the branch Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hello there fellow forgers and the likes! I wanted to share with you my first patternwelded knife I ever made. This was back in 2008 when I was in school and I got the liberty to choose bladesmithing as a final exams project... thingy..? Its a 300count, cant remember the types of steel. With birch ( "whale birch"), some shiny spacers and curly birch on the tips. and a buffalo horn innlay on the back. As far as I can remember this was right about under half a year after I started with the smithing. (10 hours a week) When my teacher said, "wanna try patternwelding?" Well, Its all done by myself, the color watching, slitting and all that, but had help from a queit proud powerhammer (My dad with a sledgehammer) and ofcourse the keen eye of my teacher. Well, I got an A on the whole project and graduated with a jolly big grinn on my face and a life long addiction. Hope ya like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Branch, you done good, son. I love the grain in the handle and the pattern weld is very nice. I am going to try some chainsaw chain welding for some blades, if the weather ever cools down some. Thanks for sharing. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the branch Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 Branch, you done good, son. I love the grain in the handle and the pattern weld is very nice. I am going to try some chainsaw chain welding for some blades, if the weather ever cools down some. Thanks for sharing. Cheers! Sounds interresting. I take it you´ll post the results on the forum? The nice thing living in Norway is that the warmest we get is about 28celsius and that just 1 week at max spread over the whole summer, now its 18 and im sweating xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 It was 42.2 C in the shade here recently; but humidity was only 14%. Hard to get steel to rust out here (NM USA)! Of course I don't have to heat my shop in the winter either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegardener Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 wow..that looks really nice...terrific job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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