GEzell Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I remember a thread here where a guy was making some beautiful blades incorporating copper into patternwelded steel... I'm trying to find that thread again, and after searching through 50+ pages I've arrived at the conclusion that I should just ask somebody. George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreg Whitehead Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I think the ones I have seen....I read that they just dropped some copper in the ferric acid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Ariel Salavierra from Argentina is the guy, and he was not plating, he actually used copper as a kind of braze filler in his damascus. One of those things that isn't supposed to work, but he pulled it off in a brilliant way. Not sure it's a sound idea metallurically speaking since copper does bad things to grain boundaries, but his stuff is pretty! I do braze a lot of non-blade components since it's such a strong join, but I'd worry about using it in a working blade. As if anyone actually works with the high-end stuff, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 This was actually adding copper layers to damascus, not simple plating. George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Look up, G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GEzell Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 You posted a few seconds before I did Alan...:) I've seen Ariel's work, but the thread I have in mind isn't him. I was thinking it was one of our European friends, perhaps Greg Verizhnikov, but I'm not finding it... George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Oh yeah! It was one of the Russian or Ukranian guys (no offense intended for mixing them up, it's strange times out there...). And here I was thinking I had a good memory. I do remember it was in Show and Tell, if nobody else can find them I'll see what I can do tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thanks Alan, I will also keep digging. I know I commented on the thread, which narrows the field down to around 2000 possibilities...:) George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanM Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) Not the thread you are looking for but ... http://www.williamhenry.com/materials/view/material/id/2/ maybe this one Edited October 26, 2017 by DanM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 That's the one I was looking for, thanks! George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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