Couple ideas. Clean all blades with acetone before putting in can. Possibly not hot enough. What steel are the blades? Heard of problems trying to weld AEB-L stainless and high carbon. I believe most razors are AEB-L. If all else fails, ask Martin😂. I’m sure he’ll give you a hard time. Great try, don’t give up!
@@justingoodman5600 i had them in a aceton bath . I should have been carbon steel i think😂 I will re try it but maybe not with razor blades. Hahah Martin always gives me a hardtime but i love him
Recommendations I've picked up from others are to get the canister up to critical temperature for the steel you're using and hold it there for a minimum of 20 minutes to ensure the center is hot enough. Use a high temperature infrared thermometer to get an accurate temperature on stubborn metals. Then compress the canister at least 30% to get the powder solid. Then remove the canister and proceed
@forgeworks3176 I did some research. Most modern razors are martensitic stainless. 1090 (with or without added nickel) and 17/4-ph are the only compatible metal powders for cannister Damascus I'm seeing. 2000 to 2300 fahrenheit is the forge welding temperature for martensitic stainless. 2100 fahrenheit is the upper limit for both powders.
@@forgeworks3176 you might try contacting the razor supplier or distributor to see if you can get a discount on a bulk order or ask about buying damaged packaging and blades that don't meet quality control standards. Also, I'm pretty fond of my vevor infrared thermometer. It was about $40 USD and reads up to 2732 fahrenheit. My eyes aren't the greatest so it help me get my forge to a desired temperature and definitely helps with quenching at the correct temperature.
@@4wknives i left it in quite long but maybe even longer. Weird thing is top part welded good and than in the middle it tore rest was solid . Thanks mate i will definitely will re try it
The only thing I can think of would be whether or not you got a good forging with the first few presses. Every time I've made Canister Steel I get several presses on all sides before trying to remove the canister.
@@wilsong8a hello, the blades where around 40-50€ in total it was more a fun project than re reasonable. I would rather work with normal steel but nice to learn more about forging and what can be possible
I’d say make sure to have all 500 blades free of oils from the manufacturer and completely clean. Also the video makes it hard to see but do you think it was hot enough?
i had them in a bath of aceton for awhile. I am not sure should have been but it lay a bit on the press to have it in the right position that could have drawn the heat out
Bummer about the razor blades but I appreciate you showing it cuz sometimes stuff happens. Sweet straight razor! If you get 20,000 views give it to Martin Huber to shave his off…lol
@@markfulmer67 yeah i was super pissed😂but i am not perfect and i wanna show that you have to learn from my mistakes and also learn from the community with tips. Hahah that would be dope maybe will get so many views until the knifeshow in austria😂
Man, now i gotta create 9000 fake accounts..
you could also share the video😂but 9000 subscribers easy task for the weekend 😂
Couple ideas. Clean all blades with acetone before putting in can. Possibly not hot enough. What steel are the blades? Heard of problems trying to weld AEB-L stainless and high carbon. I believe most razors are AEB-L. If all else fails, ask Martin😂. I’m sure he’ll give you a hard time. Great try, don’t give up!
@@justingoodman5600 i had them in a aceton bath . I should have been carbon steel i think😂
I will re try it but maybe not with razor blades.
Hahah Martin always gives me a hardtime
but i love him
Great work 👏👏
thanks mate
Recommendations I've picked up from others are to get the canister up to critical temperature for the steel you're using and hold it there for a minimum of 20 minutes to ensure the center is hot enough. Use a high temperature infrared thermometer to get an accurate temperature on stubborn metals. Then compress the canister at least 30% to get the powder solid. Then remove the canister and proceed
@@19amw87 thanks mate. I had it at 5min a critical temperature so mext time much longer.
Thanks for the long explanation really appreciate it
@forgeworks3176 I did some research. Most modern razors are martensitic stainless. 1090 (with or without added nickel) and 17/4-ph are the only compatible metal powders for cannister Damascus I'm seeing. 2000 to 2300 fahrenheit is the forge welding temperature for martensitic stainless. 2100 fahrenheit is the upper limit for both powders.
@@forgeworks3176 you might try contacting the razor supplier or distributor to see if you can get a discount on a bulk order or ask about buying damaged packaging and blades that don't meet quality control standards.
Also, I'm pretty fond of my vevor infrared thermometer. It was about $40 USD and reads up to 2732 fahrenheit. My eyes aren't the greatest so it help me get my forge to a desired temperature and definitely helps with quenching at the correct temperature.
@@19amw87 awesome thanks mate. Gotta definitely try it out again
I agree with joffjoff. While I know it is hard to tell on video but it didn’t look hot enough. I cook my canister longer than I do regular Damascus.
@@4wknives i left it in quite long but maybe even longer. Weird thing is top part welded good and than in the middle it tore rest was solid .
Thanks mate i will definitely will re try it
@ yep. It’s hard to tell. I Have some that come out perfect and others that don’t. Canister can be tough. lol. Good blade at the end. Good video.
@ yeah it is super weird i will give it ago💪thank you
The only thing I can think of would be whether or not you got a good forging with the first few presses.
Every time I've made Canister Steel I get several presses on all sides before trying to remove the canister.
Thanks mate. I wanna build me some new dies for that so next time i can press it much better.
Really appreciate it
@forgeworks3176 side note, white primer with titanium dioxide works just as well as tippex and probably a bit cheaper.
@ that sound nice got see if i can get that stuff.
I bought 10 bottles of tippex for like 7-10€ roughly they should last a long time
I’ve seen the blades compressed and tig welded on 4 corners
yeah that could have also worked
Bonito trabajo pero muy caro en mi pais solo en materiales estaria llegando a los 150 dólares sin tomar en cuenta mano de obra
@@wilsong8a hello,
the blades where around 40-50€ in total it was more a fun project than re reasonable. I would rather work with normal steel but nice to learn more about forging and what can be possible
I’d say make sure to have all 500 blades free of oils from the manufacturer and completely clean. Also the video makes it hard to see but do you think it was hot enough?
i had them in a bath of aceton for awhile.
I am not sure should have been but it lay a bit on the press to have it in the right position that could have drawn the heat out
Bummer about the razor blades but I appreciate you showing it cuz sometimes stuff happens. Sweet straight razor! If you get 20,000 views give it to Martin Huber to shave his off…lol
@@markfulmer67 yeah i was super pissed😂but i am not perfect and i wanna show that you have to learn from my mistakes and also learn from the community with tips.
Hahah that would be dope maybe will get so many views until the knifeshow in austria😂
wait, WHAT.
you are already in the boat 😂
Haha, geil! Jetzt bräuchte ich nur noch Bartwuchs…😂
😂😂😂der wird nie kommen
You took the can off to early and need to compress it on all sides of the can not just top and bottom
thanks mate. Yeah i wanna build some
different tools to get that under control
Is this a repeat??? It seems like i have seen this one before? De ja vu alittle.
@@brandonmccarthy7660 not from me atleast that was my first canister video. I never repeat videos.
Kyle made a similar video but much better
Me resultó muy entretenido el vídeo, nuevo suscriptor. Buen trabajo de forja 😃
thanks mate really appreciate it
You only have 3k subs that beard isn't going anywhere great work on the razor
@@JoshRatliff-h3z hahah yeah i don’t wanna lose that beard. It is more of a joke
Thanks mate