http://media.putfile.com/Mokume-Demo-94mb

Here is the chunk of mokume I made after watching this video. It cost me about $1.50. Give it a go and show what you made.

Jens

Neat proccess. Watcha gonna make with yours? I've seen it incorporated into knives as inlays on grips as well as using for the guard. Cool stuff and excellent video:)

Dodge,
I think this one may become a pendant for the Domestic Godess

Jens

Great video. Sure makes it look easy. I think my DG will be getting something soon with this process.

WARNING!!!!!!
Pre 1983 U.S pennys are made of a 95% copper body over a zinc core.

Post 1983 U.S. pennys are a 97%!! zinc body under a copper shell.


Please be careful when chousing your pennys, before attempting this project.


-Andrei

Thanks Andrei;
Didn't know that about the pennnies

Good point Andy, I used Quarters and I think Prizzim used dimes in his video. Stick with the copper and nickle coins.

Jens

That's a great video oak, thanks a ton for sharing, i'll have to try some :)

Current US quarters and dimes are made of a copper core, with a cupro-nickle sheath (70% copper, 25% nickle). The goal in this process is to sweat out just enough copper from the edges of the core, that capilary action sucks it in between the nickle layers. It's tricky to get consistantly good at it, I hit around 3/4 of the time with good layering.

Andy is correct, pennies are nothing to burn in the forge. Zinc fumes will kill you if you suck up enough of them. I don't even go there. I think I said "pennies" on the video, but clearly, they're dimes. It was late, sue me.

You did say pennies in the video, but Im sure everyone realized you were talking about dimes. Nice video, I think I will try with a few quarters.

Jens, i really like that one. i have gotten a few that stuck and held (3 out of many tries), but i have not gotten that color.....what coins did you use and did you use any special etching solution? i have a blade in the works (need much more skill/practice/experience before i go too far with it (a large dagger/arkansas toothpick)--But--i have a real nice piece of osage orange for the handle-and with some black horn mixed in that color would be killer.
thanks--azmike

Mike, I didn't do anything besides sanding and buffing. The ONLY coins I'd recomend using is new US dimes and quarters ( the ones you can see the copper & nickle in from the side). If your having problems getting them to stick. Try a stack of 10 dimes hold in the tongs and heat till the copper starts to "sweat out" - little beads or drips appear, let it cool a bit to black-red or so roll the stack and heat from the other side till it sweats , then begin forging down.

Jens

Here's mine!