Been a while since I have had a chance to work on the rapier. My last plan to forge weld cable Damascus to the already forged out 1070 blade is not going to work, for a couple of reasons.
One, I dont have enough cable. And two, well, I dont trust my abilities to pull off that forge weld yet. So that 1070 blade will get turned into a small sword. It's perfectly dimensioned for that already.
Onto the rapier. Yes, I'm still making a rapier. A mild steel san mai rapier I'm a sucker for punishment.
What you see here is my billet all welded up. 2 layers of 1070 s