nonjic Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 This is the latest piece I have been working on, its low layer twisted 15n20 / 1080 for the 4 bars in the core, and 7x6 section twisted 'w' pattern for the outer wrap (aka 'firestorm' pattern). It was quite difficult scarfing the tip joint!, took 4 goes at rewelding a defect, got it in the end though. Ive recently finished making a belt grinder, and this is the 3rd blade ive ground, Im happy with the way its turned out, its full flat grind. I might even get round to putting a handle on this! (yeah, right, when the forge is sitting there taunting me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 very nice. even balanced pattern, stylish. Get er done and post more pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 very nice pattern, well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Great pattern, and a real clean grind and finish, not to mention the photos are very good, what did you use as a light source? Thanks Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Good job John! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonjic Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 Thanks guys! The light source is good ol fashioned sun! I took the snaps early evening when it wasnt to bright on a windowsill. (its sitting on a piece of black rubber gasket material to give some contrast) Ive got a light tent but it wasnt worth setting it up for this one! Ive found that the trick to a reasonable photo of a knife with minimum equipment is move the blade around untill your viewing it with no shadows / reflections , then use the camera from that angle, flash off, macro mode on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 John - Very nicely done. When you say a 7x6 section - do you mean 7mm x 6mm? Looks awesome. - JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonjic Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 Hi jeremy, Sorry, I wasny very clear on the '7x6' thing! When you forge the 'w' pattern you end up with the pattern showing on the end of the bar. It looks like a checker board. You can control the number of 'squares' in each direction. So, for the outside bars on this blade I had a bar of 'twisted' w pattern 1/4" square x 12" long. the very end of the bar looked like a checker board 7 squares x 6 squares. When you twist a bar of 'w' pattern damascus, the firestorm pattern is hiding in the middle of it! This was then cut into 2 pieces, scarfed at the tip of the blade and forge welded around the exising 4 bar core. If I get chance I will do some sketchs of the pattern progression (easier than trying to write it down :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triw Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Very nice work please finish and post more pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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