Any interest?

[ionicmuffin]

Just so you all know, i was planning on making both types, its just much more time consuming and expensive to make the really high contrasting.

[4dog]

cable is cool ..like how it looks..will a hawk made of damascus  cable hold up to..chopping?

[ionicmuffin]

ill have to look but as far as i know once it welds its just as strong? as regular steel. Dont take me at my word until i do my research but thats what i understood.

[bowtarist]

use good high-carbon or mixed-carbon steel cable

just checked it out on ehow. seems real doable and a good starting point into damascus making too.

[ionicmuffin]

Yep that was the plan, I figure that since the steel is good its just a matter of selecting tough steel rather than hard steel for the major portion of the axe since you want your axe to absorb the blow so it doesn't break. I have more research to do but i think that temper can also play a factor.

[ionicmuffin]

ok, so i talked to someone that knows a lot about the composition of steel and he said that damascus would actually be more ideal for making axes because it combines steels(if you are using two different steels.) and if you arent then you can use a medium carbon steel to make the axe head and it will be more tolerant to shock, or you can temper the blade so that the cutting edge is super hard but the rest of it is spring steel like or even mildly soft.

[PrimitiveTim]

I'm interested and I can get you staves

[4dog]

getting more interested as this thread moves along.   

[ionicmuffin]

Yeah I know. I am definitly excited to be home this summer. and the idea of having time to blacksmith

[chamookman]

The coolest knife I ever saw was cable steel with a 'Gater foreleg bone handle !

[Joec123able]

Even got me Intrested

[ionicmuffin]

well I'm glad people are interested, I never like doing something and then finding out nobody really is interested.

[bubby]

muffin I do things that I find interesting, if somebody else does too, well that's just a big plus

[ionicmuffin]

muffin I do things that I find interesting, if somebody else does too, well that's just a big plus

not quite what I meant, I do enjoy things for their own sake, hence I'm at the college I'm at...I am just interested in whose interested. I wouldn't want to make a post in the trading forum saying something that I get no replies or few to. Now more people know and have time to think about if they are interested 

[stickbender]

     Count me in, but I will have to find something you need, or like, or want, etc.  I don't have much in the way of primitive material.

                                                                              Wayne