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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2009 8:33:02 GMT
here's the theory on folding two different types of carbon steel, take 1045 and 1065, fold them by hot forge, when you are finished with the final product, you can have a very nice pattern, and when sharpened, the two different steels at this hardness and that hardness, will sort of act like a micro serrated edge.
At least thats the theory, the visual effect works very well but todays mono steel is better for the end result....SanMarc.
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Post by Nial on Dec 17, 2009 10:36:15 GMT
The "Lamentation of their women" is part of Conan's answer to the question "What is best in life" and is an entirely different issue than "The riddle of steel". Tho I guess an argument could be made that steel is what is best in life. I hope this helps. Ric you are the couse of a mild to mderate acheing in my ribs only you could have comeup with that ;D Really i ask myself why haven't you been snapped up for tv? I had images running through my mind of you working that Laminatian machine and the wommen moving along on a conveyer belt.Haha! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2009 20:46:06 GMT
I never made a laminate knife myself, but if I recall the lessons correctly, basic lamination in knifemaking is a somewhat simper proccedure then pattern welding.
Basically, you take a piece of carbon steel, fold wrought iron or mild steel around it and weld it together. That way you get the hard metal in the edge and the soft metal in the sides and back.
There are two reason for this: First, it results in a more durable blade - especially before tempering. Since the main part of the body does not harden with heat treatment, it lacks brittleness of hardened steel. Second, since good carbon steel used to be more expensive then wrought iron, this was traditionally seen as a way to cut down the cost by only using it for the edge part.
The best material you can find for this kind of work, I've been told, is Lancashire iron. But that's old school stuff that's rather hard to come by these days.
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