the branch Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Hello there! Ive been bladesmithing for å little while now (about 3 years on and off, mostly off since im a student and my forge is on the other side of the country ) I started forging knives as a selftaught class thingy in schoo and was lucky enough that my woodworking teacher was a educated bladesmith from Sweden. Anyways, I made my own damascus after about 3 months of smithing and have been making as many laminated and damascus variations I could think of sins then, starting to turn out pretty good allmost every time now (brag ) but I was wondering; How does one make the "birdseye" pattern? Is it drilling half holes similar to ladder pattern or punching? If someone has any other "toturial" of diferent patterns I would be much interrested in reading them too. Thanks you for your time. Jens from Norway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golgotha forge & anvil Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 u mite consider Ed Caffrey's site www.edcaffreyknives.com there's all kinds of good stuff there... also check out knife network or blade forum Gene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike3e Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Start with a billet three times your final desired thickness. Drill holes about 1/3 the thickness of the billet on each side. then forge the billet down to your desired thickness and you should have a birdseye pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the branch Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 thanks for the reply. It is that easy ay... Sweet Cant wait to get to the smithy now ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciladog Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Video on youtubeMaking the birdseye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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