it flat, turning it up on its edge, and slicing perfectly down the center. You would still have a Play-Doh core).
You can't see it in this video, but if you wait for the finished product, you'll see that there's no mild steel left. It all gets pushed to the spine, and the edge, and gets ground out when shaping the profile, and surface grinding.
@@RedRightHand-Blades-Marshal I wouldn't know even if it had mild steel in the blade 😁.
However, I think it's morel old playdoh in a canister of chewing gum, and the twist was more like 1640 than 360. I also see bladesmiths grindimg it off every time. If the mild steel can actually be seen in the blade if it were to make it there then absolutely.
There are a few ways to tell where mild steel starts and stops. You can easily do a file test along the edge to see if it's consistently hard. But you can also see visually, after it goes into the etching solution.
I'm not sure where you got the idea that I twisted it more than 360°. But that's just not correct. If you watch the video you can see that I did a 180° twist, then came back and repeated that. I didn't twist further.
I'm not sure how to convince you, other than to encourage you to keep watching and when you see the final products you should be able to recognize that the pattern is uniform with no mild steel breaking it up.
Thanks for watching!
yo this is tight!
Thank you!
Enjoyed the video dude. Thank you. Could probably do without the geeetarrrr though. Mega annoying.
@@robsonez 🤘
Nice video but yes remove the guitar lmao
Too late
Wow. Arrogant much? You did NOT create the idea of putting ball bearings into a canister with powdered steel.
@@Valandar2 nor did I ever say I did.
I appreciate constructive criticism. But if you're going to make a suggestion, at least pay enough attention to the video so that you have some idea what you're talking about. Saying that "I'm going to try something new, that I've never attempted before", is hardly the same as claiming that I invented a new process.
Run along now, troll. 😂