Okay this is my try at Canned Damascus, and definitely not my last.
I Cut it into 8 tiles and stack welded 4 tiles. The center 2 tiles were supposed to be oriented the other way but my excitement got ahead of my brain....the mistake looks pretty cool. There is a 56 layer twist being prepped and it will be welded along one length of this billet. That billet will be drawn out a bit and then split down the middle to make 2 knives. I will post progress pics.
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