Zeb Camper 630 Posted February 23 Hey guys! Welded all my cutoffs from multibar blades together today. Since i was working with odd shapes I didnt try to make it one solid billet. Looking like it should look cool. I may or may not manipulate the bars further before making another multibar out of it... I'm open to ideas! Also, if you've done this before feel free to share! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 1,007 Posted February 25 (edited) Heck yeah! The smith who wastes good steel doesn't go to Valhalla. I read that in one of the Eddas I think...…. I have taken all those little triangles from accordion cut patterns and welded them back into a bar. Ed Caffrey takes all his little bits and puts them into a can with powdered 1080 or 1095 and makes fossil Damascus. Edited February 25 by Joshua States 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeb Camper 630 Posted February 25 Thats a really good looking knife Joshua! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew W 25 Posted February 25 This is wonderful. You see this in historical blades sometimes. For example, 6 of the early medieval (6th century Anglo-Saxon) spearheads buried in the cemetery at Edix Hill (Cambridgeshire) were made from scrap, including bits of pattern welded swords. I've been wanting to make one for a few years just to see what it looks like--your results are inspiring! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 1,007 Posted February 25 14 hours ago, Zeb Camper said: Thats a really good looking knife Joshua! That's an Ed Caffrey Fossil blade. It better look good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 1,007 Posted February 25 You can see one of my scrapmascus blades here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeb Camper 630 Posted February 25 (edited) Oops! I thought it was yours! Ed's blade looks slick, and yours does too! I had no idea "scrapmascus" was already in the lexicon! 6 hours ago, Andrew W said: This is wonderful. You see this in historical blades sometimes. For example, 6 of the early medieval (6th century Anglo-Saxon) spearheads buried in the cemetery at Edix Hill (Cambridgeshire) were made from scrap, including bits of pattern welded swords. Where can I find out more? Do you have any links!? Edited February 25 by Zeb Camper Daggownitt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 1,007 Posted February 26 8 hours ago, Andrew W said: You see this in historical blades sometimes. For example, 6 of the early medieval (6th century Anglo-Saxon) spearheads buried in the cemetery at Edix Hill (Cambridgeshire) were made from scrap, including bits of pattern welded swords. I told you so. 22 hours ago, Joshua States said: The smith who wastes good steel doesn't go to Valhalla Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew W 25 Posted February 26 15 hours ago, Zeb Camper said: Where can I find out more? Do you have any links!? It's in Malim, T. and Hines, J., (1998). The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire: excavations 1989--1991 and a summary catalogue of material from 19th century interventions. This has now been put online as a (legal) pdf, which you can download here: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1075286&recordType=MonographSeries The metallurgy analysis of the spearheads starts on page 250. There are some great line drawings of the blade cross-sections, and a detailed discussion. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeb Camper 630 Posted February 26 Thanks a ton Andrew! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 1,007 Posted February 27 On 2/25/2019 at 4:42 PM, Zeb Camper said: I had no idea "scrapmascus" was already in the lexicon! I am going to take some of the smaller pieces with good figure and work with a silver smith/jeweler who will make some settings for them. I'm thinking pendants. Maybe earrings. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al Massey 58 Posted February 28 I've heard another smith refer to the same thing as Scrapahagane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter-Paul Derks 131 Posted March 1 I save all my damascus offcuts, I like to make jewelry or small fittings from them. I haven't forged those bits back into a blade yet, but I have forge welded bits of broken and discarded blades into a railroad spike once as Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
