Damascus Mike

What is Heet(that fluid thats highly flamiable)made up of?is it normal lighter fliud or what?

Will the Olly hammer work for damascus?

Can alcoline be used as a forge welding flux?

it must be welding heat or it wont move any metal

well u see i would do all those steps but my tutor is way to lazy to teach me properly and i cant do anything about it bcoz its a free course.

i cant find the getting started page

well u see my tutor told me that wen u hit hot metal carbon or that grey flake stuff flies off is carbon

mabey u guys call it scale but we call it carbon

what?dont u know?its that grey slag tipe stuff

so how should i insert the back of the knife into the antler with out making cut lines on the outside of the antler?

i read over the hofi hammer tutorial and i cant seem to understand the he explains the holding of the hammer.

well u see it takes ages to get up to heat,wen i anealed it it was still extreamly stong and i flatened out a piece over a hole day and i put it in the vise and bent it to about a 50 degree angle and it shot back like a saw blade does.i know its high in carbon because it puts out a horrible amount of carbon.i made a chisel from it and i havent even hardened it yet and ive used it in concrete,metal and it still has a sharp edge without any dents or damage done to it.i doubt it that its an old form of re bar because its got a high pitch pin when u hit it and its very bright with a spark test

ok ill try that

whats that?

sorry about the qaulity of the pics, i cant seem to get it right

Does anybody know what this stuff is called or what it is?its extreamly high in carbon.

the blade isnt tempered yet

do u have a picture of it?

if it wont work then where can i finds plans to build a mini trip hammer?like the Olly hammer

um now im evan more confized

thanx its gana be skining knife,its wierd tho, i etched it to see wat would happen and half of the blade looked like a faint form of damascus,it was silver and a funny grey colour

oh ok cool

well i know how to use a hammer very well but i still wanna know MORE

k thanx guys

ok well i can build it exactly like one of these and ive got an air compressor now,what does the fitting look like that fits into the jack for the air to travel through?

ok now im confused, i thought we were talking about borax in new zealand.what i meant was he doesnt have to speak like a kiwi bcoz im not one

Hi there its DM id just like to learn a bit more about hammer control and i anyone has links,files or anything that i may read over to inhance my pounding and shaping with the hammer thanx DM

What do you mean Frosty?