Beautiful knife being forged

[Saltwater60]

I just thought this was gorgeous

Watch how this breathtaking Copper Damascus knife is forged from start to finish

If you haven’t heard of Damascus Steel, here’s a good primer. In short, it’s a style of metallurgy with origins in Damascus (now modern Syria) that’s characterized by a beau…

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[GOPerfect]

That is beautiful.

 

[Saltwater60]

my FIL is setting up a forge, maybe someday I’ll try it.

 

[S&W Fan]

I just got this Custom Louis Martin Damascus knife

 

[GOPerfect]

I just got this Custom Louis Martin Damascus knife
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Wow, just wow.

If you care to share, whats a knife like this run?

 

[masterswimmer]

Wow!

 

[S&W Fan]

It looks nice enough and for now the edge is very nice but I just found out from a buddy of mine who knows his shit about metallurgy and he says it’s a knock off. Probably from Pakistan. Luckily I didn’t pay a fortune for it. That should have probably been the tell.

 

[Saltwater60]

It looks nice enough and for now the edge is very nice but I just found out from a buddy of mine who knows his shit about metallurgy and he says it’s a knock off. Probably from Pakistan. Luckily I didn’t pay a fortune for it. That should have probably been the tell.

Yeah that third world deception is tough to see sometimes. Assholes!!

 

[RooftopKorean]

I took a bladesmithing class and it was extremely fun. I did set up a small make shift forge in my backyard but my neighbors quickly got annoyed and complained with all of the hammering.

I didnt want to invest a large sum of money into a decent anvil so I made an anvil using a tree stump and 3" thick steel plate I bought from someone in Medford.

Maybe one of these days when I get a house with acreage I'll get back into it.

But for anyone who is interested you can build a decent forge for pretty cheap.

I used an old Square BBQ grill, heat resistant plaster mixed with perlite and lined the inside of the entire grill, dried and did a season burn. Make sure not to cover the circular air vent on the bottom.

Used put it on top of cinder blocks with a layer of firebrick.

Used a old car hub for air distribution for when you lay out the nut coal to get a better burn.

Used a cheap harbor freight leaf blower and some gutter piping to the circular air vent. Easier than dealing with a hand cranked forge blower.

I did make a karambit from a wrench, a chopper style knife and 2 handed machete from a leaf spring before I stopped.