RainDrop Damascus Clip Point Hunter. No voiceover.
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2024
- This is the full build on the 200 layer raindrop damascus clip point hunter. Finished with a coffee etch and desert ironwood for the handle. Hope you enjoy the content, like and subscribe for more!
beautiful design
Thank you sir!!
Nice work as always 👏👏
Thank you, sir. To you as well. Those are some sweet, repurposed steel knives
Beautiful knife
Thank you :) appreciate it. Working on a few others from that same Damascus billet.
The 12 ton press makes life uber easy. Nice job! The kerosene thing is interesting. Ive seen it a few times and wonder who the first UA-camr was to actually do it. If the material is properly cleaned with lacquer thinner then why contaminate it with kerosene and soot? I use LC then heat to red and flux, this keeps all the oxygen out every time. Fads are funny cuz it proves we are mimicking primates. Just like all the stock removal people who never forge to shape, it is silly to waste all that material, imo not to mention belts arent cheap. Forging to shape takes you to the next level as there are no center lines to follow, it is all by eye and feel. Ive seen journeyman bladesmiths who cant forge to shape. They use their hyd press to make a brick then grind to shape. Silly to never up your game, imo. If Jason Knight had a dollar for everyone who adds a shark fin to their spine he would be a rich, rich, rich man.
Forge On!!!
Lol ouch. Kerosene is simply used to coat the steel and burn off in the forge and leave behind a small layer of carbon, to prevent any oxidation. I sometimes do it, sometimes don't, same with WD-40. One thing I always do, is flux. I'm not rich, and 15n20/1084 ain't cheap. So Id rather not risk delaminations. And while I would love to forge everything to shape, (which I used to do, and can do) I live in an HOA community, in a culdesac and have gotten complaints about the noise. Hydraulic press and grinding are far less loud. So in lieu of not being fined, I stick to stock removal of the shapes. Clip point wasn't my design. But rather the customer wanted that shape, and so I did as they asked.
Sorry about your griping neighbors. That sux. Kerosene or WD40, I was just saying if it is clean, why put something else on it that might contaminate it? Im on limited income so I cant waste money either. New Jersey Steel Baron is where I get my pattern welded steel materials....also Speedy Metals for brass, copper and other stuff. I use my press mostly to forge to shape, the hammer is just for mild adjustments these days. Im fortunate as I live in a densely populated neighborhood as well, but Im the neighborhood fix it guy/mechanic so no one complains or no more fixes for them.
Forge On!!!