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Offline sleek

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Damascus points
« on: October 29, 2014, 05:49:48 pm »
I work with a knife maker who forges his own Damascus.  I was wondering what interest there would be in points made of it were I to start making them and what design?
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Offline JoJoDapyro

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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2014, 05:55:36 pm »
Depends on what you would want for them. It is super cool metal. I would like a few just for fun.
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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2014, 06:00:18 pm »
I would do my best to be in the value area of what the black diamond and Eskimos are....
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Offline Eric Garza

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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2014, 06:14:56 pm »
I'd be interested. What are you looking for in trade? What styles can you make? I'd want something that's single bevel, like  the Abowyer points.
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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2014, 07:22:29 pm »
I'd be interested if you can keep the weight down.
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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2014, 07:32:12 pm »
What weight is acceptable?
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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2014, 01:13:21 am »
Under 180 grns for me. I have a knifemaker friend here that made me some and he finally got me one around 140gn.
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Offline aaron

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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2014, 11:25:36 am »
I'd be interested if they were 145-200 grains. Would these be screw in or glue on? Should be no wider than 1 1/4 for me.
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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2014, 12:51:31 pm »
For the attachment,  I was thinking the easiest is a trad point with a tang. I will have to look into how to make a socket to make a glue on. A screw on wouldnt be very hard because id just make a thicker tang and thread it.
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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2014, 02:18:58 pm »
Glue on- you would probaly have to forge it like a medievle broadhead.. youtube has some interesting vids.. Have some O2 been thinking about it.. Tie on tang would be the simplest and they look cool..
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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2014, 04:58:54 pm »
The ones I had were like a Trade point, just tie it on with sinew.
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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2014, 06:11:31 pm »
These will be 15n20 and 1095 steel. I may make a press that will form a tang into a round socket but weight will be an issue to overcome there.

By the way I got permission from him today to make points and he would give me the steel to do it. So I will start out with trade point tang with a typical 2" long 1" wide point and see what that weighs. Will try .050 thick for starters. 
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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2014, 01:42:31 pm »
Cool, looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
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Offline Eric Garza

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Re: Damascus points
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2014, 08:47:11 pm »
If I trade for some, I'd want them to be trade points that I can wind on with sinew or thread soaked in glue. I'd want mine on the lighter side too, and perhaps 7/8 - 1 inch wide, certainly no wider than that. I'd want them on the lighter side to, up to 150 grains would be fine, lighter would be fine too.
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