Damascus - Forging Feather Pattern with a Fly Press

The first bit of damascus on the fly press worked great! so far.. the knives will of course need to survive heat treat and whatnot but it feels solid for now.
What kind of knives should I make with this damascus?
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0:00 Stacking the billet
0:42 First forge weld
5:40 Second forge weld
7:50 Third forge weld and splitting the billet
11:02 Final forge weld and test etch
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[@OldHickoryForge]

Awesome work man! Love that fly press! 💪🏻

[@MakeNCreate]

Thanks John. So do I😎

[@Paulus_Von_apfelbaum]

Nice valiryan steel

[@nickp.777]

Absolutely beautiful job!!! And even more impressive using the fly press! Have you ever thought about making some drawing dies for the fly press?

[@Coal.Thompson]

Very cool. Nice work with that press!

[@MakeNCreate]

Thank you. Yeah a real pleasure to use.

[@anthonystrunk5360]

Nice work!

[@matthewkrahn5890]

You should make another Fairbairn Sykes dagger with the damascus steel.

[@josephgagnon984]

Sujihiki mate.

[@oleg_konovalov]

👍👍👍

[@awldune]

When did you get the fly press?
I have not seen a feather pattern like this before, it looks amazing!

[@MakeNCreate]

Thanks man. Got it around 2 months ago I think. Finished setting it about 2 weeks ago. I like it too!

[@grobischmiede9301]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Duckrabbit_Forging]

What size is that fly press? Im looking at getting one but im not sure gow much id use it

[@MakeNCreate]

The screw diameter is 60mm so that should give you an indicator I guess. I talked with a fella who had a 10 ton fly press with a screw diameter of 65mm, so I'd guess mine probably does 9-10 tons.

[@Duckrabbit_Forging]

@@MakeNCreate sounds like a #6
Thanks for the info!

[@keithmoore5306]

no borax on the first weld or was it accidently left out? have ran across Bertram wilderness and bushcraft's channel yet? he has a treadle hammer you might find of interest!

[@MakeNCreate]

W-40 and borax on all welds. just felt redundant to show it multiple times. Fly press works just fine :)

[@keithmoore5306]

@@MakeNCreate true on the redundant personally though i'd went with the first and dropped the last one but! on the press i've never liked or been comfortable with them, i feel you need that sudden hammer type shock from the blow rather than the press squeeze for a good weld! that and the press seems to take longer!! it probably don't matter which but we've all got a ways and opinions on things!

[@charliesabre4328]

Can I ask what tonnage is your fly press?

[@MakeNCreate]

I think around 9-10 tons judging from a similar sized press I've seen, which was a 10 ton.

[@shakaz6641]

How many tonnes is your press output? 😮😮❤

[@MakeNCreate]

Around 10 or so. But it is not equivalent to a hydraulic press in any way as it is just a singular ''squeeze''

[@shakaz6641]

@@MakeNCreate I like the idea of the press because it doesn't need powering.

[@Friedbrain11]

To be correct you are not making "Damascus" steel. You are making patterned steel as they can make the (Damascus)steel itself but no one has figured out how they got their patterns in it. So what is wrongfully called Damascus steel is just patterned steel. Still, it is a nice feather pattern. Good job.

[@giodavid991]

Actual damascus steel is crucible steel, and its historical recipese are well known from the indian sub-continent to the middle east, and is in fact known, from a methallurgical point of view, how the pattern is created. The story that it's a lost technique is a myth itself

[@MakeNCreate]

Old news mate, everyone knows this. It's the industry standard to refer to pattern welded steels as Damascus. Cheers.