Saw chain damascus
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Nope, but I have a pile waiting to weld up when I get chance. I've done bike chain a couple of times, once to a finished knife and the other is still sat as a dirty lump.
There are some amazing chainsaw blades on BB.
There are some amazing chainsaw blades on BB.
Yeah I've welded them up a few times, but never really been happy enough to finish them into knives. They are so full of holes and weird shaped bits that they invite crud to get caught when welding up 
That said, I did get a nice little blade made from one that Mad Dave gave me at the moot last year. Darn thing warped in the HT and I haven't had the heart to finish since then 
They do hold a reasonable edge, but with the inclusion issues you either need to weld a fair amount of chain together to give you a chance at getting all of the voids closed up (ie massive reduction in stock under the hammer), or you laminate with a known steel in the core. That's how I plan to do it next time I get around to doing some. Another way is to do a cannister weld, where you fill a metal box with the chain and then swarf or powdered steel to fill the voids when you weld up.
That said, I did get a nice little blade made from one that Mad Dave gave me at the moot last year. Darn thing warped in the HT and I haven't had the heart to finish since then They do hold a reasonable edge, but with the inclusion issues you either need to weld a fair amount of chain together to give you a chance at getting all of the voids closed up (ie massive reduction in stock under the hammer), or you laminate with a known steel in the core. That's how I plan to do it next time I get around to doing some. Another way is to do a cannister weld, where you fill a metal box with the chain and then swarf or powdered steel to fill the voids when you weld up.
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