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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Feb 15, 2008 12:14:25 GMT
Check out this ebay store - they sell Damascus knives cut to shape for under $50. They reckon they are 1095 x 15N20 too, treated to RC56. It sounds like they'd be worth a try. There are so many beautiful wood blanks on ebay to make the scales from. search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZswordman39
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 14:54:18 GMT
I like how all the modern damascus knives are under $50, but the minute you get to the seax, it jumps to $150.
What gives? Unfortunately that's the only one I like. I'm not much for modern knives. It's the link to history that interests me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 14:59:50 GMT
Hmm, I am not sure if I trust their claims, in fact I don't know how any company can sell pattern-welded steel for so damn cheap. I mean I went and saw a custom knife maker and a piece of good pattern-welded steel made by a local steel supplier costs him $250 just for the piece of steel and this is good quality steel. Also on a website called AKC (Australian Knife Company) their pattern-welded steel is $10 a centimetre. So either they are churning out the cheap s**t that they claim they aren't or they have found a way to do this cheaper than the blades cost to sell.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 15:24:15 GMT
I have seen several people selling blades and blanks for around $50-60 for daggers. They are not the best stuff out there, but it is of decent quality (meaning it will stand up for quite a while. Von Sussen used to carry damascus project blades, but dont see them on his ebay store.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 15:45:19 GMT
Well these guys look to know their stuff, might have to contact them at some point and see how much a pattern-welded katana blade would be. I have always fancied owning a blade but have never had the $2500 it would cost me. Having a look at their actual site has inspired me with some confidence about these guys, so might have to check them out at some point in the future.
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Post by oos3thoo on Feb 15, 2008 18:57:06 GMT
That wold be an awesome knife to own.
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Post by Dan Davis on Feb 15, 2008 19:30:46 GMT
Guys, With the advent of hydraulic presses, rolling mills and twisting machines it is possible to turn out large quantities of pattern-welded laminate steel, even using decent quality alloys. They don't look the same as hammer-forged damascus but they are way cheaper.
Add in a programmable milling machine and an industrial heat treating furnace and you can make blanks for little to no money. They aren't the best but for the price they are good.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 20:09:33 GMT
Oh Lord yes. I never thought that they were actual hand-forged damascus. It's impossible, even with cheap labor. Still, it doesn't explain why the price suddenly jumps from $50 to $150+ for the seax's which aren't even all that attractive.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2008 22:28:21 GMT
Apparently MRL also carries "damascus" steel blanks on their website. Saw them in the showroom for about the same range (for those of us in the US).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2008 2:05:03 GMT
So Dan, will these pattern-welded blades stand upto cutting and things like that?
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