Folded Steel

[mross 3]

In my thoughts on forging I was wondering if you took a bar of say 1095 and folded it repeatedly.

Would you get a hada the way a Japanese folding tamahagane would?

[tell 0]

In my thoughts on forging I was wondering if you took a bar of say 1095 and folded it repeatedly.

Would you get a hada the way a Japanese folding tamahagane would?

 

yes fold lenthways then sideways in alternating pattern remember Tamahagane is softer to work than modern steel and gains strenth as it is worked were our stuff is very dence to start with thers is more like working

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[Richard Furrer 56]

In my thoughts on forging I was wondering if you took a bar of say 1095 and folded it repeatedly.

Would you get a hada the way a Japanese folding tamahagane would?

 

You will get a pattern yes, but it will look different than tamahagane.

The weld line (interface) is what will show rather than a variation in chemistry due to slag and other impurities in addition to the weld lines.

 

Ric

[mross 3]

Thanks guys!

[Matt Bower 5]

FWIW, one technique for mimicking tamahagane is to weld and fold steel cable repeatedly. I've only seen pictures, but some of them looked pretty good.