Proper post for a change
Ok I'm rounding up my knife making adventure , as part of that I'm usuing up all the materials I have .
I have a good amount of nickel steel for making pattern welded blades , it needs using so this is the first of the last from me .
Started with 25 layer billet of alternating o1 tool steel and nickel steel . The original billet came in at 10.5 lbs , the biggest I've made .
Seen here with the power hammer .
New forge climbing in temperature .
The billet beginning to forge weld ,
Welded up I draw out the steel , you can see I have to work in over lapping heater lengths
Ready to be chopped and stacked ready for the next weld
Cut and stacked again to give me 150 layers
150 layers ready to be patterned .
Using my knife grinder I cut in a very specific pattern into the billet to get the wanted pattern (my version of ladder pattern)
A few stages missing next , but its bought to welding temperature then drawn out .
I have this lot as a result , some of it is no good .
The steel is thermo cycled to reduce grain size the annealed , ground clean and test etched .
Ok I'm rounding up my knife making adventure , as part of that I'm usuing up all the materials I have .
I have a good amount of nickel steel for making pattern welded blades , it needs using so this is the first of the last from me .
Started with 25 layer billet of alternating o1 tool steel and nickel steel . The original billet came in at 10.5 lbs , the biggest I've made .
Seen here with the power hammer .
New forge climbing in temperature .
The billet beginning to forge weld ,
Welded up I draw out the steel , you can see I have to work in over lapping heater lengths
Ready to be chopped and stacked ready for the next weld
Cut and stacked again to give me 150 layers
150 layers ready to be patterned .
Using my knife grinder I cut in a very specific pattern into the billet to get the wanted pattern (my version of ladder pattern)
A few stages missing next , but its bought to welding temperature then drawn out .
I have this lot as a result , some of it is no good .
The steel is thermo cycled to reduce grain size the annealed , ground clean and test etched .