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Offline mcginnis6010

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Damascus steel?
« on: December 23, 2012, 11:44:54 pm »
Was wondering if anyone knew how to make damascus steel? or would it be more economical to just buy some damascus steel billets?
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Offline bubby

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Re: Damascus steel?
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2012, 04:04:33 am »
you can use wire rope, cable, thomas h sent me a post on how to do it once but i cant find the hard copy, Bub
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Offline agd68

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Re: Damascus steel?
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2012, 10:12:48 am »
It is quite a bit of work to forge damascus. Basically you layer two differnt grades of steel  and forge weld them together. Once they are welde3d together you begin the folding process. Unless you are set up with a forge and all the tools it would be much easier to buy it. Take a look on Paleoplanet.net. Lots of info in the metal working threads if you want to give it a go.
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