DBain 15 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 First San Mai is dry welded hand forged 15n20 core and 1084 jacket. OAL is approximately 8.5” with a stag and quarter mokume handle. It has a threaded butt cap nut and GFlex epoxy. Second San Mai is dry welded and hand forged 1084 core with 15n20 jacket. OAL is approximately 14”. The handle is stacked Ebony and leather with a wrought guard and pommel. The pommel was tapped for threaded and GFlex epoxy construction. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Clifford Brewer 359 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Nice Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 2,741 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Pretty darned cool! Was that a coffee etch? Link to post Share on other sites
DBain 15 Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 Yes I did ferric the followed with coffee and a lite hand buff with Turtle wax chrome polish. Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Pierce 53 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Very interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dougherty 1,172 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Nice job keeping the cores centered up. Link to post Share on other sites
DBain 15 Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 I tried to be cautious and would etch from time to time to keep track of where my core was. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Brandt 3 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Did you forge to shape, or forge just to a bar then stock removal? When I tried to forge to shape I found I had trouble keeping the core centered. This process really exposes how much my strikes are different from one side to the other. I had to just forge to flat bar/spatula shape then stock removal, checking for core centering as I went. Your choice of materials sure created a stark contrast. Great experiment, and good job. Link to post Share on other sites
DBain 15 Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 After talking to and taking the advice of a an experienced smith, whom I’ve taken a couple of classes with, I did minimal forging to shape and more stock removal on these. I’d say forged to about 60%, just a general profile and tang with slight bevels. Link to post Share on other sites
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