Conan_568

Me forge welding a seven layers of steel together on my old 25 lb. Canadian Giant trip hammer.

I bought this minty Brooks 200 lb. anvil on ebay for $500. I've forged 4 knives on it and I love it. The face is hardened to 62 to 65 Rockwell, and it's a real pleasure to use.

I just bought this 88 lb.Striker air hammer. I've replaced all of th grease nipples, greased it up and given it an oil change. As soon as it's wired up I'm going to start making at least 4 large billets of Damascus. I have extra wide combo dies coming for it, and can't wait to try it out.

When I was learning to forge weld I started out with cable and chainsaw chain. These two Bowie's are made from both, and were shown in "Knives illustrated", circa 1989.

I hadn't made any Damascus steel in 10 years. I figured I'd better get back at it, or risk losing the skill. These are some of the results. All of the knives are 448 layer ladder pattern Damascus made by me. The alloys used are 203-E and 1095, and I used birds-eye red cedar for the handles except for the 18" long Bowie at the bottom which has blued Damascus fittings ad a mule deer antler handle. I've just purchased a new Striker 88 lb. air hammer and I'll soon be making a large quantity of Damascus with it.