I do occasionally wear my knives but not much as even my 7 1/2" blades seem big on my belt. So I had an interesting forging lesson with a small piece of scrap Damascus. I forge rather than stock removal...that's what caused most of my problems with this blade. Every time I hit it on edge, the steel started to delaminate. So I had to keep re-welding it multiple times during the forging process...good learning technique but a bit frustrating :knothead: By forging, the final Damascus pattern is a crap shoot as to what it will look like in the end. Here is my Mini Damascus belt blade...6" OAL random Damascus. tippit
Tempered...
(http://images2.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp54375%3Enu%3D32%3A4%3E%3B87%3E672%3EWSNRCG%3D393%3B%3A7%3C35632%3Cnu0mrj)
Finished...
(http://images2.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp83232%3Euqcshlukaxroqdfv8%3A94%3Dot%3E2395%3D%3C78%3D763%3DXROQDF%3E2%3A2%3C99953723%3Bot1lsi)
(http://images3a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp734%3B2%3Enu%3D32%3A4%3E%3B87%3E672%3EWSNRCG%3D393%3B%3A8%3A44732%3Cnu0mrj)
That is awesome Jeff. Love that profile.
Looks like a handy blade. I like smaller blades they seem to be more useful.
Looks like a great little Deer dresser!
Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation
Beautiful! That is a great size too.
:bigsmyl:
Looks great
Nice Jeff :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I know a guy who makes sheaths and likes to trade!
That is nice!
That's nicer than 'nice.' It's simply gorgeous.
Can't wait to see it finished...