I was in the mood to try something else other than wrought so I did a quick twist of some 1095 cable and laminated it to 1075. I wasn't sure how much contrast I would get between the cable and the core since they were both high carbon so I ground it to almost finish and then clayed the cable layer as well as keeping my critical heat to where the layers separate.  And got this.. pretty cool eh??

Obviously the blade isn't done yet.. I just took it to a fine grit on the machine and ran to the etch tank...

  Love it, Scott!  Looking forward to the finished shots.

Very cool, as are all your blades. I have a piece of cable already welded into a strip to try something similar. Now I cant wait.

Really looking forward to the finished knife. I can't hardly wait to try San Mai...  Great job.


Jeremy

Scott, that is very cool!

I need to see that finished photo soon!!!

Steve
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Potomac Forge

Wow good job.Finish it and please show to us!!

cool, looking at that makes me think of a thunder storm.

   

here it is with working/machine finish... it will get a hand rubbing soon...

redwood burl handle, with copper liner between the morticed slabs.  Primitive filework between the wrought iron ferrules.

   I sure do like that.  Great job.


Jeremy

another great looking knife! sure do like your style

Beautiful!!  Love your stuff!! Had this Idea on my bench for quite a while now but didnt want to make the jump on the only piece of cable I had drawn up, so I followed your lead and did a wrought Iron San-mai to get the process sorta ironed out in my head.  So far it looks even through the core(1084 and nickel).  Surface ground and waiting for a design to enter my head as we speak!     Thanks!

Nathan

Cool.... Did you dry weld the billet or use flux?

I welded the stack on all four sides and then into to forge it went. I am admittedly a terrible stick welder, but I think I may have hit my stride on this one. Learned to tig weld the week before and carried over that motion on this one and I dAre say it looked good. My rebar even stayed strong!!  For a guy whose welds are commonly referred to as gorilla turfs, this is a big deal!       On the edge it looks like I may have gotten a few  cracks in the core. Might be weld that got pushed in but either way I think I have enough material to grind through it.

Wow  

That is gorgeous!!!