Has anyone ever tried making a laminated blade- one with a mild steel core and tool steel edges? Not a Damascene type, but just straight forge welding of three bars with subsequent forging? I can get the welds, but they break under the shear force of shaping. Granted I'm just doing butt joints and clearly they're not ideal and know a 'v' shaped joint will work better, but it's a LOT of work initialy shaping the elements and I'm really hoping someone else has done it successfully and might be able to offer some pointers- my head's hurting from banging it against this particular wall
Thanks.
Matt