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Published: 2012-12-05 12:04:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 11733; Favourites: 217; Downloads: 137
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I made another gothic dagger, this time an imperial edition with a fancy damascus blade
I forged it of 1.2516 and 5160 in 120 random layers.
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Thanks a lot!
Try it if you have the chance, it is a lot of fun
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I'd like to! Are you self-taught or did you learn from someone else? And how expensive is the equipment usually?
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I only learned from the net
That is like asking how expensive is a car? 
I am at the low end unfortunately.
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That is a very interesting blade. What would the cost be for one of these?
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Thank you, one similar would be 300 euro.
It is around 38-40 cm in total. its layer count could go up to 480
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man... how long does it take you to get the steel in such shape?
love your blades
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Several days, I'm afraid
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Copper wire on the hilt?
Great knife, what kind of steel?
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Thanks! If I remember right, I used 5160 and 1.2516
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I'm seeing that you really like using 5160 in your forging, and I absolutely love that.Β
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Yes, it's a good material. Relatively easy to forge, easy to forge weld and it hardens well
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What kind of forge do you like to use?
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I use a simple forge with charcoal
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I've seen more better quality blades come from coal than anything else. Β I like the oldfashioness of it. Β
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Yeah, steel can pick up some extra carbon from the charcoal. Other forger just burn out of it, that's the reason
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Hi.
Steel can pick up extra carbon from the charcoal, but unfortunatly only if you set the steel in an area of the fire where it gets very very little oxigen and stays on 850 -930Β°C for a cupple of houres (and it will only affekt the outer layers). In every other case the fire will burn away some carbon from the boundary layer of the steel. That is the reason why we all have to trouble to forge the piece in as little heating-cycles as possible and always have to grind away the boundary layer (0,5 - 1mm depanding on fire an number of heatings), if we want to create a blade whith a realy good edge. In a gas forge it is possible to adjust the flame so that it consumes the oxigen inside the forge. In that case there is no carbon burn-up (or burn-up of other alloy elements), but a flame like this has a low temperature, so it is seldom used.
Sorry for my bad english. I hope you can understand what I mean and it is of help to you.
Greetings from germany.
Sebastian.
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Thanks for the extra details, but I am pretty sure it was in vain, no one will read this except me
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Really, I didn't know that. Β I always thought that was because of things like uneven heat distributions. Β
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But it's true
A gas forge on the other hand, has none 
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I'm usually on edge when dealing with gas fires anyway. Β
Do you have your own workshop?
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I know what you mean, I am afraid of it too
It's a little exaggerated to call it a workshop, but I think yes, I have a small hut where I work.
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I'm hoping to find someone soon whom I can actually learn from. Β Making a knife/sword if sort of a bucket list thing for me.
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Well it sure is a fun way to spend your time, but it also is a pain in the ass sometimes
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is that actual damascus or merely an effect?
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All my stuff are real!
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glad you like it, sir!
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how do you make the fuller on your blades? do you have a dull chisel set to punch them in or do you grind them away?
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with an electric grind stone?
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Nop, with a simple angle grinder
If you have a steady hand and patience, it's quite a versatile tool!
My father used to say: "If you have an angle grinder and a good axe, you can make just about anything"
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Herly shert where do you get the equipment?
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What equipment? All I use is a simple 3 kg hand hammer.
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kg? keirkegaard? and you don't use an anvil?
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I have one, but it's pretty beaten and old so most of the time I use a piece of railroad instead
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Crap ignore that comment.. and umm you only use a hammer? no other tools?
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Meant to comment on this before- Love the simple yet fancy look of this one! Well done!
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Very cool! You did a great job on this ^_^ I like the textures.
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