Some COOL knifes...

[mike miller]

Depends on design- ladder is grooves cut or pressed into metal.Feather is cut vertically down the billet then rewelded to get the feather.

 

[dieseltech09]

Very cool

 

[Werewolf]

It all has to do with the way he folds it... I thought it was random at first, but he actually knows how to fold it all so that it comes out looking exactly like he wants it too.

Next time he is forging, I'll try to take some video and post it on YouTube. He lives way out in the sticks though, so I don't go there much.

Interesting...

I wonder how that impacts the strength of the blade? there's got to be stresses in the crystalline structure of the steel where the colors change one would think.

 

[Traxxis]

Interesting...

I wonder how that impacts the strength of the blade? there's got to be stresses in the crystalline structure of the steel where the colors change one would think.

Well, he would be the guy to ask. But the two different colors are actually two different types of metal.

After he forges it, he hardens the steel himself.

 

[Shadowrider]

http://www.heltonknives.com/index.html

WTH? Is that a bunch of pieces cut, turned 90 degrees and rewelded?

Whatever it is, that's just crazy cool!

Damn, I dig the damascus...

 

[Traxxis]

WTH? Is that a bunch of pieces cut, turned 90 degrees and rewelded?

Whatever it is, that's just crazy cool!

Damn, I dig the damascus...

What's crazy is watching him do it!

I always thought it was random... but he dang sure knows what it's going to be when he's doing it.

You ever want to come up, I could see if he would mind you checking it out.

Or stop and talk to him at Wannenmacher, he can tell you all about it.

 

[????]

This isn't Billy's but this is the process, a lot work just to get the steel.

http://purgatoryironworks.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_agora&task=topic&id=1057&p=7133