May 14, 201115 yr 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.
May 14, 201115 yr 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
May 14, 201115 yr 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.
May 14, 201115 yr Author thanks for the reply. It is that easy ay... Sweet Cant wait to get to the smithy now ^^
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