Tim Heath here. Just wanted to say how much I really enjoyed this vid. I enjoy all your content but this was great with all the history dropped in! That was a great addition please keep like vids coming!
I think it’s only fitting you send that to Steve! That was an awesome video, I truly enjoyed it. This is exactly the kind of video I LOVE to watch. I can see how adding cast iron powder would help make contrast between layers as well as aiding the forge welding process, I can’t wait to see what you do with this in the future!
This is my favorite Damascus pattern to date, not entirely sure why, but I find it particularly beautiful. Thank you for sharing your craft, both on your videos and among your fellow smiths.
Oh my, that is wonderful. I have no knowledge of pattern welding, I can barely forge weld, I have watched a lot of videos and that is not what what I would think possible. I always hear the clean steel, flux and heat, light blows, do it again idea. They were able to do that with slightly less refined equipment. Darn, they were resourceful peoples. I will be watching for more of this. Thanks from Eastern Canada...
I was mesmerized! Fascinated! I've been wondering what to do with an old barrel band I found in the scrap heap on our farm, and now I know. Thanks for thinking of trying this, and for sharing the results.
Very nice Tim!! Would greatly like to know about the document in more detail. Ben cleaning my shop getting ready to make it messy again making knives, axes and soapstone holders.
Aspiring Blacksmith here. Just watched this video and went to subscribe but it turns out I already was. 😂 Really love how that damascus came out by the way and I appreciate the history lesson as well. I've got a lot to learn.
Great video again, very interesting and informative, especially the bit of Indian history. Also enjoyed watching the little power hammer in action, good on you Tim.
Thanks for another great video Tim. Ive started to fool around with making Damascus any tips or tricks you could pass on? thanks for all you do. as i have learned a bunch so far.
I was wondering about the rust as well. Doing a canister Damascus and couldn't quite get all the rust out of the old crane cable I put in the canister with 1084 powder. I'll let you know how it turns out. Got my hopes up after watching this though.🤘😁
I think lockdown is starting to do strange things to my brain. I'm trying to focus on the smithing processes and learn a trick or two, but the whole time my subconcscious is singing dirty damascus to an old Michael Jackson tune. That didn't even occur to me when I watched the dirty damascus video!
The rust was crazy to leave in but wow. I guess it is an ok thing Tim. The pattern is really good and the planer/sander sure works just as you wanted it to. Thanks bud and I look forward to your next post.
Enjoyed it Tim. I was just reading about someone using cast iron powder as a flux. I guess the biggest benefit is that it doesn't attack your forge floor.
This was and interesting experiment you did Tim. I'd like to try some of that. God Bless and keep Hammering. I look forward to your videos, they keep my mind going since it's slow at my shop creating knives because of my cancer treatments.
Tim, if you feel like it, you can send some of that my way. I won't be making any Damascus until I get my hammer and press built. And I am not sure when that's going to be.I have all the materials to build them, but I don't want to build them and have to immediately move them. Where I now have my forge I might have to move to another location.
That's awesome Tim! I think ( I know, don't hurt yourself) that when the rust is 'encased' in the steel, it's deprived of oxygen, and could be reabsorbed, as iron/steel. Interesting 😀👍🏼🗡️⚒️⚒️❤️❤️
I seen a guy on the tube using pieces out of an old metal can to make Damascus with it is sorta like what you did but yours is better. He didn’t put anything in the middle for an edge. I guess point is you can make Damascus out of just about anything I guess. Great video great content, end result was pretty nice. Thanks for video stay safe god bless.
@@BIGDOGFORGE on my way home now, should be about an hour if you have the time we can play with it 😁😁😁 message me on skype or email me... we can talk there.
Excuses excuses. You should have never sold that DeLorian! That captain could have taught you all you ever wanted to know about Damascus and you could have taken him Scrappy! Oh wait, then you wouldn't have Scrappy but you would have the DeLorian which you could trade for a new Scrappy AND some Damascus! That was a pretty cool experiment man! Thank you for posting.
Tim; i would love to get my hands on that document if it is available on line somewhere? If i may suggest this next item that piece of Damascus would make a great prize giveaway to some viewer?
You're so right it is not 1824 but I will have a word with the good doctor the next time she drops in for a cuppa tea in between her travels...Four UK sources immediately come to mind NAtional Archives London Guildhall Library, British Library and Imperial War Museums. I had a quick look at the National Archives amd British Library, I think they woudl be a good place to start...I did find out a number of medal card for Indian soldier who were Blacksmiths but the time period was much later than 1824...cool result there with an interesting pattern.
There are I think 3 types of iron oxide and forge(hammer) scale is the one of them. I believe the melting temp is lower than steel so (not for sure just my opinion) being Forge welding temps get the surface of steel nearly melted the iron is smelting between the layers of nearly molten steel creating a vein of iron. Really quite a genius process if you ask me. I just wonder if they figured it out on purpose or by accident. The original wootz Damascus came from an iron mine in Jordan that had a very low percentage of zirconium in it I believe that gave it the pattern. You never cease to amaze me Tim God bless
I got a double barrel shotgun from the late 1800s, it's has two sets of barrels one of which is Damascus,is this the type of steel you are talking about?
you can forge cast iron if you constantly let it cool and go back up to heat like you would wootz as i have actually tried it successfully. check out the video The Secrets of Wootz Damascus Steel here on you tube for more information on how to forge wootz, which also works for cast iron.
Hey there Tim In Washington, it is Tim in Texas. I got unsubscribed somehow, who knows the mind of RUclips and their Alligator Rhythms. Cool stuff with the Damascus.
Well isn't that interesting. From everything I have learned or been told along the way in my teachings I wouldn't have thought that would work. Sure appears to have stuck just fine. There is now a possibility that alot of prep work is unecessary from what I just watched. Thanks Tim. Great video! Hope all is well and things are getting better in your neck of the woods.
Tim
Heath here. Just wanted to say how much I really enjoyed this vid. I enjoy all your content but this was great with all the history dropped in! That was a great addition please keep like vids coming!
Thank you and its good to see you again, Thanks for watching.
I seen this one guy using a rattle gun to twist his Damascus billet, It worked really really well
I think it’s only fitting you send that to Steve! That was an awesome video, I truly enjoyed it. This is exactly the kind of video I LOVE to watch. I can see how adding cast iron powder would help make contrast between layers as well as aiding the forge welding process, I can’t wait to see what you do with this in the future!
Love the pattern on the billet. Absolutely fantastic.
This is my favorite Damascus pattern to date, not entirely sure why, but I find it particularly beautiful. Thank you for sharing your craft, both on your videos and among your fellow smiths.
Oh my, that is wonderful. I have no knowledge of pattern welding, I can barely forge weld, I have watched a lot of videos and that is not what what I would think possible. I always hear the clean steel, flux and heat, light blows, do it again idea. They were able to do that with slightly less refined equipment. Darn, they were resourceful peoples. I will be watching for more of this. Thanks from Eastern Canada...
5:32 was a good view. Love the way scrappy is built.
I was mesmerized! Fascinated! I've been wondering what to do with an old barrel band I found in the scrap heap on our farm, and now I know. Thanks for thinking of trying this, and for sharing the results.
That turned out a lot better than I thought it would with the rust scale that turned black, that's a good pattern. Very good experiment👍
That's amazing how that welded been rusty .
maybe I will give it a go one day.
Don't know how I missed this video. This is an awesome vid! good pattern for monosteel, very interesting.
Thanks! 👍
Great job brother! Believe or not I made my first Damascus billet about a week ago just by looking at your videos. Keep up the great work!
Good job man thanks for watching.
That just answered a lot of questions I had about making Damascus and gave me a ton of ideas...Thanks for a great video!
That pattern was very nice. There were some great looking stars in it
Interesting take on Damascus pattern looks very nice , the teddy bear head mounted on the wall behind you ..um is there a story behind that lol
Colab with Rick at Booya forge,
ruclips.net/video/WFAHyQzBzpg/видео.html
Awesome video Tim the billet looks great. Nice work and very interesting. Thanks and God Bless.
That was cool .I think the pattern with a solid center will make a nice looking knife.
That was fun and very interesting Tim!! Stay safe and healthy Wayne
Thanks Tim, love the history and a great result.
Very nice Tim!! Would greatly like to know about the document in more detail. Ben cleaning my shop getting ready to make it messy again making knives, axes and soapstone holders.
Very cool Tim! Thanks for sharing and God Bless you sir!
Aspiring Blacksmith here.
Just watched this video and went to subscribe but it turns out I already was. 😂
Really love how that damascus came out by the way and I appreciate the history lesson as well. I've got a lot to learn.
Another great video. Very informative. (I love Green Beetle's videos as well. I am glad you are friends.)
That looks great Tim! Didn’t realize you could get a successful weld like that with rusty steel
Loved the video tim. That fake Damascus is pretty cool. The different process to make it was neat
Thats awesome Tim. I've got a bunch of old bands and I just found another today. Now I know what to do with them.
A little bit of history recreated!!
Looking forward to more in this series
Stay safe bro!
Suggestion, when you grind the edge put it on the magnet at a diagonal to spread out the wear on the belt.
Great video again, very interesting and informative, especially the bit of Indian history. Also enjoyed watching the little power hammer in action, good on you Tim.
Another top shelf video Tim. Super cool, very educational and entertaining all at the same time🤩. Your a rockstar.
Beautiful pattern great work
. I do all my scrap Damascus dirty. Works out good enough so I don’t clean it
Well that was suprising I never would have thought it would weld as rusty as that was.
And the pattern looked good as well!
I know, how crazy is that?
amazing job as always Tim that came out looking very cool
Thanks for another great video Tim. Ive started to fool around with making Damascus any tips or tricks you could pass on? thanks for all you do. as i have learned a bunch so far.
Good to see ya Tim In yamez Saturday streem the damascus is cool
I was wondering about the rust as well. Doing a canister Damascus and couldn't quite get all the rust out of the old crane cable I put in the canister with 1084 powder. I'll let you know how it turns out. Got my hopes up after watching this though.🤘😁
Love this. Always like the historical stuff and experiments. Any chance you have the document digital? I’d love to read it.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing and keep making cool stuff for us to see.
I think lockdown is starting to do strange things to my brain. I'm trying to focus on the smithing processes and learn a trick or two, but the whole time my subconcscious is singing dirty damascus to an old Michael Jackson tune. That didn't even occur to me when I watched the dirty damascus video!
Enjoying the more regular content Tim, this was a cool experiment
The rust was crazy to leave in but wow. I guess it is an ok thing Tim. The pattern is really good and the planer/sander sure works just as you wanted it to. Thanks bud and I look forward to your next post.
Great video! I'm a amateur and that's only on the good days. Now, you have me doing research. 😂😂😂 I'm so glad I found your channel!!!!
Enjoyed it Tim. I was just reading about someone using cast iron powder as a flux. I guess the biggest benefit is that it doesn't attack your forge floor.
That’s awesome! Good work Tim
This was and interesting experiment you did Tim. I'd like to try some of that. God Bless and keep Hammering. I look forward to your videos, they keep my mind going since it's slow at my shop creating knives because of my cancer treatments.
Tim, if you feel like it, you can send some of that my way. I won't be making any Damascus until I get my hammer and press built. And I am not sure when that's going to be.I have all the materials to build them, but I don't want to build them and have to immediately move them. Where I now have my forge I might have to move to another location.
winnie the pooh trophy on the wall, nice touch
Very cool, like see you build that knife
More and more!
That's awesome Tim! I think ( I know, don't hurt yourself) that when the rust is 'encased' in the steel, it's deprived of oxygen, and could be reabsorbed, as iron/steel. Interesting 😀👍🏼🗡️⚒️⚒️❤️❤️
I seen a guy on the tube using pieces out of an old metal can to make Damascus with it is sorta like what you did but yours is better. He didn’t put anything in the middle for an edge. I guess point is you can make Damascus out of just about anything I guess. Great video great content, end result was pretty nice. Thanks for video stay safe god bless.
Fascinating
Another great video. Keep 'em coming!
Very cool Tim well done my friend
Tim, that turned out awesome I can't believe I worked and showed a pattern... Guess what else started working!
what was the fix ?
@@BIGDOGFORGE I think what I did with allowing permissions at the end there made it work... scott says hi
@@IslandMetalForge verry cool man and Hi Scott I hope all is well...
@@BIGDOGFORGE on my way home now, should be about an hour if you have the time we can play with it 😁😁😁 message me on skype or email me... we can talk there.
Excuses excuses. You should have never sold that DeLorian! That captain could have taught you all you ever wanted to know about Damascus and you could have taken him Scrappy! Oh wait, then you wouldn't have Scrappy but you would have the DeLorian which you could trade for a new Scrappy AND some Damascus! That was a pretty cool experiment man! Thank you for posting.
beautiful work!
Hey Big dog... isen't batter to clean that surface before forge weld?
The point is that the rust makes the pattern.
@@BIGDOGFORGE got it... didn't know that... thank you!
Tim; i would love to get my hands on that document if it is available on line somewhere? If i may suggest this next item that piece of Damascus would make a great prize giveaway to some viewer?
I'll see if I can post a link..Thanks for watching.
I'd like to read that document also 😃
I'm going to try this. I think it would be a good outer shell on a soshu kitae lamination.
You're so right it is not 1824 but I will have a word with the good doctor the next time she drops in for a cuppa tea in between her travels...Four UK sources immediately come to mind NAtional Archives London Guildhall Library, British Library and Imperial War Museums. I had a quick look at the National Archives amd British Library, I think they woudl be a good place to start...I did find out a number of medal card for Indian soldier who were Blacksmiths but the time period was much later than 1824...cool result there with an interesting pattern.
There are I think 3 types of iron oxide and forge(hammer) scale is the one of them. I believe the melting temp is lower than steel so (not for sure just my opinion) being Forge welding temps get the surface of steel nearly melted the iron is smelting between the layers of nearly molten steel creating a vein of iron. Really quite a genius process if you ask me. I just wonder if they figured it out on purpose or by accident. The original wootz Damascus came from an iron mine in Jordan that had a very low percentage of zirconium in it I believe that gave it the pattern. You never cease to amaze me Tim God bless
Thank you my friend and thanks for watching..
Aimless there is a very long video out there about making wootz damascus. you might find that very interesting.
Awesome work.
Rust. Who knew? Neat vid, a look into the past.
I got a double barrel shotgun from the late 1800s, it's has two sets of barrels one of which is Damascus,is this the type of steel you are talking about?
Nice pattern Tim
Interesting thanks for the video.
Nice job sir!!!!!!
So beautiful, bro.
Uu wow that looks great. Love to make a knife or a leuku out of that one. Great job as allways 👍
That’s amazing. I spend way to much time preparing metal apparently😂. Is your forge still a Venturi or is it a blown system?
Venturi
Great job
San Mai? I've seen a couple of videos using San Mai, but still have no idea what it is or how it got it's name.
Good video. Thanks
you can forge cast iron if you constantly let it cool and go back up to heat like you would wootz as i have actually tried it successfully. check out the video The Secrets of Wootz Damascus Steel
here on you tube for more information on how to forge wootz, which also works for cast iron.
Very neat!!
Love these videos
Thank you
Really cool pattern Tim, going to make a cool knife. You ever going to start making tongs again?
I am going to start soon do you need some? .Just let me know.
@@BIGDOGFORGE always lol, can't make a pair of tongs to kill me.. let me know so I can start saving up .
Super cool
Nice pattern
Hey there Tim In Washington, it is Tim in Texas. I got unsubscribed somehow, who knows the mind of RUclips and their Alligator Rhythms. Cool stuff with the Damascus.
Well isn't that interesting. From everything I have learned or been told along the way in my teachings I wouldn't have thought that would work. Sure appears to have stuck just fine. There is now a possibility that alot of prep work is unecessary from what I just watched. Thanks Tim. Great video! Hope all is well and things are getting better in your neck of the woods.
You to Jim thank you take care and be safe.
Awesome vice he has
Nice Damascus
I Like the history drop
Nice damascus