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Published: 2014-07-06 14:12:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 5941; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 33
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A recently finished nordic inspired knife. The blade is my own 120 layered damascus, as always.
And the handle is some fancy cherry.
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Might I ask how you get that particular pattern? I would assume you twist the billet, but by how much? Half a turn, a full turn or more?
I like that you can still make out the actual layering and it's not just a pattern effect.
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No, there are no twisting here. This is a simple random pattern. This is what you get if you forge it by hand. The hammer blows directions and strength are also random, because the hand hammer doesn't have a fixed course as an airhammer and I also loose strength and stamina as the forging goes on. A machine doesn't experience fatigue so it's blows come are always same, in the same angle with the same strengthΒ
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Gotcha.
Thanks for the reply. I've been doing some blacksmithing a while now and I want to have a go at making some pattern welded steel.
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You're welcome
Give it a try! It will be fun
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I only just realized, you must have a power hammer, ya? Couldn't imagine the size of your arms if you hand forge all these goddamn damascus billets!
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Nop! No power hammers here 
i.imgur.com/mudB2dY.png
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Shit, son! I keep getting tennis elbow in my right arm, and forearm splints and shit. I can't go a 3 hours of hammering without hurting myself. I workout fairly often, and I practice the "Ancient Sling", which also puts a lot of torque on the arm. All of the abuse I put on my arm in a week I just can't avoid injury.
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Have you tried to strengthen your joints with some vitamins and glucosamine? It worked well for me
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Well it's more the tendons in my arm. Not the joint of my elbow, more like the "crook", the upper forearm. But I'll look into it ;D
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