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ds99

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  1. Hey guys so I haven't been on the forum in a while but had some question. I recently got a press and have been making some carbon Damascus but the end goal would be to do stainless and I know it will take some practice. So I had bought some AEB-L and 304 steel as that is what most of the stainless makers use. they are both in bar/sheet form. However looking at some of the patterns other Damascus makers are coming out with. A lot of it looks more like a canister Damascus. So with that one of those steels has to be powder right? Does anyone know where to get powdered aeb-l or 304..??? I looked and cant find it anywhere. If I am wrong on how this is done I am all ears if anyone would share. THANKS guys
  2. Awesome folder!!! I wouldn't have though of making a blade fold like that....I would put some bearins and a detent in there and make it snap open. But I have been working of these bearing flipper lately so I am bias. And it looks like it will work well just as it is and I guess the snap opening would deffinitly hurt the legal aspect. I am pretty sure flippers are leagal as long as they aren't like a spring assist or gravity knife.....so a bearing flipper should be leagal here IF it does not have a spring....The police will take you in and take apart the knife and if there is no sping probilly give you back a bunch of pieces and say have a good day. Or worse just arrest you and let the judge deal with it....its just how it is here in NY....But like I said such a simple concept of the blade folding to the side but its something I would never of thought of .....GREAT job theo
  3. really? huh I was told they wear of eailly. I haven't been using titanium long enough to really know. But I did a test thinking it would speed up the time a bit and rubbed it with my hands for a bit then inside a t shirt thinking it would simulate a knife being in your pocket. and I figured it would wear like heat colored steel. its still there but it did wear a bit..but again I guess I forced it but I figured if I could make it wear like that in a hour it would wear on its own in a couple weeks. I just started carrying one with heat colored titanium texture tech ill see how long it takes to wear
  4. Hey guys so I have been playing around anodizing and heat coloring titanium and titanium texture tech. Ok so we all know anodizeing and heat coloring will wear fairly quickly. So I started playing around with ways to protect it, I have tried a couple different clear spray paints, and even brushable poly acrylic stuff. So some worked better than others but all seemed to dull the shine of the coloring. Even with glossy stuff. At first I was reluctant to try glossy stuff thinking it would make it to glossy but it did quite the opasat. I am wondering if any one has found a decent solution or if any one has ideas for something to try....THANKS
  5. They might also be doing a episode sometime soon where one of the challenges will be to create a knife out of chunks of meteorite! I was told this by one of the guys that supplies the show with some of there stuff. I don't know how soon when I was told this a few weeks back they hadn't shot it yet but the idea was deffinitly being thrown around. should be a interesting challenge
  6. Don't know why it cameup as a quote the first time lets see if its fixed now?!? Havent Been posting lately very busy, Theo we already spoke in email But I wanted to add one more congrats to the list, Not only a member of the forum, a Knife maker, A FELLOW NEW YORKER!!! But now flawlessly representing the skill and the trade on tv ! I turned this on with my mother and grand mother in the room, and told them both how me met, my 91 year old grand mother said oh you've met a tv star LOL I replied no not a tv star............BETTER...................A KNIFEMAKER
  7. Hey guys thanks for the input.....i dont take offence to any of it dont worry about that.....i havent fiddled with it yet my father is in hospital so i really aint worried about the arc welder to much. however tomorow i am going to mess with it for a while i have some free time and at least it will get my mind off things. ill deffinitly look over every ones advice before i try to do some things tomorow thanks again every one ill let ya know what happens
  8. frosty..... no i dont know exactly whats wrong with it but i took the arc welder out to do it and it wont work just get a small humm.. when turn it on so i know its getting some power but it doesnt do anything besides that no spark or nothing cant get rod lit at all basicly if it wasnt for the humm to tell me some kind of power is going into it i would think the thing is unpluged just no juice what so ever......if it was working i could weld the stack and a handle on it no problem that aint the issue. so until i figure out what wrong with it ( my uncle would know what to do if it is fixable but i cant get him to come take a look at it for like a week) i am looking for another way to hold the billet togather until that first forge weld and to attach a handle to it by the way thanks for the welcome
  9. Hey guys i got a couple questions but let me say i am new to "forge welding" i have done some heat treatment stuff making blades but now i wanna experiment with some pattern welding. So i have some 1080 and some 15n20 that i was going to use. As i have seen in videos and read i stacked them up and was going to stick weld them together so it will stay tight until i can weld it in the forge. Also i seen many people welding a piece of rebar on the end so you dont need tongs. So great i get out my stick welder (that i havent used in a while) and guess what it doesnt work! So now what do i do? I have read of some people tieing the billet together with steel wire. Ok so that solves one part but i can see how this process would be very hard if you have to use tongs. So how can i attach a "handle" to the billet is my question? I was thinking of taking one of the pieces on 1080 (since it is thicker) and in the middle of the stack and cutting it a inch or 2 longer then the rest of the stack so it sticks out a inch that maybe i can drill 2 holes in the spot that sticks out and i also have a real thick piece of mild steel (the type you would get in home depot). Drill the same 2 holes in that stuff and stick 2 bolts lockwashers and nuts so they would be atached and YAY! i got a handle! Well....the thought process works in my head but sometimes MY head is not the best place for "thought experiments" so i am wondering if any one has done this or something similar or even something better ANY and ALL advice would be greatly appreciated! wether its on my idea or if you got a better one! THANKS GUYS
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