Forging Modern Damascus Steel: A Documentary From A Blacksmith Shop In Texas | Part 1: The Billet
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Part 1 of this documentary style video introduces modern damscus steel to those interested in learning more about this unique and beautiful material.
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I had to forge a billet for routine orders... So I thought I would take the opportunity to try a little different video style. What do you guys think?
Super job man I always forge extra that way I can increase my productivity. Keep it up ..
@@mikemeinders6717 thanks! Me too, this should make several blades, depending on size
Quite a good video style. Thanks! Greetings from Siberia!
I enjoyed it, especially the metallurgy that you brought into it. Your inclusion of metallurgy in your videos is what made my subscribe in the first place and is something missing from a lot of smithing channels.
Thanks for that! I really enjoyed the historical/metallurgical component of this video. Cheers!
I was looking at your website and some of the beautiful knives that you create. Some of my fellow X-ray techs at work saw these and said that the prices were ridiculous. Then I showed them some of the videos of you and other people making Damascus steel. The general consensus was that you're probably not charging enough for your product. Keep up the excellent work sir.
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Way to go maaan!!!
Now I felt like I just finished watching a really cool program on tv!
❤️🔥🔥🔥💪🏼👍🏻🤣🤣🤣
Glad you liked it!!
THIS is inspiring...I want to make my own blade in the worst way.
The wife and I've been watching FIF and she loves Damascus patterns.
Interesting trivia: That blade you are cutting up was last used in the winter. I can tell because the little hump in the bottom of the gullet is called a frost notch. It is designed to kick out the sawdust from the gullet in freezing temperatures before it can refreeze and stick to the log. If that happens, the blade will "snake" through the cut and the mill will waste lumber. I've sharpened those things for the better part of twenty years now but the funny thing is I've only made one knife out of the steel.
Interesting! yes, good old Idaho saw mill
I like to see how different smiths approach similiar projects. You work very clean.
Cool, thanks!
Can’t wait for part two. Thanks
Awesome, thanks for watching!
There’s a company that specializes in explosive welding. It produces a clad product that only industry or military can afford. Some of this clad metal is two metals which normally cannot be joined. It’s performed inside a mountain cave and no personnel are present when the explosive material is set off. It’s a highly controlled process.
Great lecture on the history of Damascus.... Which I didn’t know. Part 2 will be cool, too! Thanks for posting this video!
Truly enjoyed the educational content today. Thank you...
I LOVE this style of video! I'm trying to get into bladesmithing myself and you explaining things and the process is fantastic!!! Please keep up the quality content!
You bet, thanks for watching!
I dig the documentary style filming and editing of this video build. A tad different from your usual style. Experimentation is the only way to grow.👍🏽
Thanks! Yep, I took some subject material that I've covered before and tried to present it in a different, interesting manner...
This is great content, I really love the style of video. You do a good job at documentary type interviews. Keep up the great work!
Thank you!
Lovely video, my guy. I'm loving this new style of visual illustration you are doing on for here. Keep up the good work!! I'll definetely share this video with some friends when i get the chance!!
Thanks man I appreciate it!
Great video, love the information, as if being interviewed
Nice music, nice video format
Great to hear, thanks for watching!
Very cool video. I like the style of filming.
Thank you!
Very nice video and very informative!
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
That shaven scalp looks so much better than the shnizzle you had before! But honestly it would look better when you just use a shaving machine to the lowest setting because you have dark hair. It takes out the hassle of actually shaving which in my opinion looks a bit too much with dark hair. Trust me, i'm in the same boat, but i'm a redhead! But please, wear it like you own it! Take care.
Haha, thanks, actually that's what I do is use the clippers..
really like this style, you are really confident talk to camera in this way
Thanks I appreciate it!
Nice overview!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you I do the same thing and it is nice to see someone show how it is done.. i try to stay under 100 layer i just like the low layered look better it is bolder and pops better if you know what I mean .. Great work can't wait to see your next vid...
Thanks, I appreciate it
Here's how rookie I am, made a weld of skil saw blade and leaf spring, cooled it of in water (wasn't meant as a quench, just wanted to hold it in my hands) 🤣 it's now 3 seperate pieces 😂🤔😜🤣 well, at least I successfully forge welded the blade to the leaf spring 👍 no acetone, just ground em, tacked em, heated, sprinkled, heated more and hand hammered. Can I tack them together, as 6 layers now, normalize a few times to release all that stress and have a dependable blade? Or is it completely ruined and start over?
congrats on the weld! I would be concerned about cracks you can't see. You could always try and see!
Awesome video! Narrating with the making and not over specifying the Scientology behind is is great and easy to listen to and understand!! Really enjoyed it!!
Science and scientology are 2 radically different things.
probably auto fill
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it
Nice work in the video man! I’d love to do some work with you sometime. I’m in Texas as well(although that isn’t saying much, we still could be 8hrs away from each other) maybe we can get a collab project going?
Thanks! Shoot me an email from my website and maybe we can figure something out. firecreekforge com
I’m teaching my nephew how to do up some low layer ladder that looks like high layer ,we have the pattern laid in and forged to the desired thickness just n hour ago
Oh and it’s with some of that saw blade I got from you like in this video and some large circular saw blade that etches dark
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cool man!
I like the format. Thanks for sharing.
Glad to hear it!
Holly cow the glare off the top of your head is blinding.😉
I know, it's sad
So you gonna make me wait? Dammit
Since I have to get this order going, shouldn't be too long!
I wonder what a commission like this would run...
Would like to see an analysis of the metals of a press made billet and a hammered billet, according to the original katana makers, the two metals start swapping out carbon, and other minerals during the forging process, the low carbon steel absorbing the other steels carbon, as well as carbon from the fuel they used. My theory is the hammering moves the minerals during the process, whereas a press might not so much.
To make that comparison, you'd need to start with _tamahagane_ for both items. A number of Japanese smiths do use power hammers or presses to consolidate the _kera_ they use, and even to forgeweld the _hagane_, _kawagane_ and _shigane_ into starter billets to be drawn out. The _sunobe_ is almost always hand forged though, so you may well see zero difference in grain size, texture or carbon profile by the time you get to the end of forming the _sunobe_
That would be interesting. Carbon diffusion happens at high heats without hammering, perhaps the method of working the steel would influence it further, I don't know.
@@FireCreekForge Carbon diffusion is one thing, but almost all steel contains appreciable substitutional elements as well, and it's their diffusion across grain boundaries that has most control over microstructures formed in steels. Almost all iron ores globally, be they ore bodies, or ironsand also contain appreciable microalloying with elements that do have a pronounced effect on both grain boundary diffusion and carbon segregation to atmospheres
Just thinking outside the canister ( box), here. Would it be simpler to place the steel pieces in a tightly wrapped steel 309 foil ‘baggie’ with a goodly amount of diesel than welding the blanks together? The foil should simply peel off, without the extra effort of grinding, or risk of ‘contamination’ of the billet, and it would ensure an oxygen free environment for the forge welding to occur.
I haven't tried that exact method, sounds like it would work
L6 also contains appreciable chromium and molybdenum*, so the resistance to etching has subtly different chemistry and outcomes. Have you done much work with it, I don't think I've seen it feature in your videos?
*well, European, L6, anyways...
For clarification, I've personally used 15N20 and mild steel with high carbon steel, I haven't used L6 yet myself, but I know of people who do exclusively, namely Kevin Cashen.
@@FireCreekForge Yes, I thought I'd only seen 15N20 with whatever high carbon plain steels you'd selected for any given project.
Over this side of the pond L6 is a little different from the AISI version, but in principle it should behaved the same
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Thanks for watching!
hello, I am Maftouh from Khouribga in Morocco can you send me a Damascus knife I would be grateful to you thank you very much I await your response.
You are very knowledgeful about steel and forging. The clip is very educative. The only thing that bothered me is that when your face is on the cam, you talk wile looking in another direction. It does not feel like you are talking to the viewers. THIS is just my opinion, not the absolute truth :)
Thanks for watching! Yeah, tried a different format than I usually do
Wrong on the Damascus by the way its where it originated due to the only source of the original iron content ore ( high in carbon ) on planet earth IE ""damascus steel "" did not exist before it was mined in syria .
I've never heard of iron ore containing naturally occurring carbon. That would make it steel. The carbon is added during processing. In the case of crucible (wootz) steel, the carbon source is put in a sealed refractory container with the raw iron, and they combine to form steel as the iron is melted in the crucible. However, alloying elements can occur naturally with the iron.
Did you just fake an interview lol
Yep I did, just for you guys