owen bush 289 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) I finished this axe before xmas but the fine finish was bugging me so I cut it off the handle and re cleaned it up and re etched it and I am happy now! 300 odd layers 15n20 en42. Forging the damascus simples, Forging the axe head simples, cleaning the whole thing up not so simples.......but it ended up OK! well I cleaned it up. and deep etched it . I think it looks GOOD now! Edited April 25, 2013 by owen bush Link to post Share on other sites
sachem allison 1 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 awesome!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 428 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 You know . . . adding pattern welding is like adding bacon to a recipe. It just makes it exponentially awesome. Very nice, Mr. Bush! Very nice. --Dave Link to post Share on other sites
owen bush 289 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 So if damascus is the salt and fat......what is the sugar? Link to post Share on other sites
Labros Papageorgiou 0 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 damn this is beautiful! I really mean it! the pattern of the steel really makes it look like an item of real significance. Owen (newbee question [anyone answering would be great] ). I have etched only one blade in my life (a cabe damascus dagger) on PBC acid and it didnt came out very deep. When you say deep etching, how do you achieve that ? thanks a lot for sharing your inspiration work Link to post Share on other sites
Josh Burrell 5 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Lovely activity on that mate. Link to post Share on other sites
owen bush 289 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) damn this is beautiful! I really mean it! the pattern of the steel really makes it look like an item of real significance. Owen (newbee question [anyone answering would be great] ). I have etched only one blade in my life (a cabe damascus dagger) on PBC acid and it didnt came out very deep. When you say deep etching, how do you achieve that ? thanks a lot for sharing your inspiration work Etching in ferric requires time and multiple cleaning ups. I leave the blade in for 3 minutes and then clean it up with fine wire wool. then back in the etch and then out again and clean up after half an hour. repeat until done. this blade etched for 18 hours in all... Ferric chloride formes a stable oxide as it etches so the speed of etching slows down, cleaning that oxide off speeds up the whole process and you seem to get a cleaner etch than if you just left it in the ferric for a long time. my ferric is 1/3 strength (or less) and ambient temp has a big effect. Edited April 25, 2013 by owen bush Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Colwell 143 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 that is a beauty. really is. Link to post Share on other sites
John F. Ellis 0 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Beautiful! Link to post Share on other sites
JasperDielemans 0 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Nice work Owen! Link to post Share on other sites
Petr Florianek 25 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 great! and i see the hardening effects and love them Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 2,830 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Holy crap! Link to post Share on other sites
John Page 68 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Brilliant! Absolutely stunning! I'm glad you did whatever you had to do to be happy with it, for it was well worth the effort John Link to post Share on other sites
Podmajersky 1 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Dang.. Link to post Share on other sites
jameswood 22 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 bet there is some life in that steel when you get some light in it! Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew Parkinson 231 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 (edited) I love on the big pattern welded axes how you can "see" the movement of the material, how the pattern is a map of how it was formed.... if only you are wise enough to read said map. Edited April 26, 2013 by Matthew Parkinson Link to post Share on other sites
Kip Kaiser 2 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 How very Owen of you!!! Double Wow!!! Kip Link to post Share on other sites
sandpile 0 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Owen-- Back to the question of what's the sugar? Your piece very well shows the sweet. It is with a certain pleasure anticipated to look up your work. It is always a nice, well worked, finished piece. The sweet/sugar is the hours of time in planning/making/finishing the job. In one word craftsmanship. ~chuck Link to post Share on other sites
Victor Thomopoulos 0 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 in love :rolleyes: Link to post Share on other sites
Bill North 0 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I can't think of anything original to say so I'll just agree with everyone else that thinks it’s great! Bill Link to post Share on other sites
J.Arthur Loose 102 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 That's a nice bit of forging! Link to post Share on other sites
DarrenRob 0 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 BAM! Link to post Share on other sites
Krateros 11 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 WOOOWWWW!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Kid Terico 0 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Outstanding job. KT Link to post Share on other sites
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