joshua.M Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Basicly, I found a pale full of 6" nails, not galvinized, and i was wondering if anyone has made a knife from nails, i am thinking multiple nails welded into billets and then layered with bandsaw blade peices andfile pwices welded together for damascus, just an idea for a strange pattern thanks in advance Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason @ MacTalis Ironworks Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Well, get to work and show us how it turns out. I have yet to find the steel I cannot forge weld (albeit sometimes it is a bear) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua.M Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 well i dont have a camera so i was thinking from bottom to top welded into billets, nails,file,saw blad,file,nails and weld the twist fold twist fold twist fold ect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonjic Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Should weld up easily enough, just make sure you hold it at a good welding heat for a while once its all stuck if you dont do many folds after welding it up. You want the carbon to equalise throughout the billet to get a decent blade (the nails will probably be nothing better than mild steel, and therefore wont harden without 'borrowing' some of the carbon from the file pieces) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua.M Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 the spark test i did showed the 6 i am gonna use are HC but i see your point i think i will weld each differant steel into a bar of its own and then weld them all together, the only "damacus" that i have used is cable damascus so i may just start with somthing simpler, i was thinking of a core of c1018 with the next layer of files (i got a ton of old ones) then a cable damascus outer peice then i will do a twist pattern thanks Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkunkler Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Most ring shank or spiral pole barn nails are of a higher carbon steel than common nails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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