Joshua States Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 On 5/28/2022 at 6:57 AM, Dick Sexstone said: You can do this too…. Yep. That's another version of accordion cutting that works well. Thanks for adding that. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Walker Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) Cleaning out old photos from computer and stumbled on this. Thought it would fit here. I made the steel and a friend, John Young made the knife. Don't remember who the note was for or why it was photographed. I probably learned this from Ron Claiborne. Edited January 14 by Matt Walker 1 1 Matt Walker https://www.youtube.com/@onedamascusmaker/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Nice addition to the thread! Very nice pattern and a fine job on the finished knife too. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 (edited) A quick example of cutting grooves for ladder pattern. This pattern looks best in the 250-400 layer range. These bars were 300+ layers and I drew them out to about 3/8" thick, or a little less. The grooves are laid out on each side so they are offset (mostly) Here is a very short video of cutting the grooves with a 3/8" carbide burr in a rotary tool. https://youtu.be/utwxggtAf-I Edited May 26 by Joshua States 3 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 From here you can either forge the bar down flat and stock remove everything you don't want, or you can forge the blade to shape. I choose the second option and start by cutting a small piece off the tip at and angle and work the point and bevels. This starts the back-bend of the blade spine, so I flatten out the spine area and stretch the blade. When you have the blade shape you want, work the tang. I did 5 blades from these two bars, and a sixth one from another bar. 1 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 This just in. A very nicely written introduction to pattern welding by @Matt Walker Damascus Notes Matt Walker 1.pdf “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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