John Emmerling and Peter Clark watched over me all day at a recent hammer-in, this was the result. 1095, 1060, and 15n20. All fluxless welding in a propane blown ribbon burner forge with a thermocouple and temperature readout. Came out pretty nice.

mh

 

Mike, you know better than to post so little info and only one photo,  BAD Mikie BAD,  post more....

Drool drool all over my keypad . 

Fantastic pattern! What Steve said...a couple more pics would not be a bad thing!

Beautiful pattern, I especially like how it's fine on the edge and larger but more fluid looking on the spine. . . HEY, where's the picture of the OTHER SIDE!!!!

Frosty The Lucky.

It is really difficult to get a pic to come out without flash or sun burn. My friend Gina took the picture above, it took her a while to get it to standards, I didn't want to ask her to go through it again for the other side...I did get some sub-par shots on my eyephone, apologies.

Raw billet, 1st etch after forging, side 'B'

 

I don't think I have ever seen a kitchen knife that I admired a much as that. Truly beautiful.

It's a beautiful piece! I can see JE's influence  nice work.

Now, if he'll just make another before he forgets how to....just sayin.

JE

Maybe a convert to the DARK Side????  Probably not, but got him thinking about forge welding high carbon steel in the gas forge...

Stunning

Thanks all, I, in fact, do intend to make more pattern welded niceties. I really lucked out with this piece. There were 50 ways it could have messed up fatally. I paid a lot of attention to the number of hammer blows per side, grinding all traces of schmoo off before re-stacking, re-hydrating with the finest single malts on hand, and listening to my mentors.  Fluxless welding in a gas forge sho' 'nuff works, with a little soak time, and the right temps. I need to do some practicing on my home forge, which is similar to the one used in this blade, but I live at 4200 ft elevation, and the curve is steeper. I have a raw billet prepped, and will start in on it, as soon as I finish watching Batman.  

'Pretty' Nice he says! That is now, bar none, my favorite pattern-welding pattern I've ever seen.

that piece isn't pretty nice it is friggin stunning, id be reluctant to actually use it as a knife!

Dang if it dosnt look photoshoped!!

outstanding pattern

Edited September 14, 201510 yr by Charles R. Stevens

I got volunteered to cook large lumps of red meat at a hammer-in last weekend in north California. I made Texas style low and slow briskets and tri-tips for 40 head, 2 days. The meals came out fantastic, and my new feather knife threw some class into the carving department.

 

Uh HUH. You have my mouth watering either way.

Frosty The Lucky.

did you bring enough brisket for all the members Mike ???

That's a gorgeous looking blade. I don't think I can say much more about that o_O

Stupid ME !!!!! and I stayed home to work on a fisherman's job & stuff around here

and for what I got done I shoulda went it took the same amount of beer either way 

Looks tasty Mike I will have to bug chad on the meeting & pics

PS -- Mike you Make another feather pattern yet ?? were doing alot of pattern billets now, new forge up & running 

+ using press 65 ton to crush SS stuff to strange forms of Art --- HO then there's the crushed Gear flowers in the works