Here is my first damascus blade and second forged knife.  It has a ton of layers but only the thick ones show up well.  I forged it from pieces of lawnmower blade and band saw blade.  I am sure the thick lines are the mower blade because they were thicker to begin with.  Up close you can see all the layers.  I am pleased with the weld but need to get more contrasting steel to achive the look I am after.
Adding bone handle today.

It looks great.  Fine job indeed.

i could be wrong but it doesnt look like you have etched the blade yet.
other than that  looks real good .
i hope my first pattern welded blade looks
as good
kevin

I have etched it in vinager and a weak acid and neither has improved it much?  You can tell how far the blade was sitting in the acid by the line on the handle/tang. The pieces of mower blade were pretty thick and the band saw blade was obviously very thing so if you look real close you can see a lot of layers between and around the two thick ones?  This was an attemt to weld so I will buy some good steel and do a better job next time.  I added a handle of moose antler and sone orange spacers made from a paint tray and welding rod pins.  Everything is home brew and just stuff I have on hand.  Obviously I need to do a lttle finish work when the epoxy hardens 100%.

if you could get it thick enough the big layers could look almost like a lightning bolt

im going to say your doin good!!!

I gotta tell ya, it looks really good to me!  can't wait to se it finished!  I like the Bowie Too!

Yea it looks good so far.   Keep up the good work.

Looks good!!!!

Well I left it in the acid bath over night and it etched much deeper so I am more pleased than ever.  Just need to do some polish work and also polish my skills a bit and this damascus thing will be fun.

There you go Bob!    
Even with a strong acid it can take awhile to bring out the pattern.

Yes Sir!  it's official I definitely like that!

Very nice!