When Is Damascus Steel Not From Damascus? https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/when-is-damascus-steel-not-from-damascus/ #blacksmithing #damascussteel #blacksmith #Featured #Interest #Skills #steel #iron

Photo by the GoS workshop window of the latest Norrsken northern-lights watch. This one has the optional all black damascus case.
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Here you can really see the movement in the pattern of the steel and get a feel for how the light plays on it. #DamascusSteel #Dagger #HuntingKnife #SkinningKnife #Art #Artist #Cutler #Bladesmith #Blacksmith

Heating up a Damascus hunter for heat treat. During this process, the steel is brought up to critical temperature, then plunged into warmed oil. This rapidly cools the steel, locking the crystalline structure into place. This structure is very hard, but brittle, so it will then be heated just enough to allow that structure to relax and loosen slightly.
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I love working in Damascus. There isn't any practical reasons to do so any more, but the patterns are so beautiful! #Blacksmith #Bladesmith #Knife #Knifemaking #Art #Artist #Damascus #DamascusSteel #Pattern #Acid #AcidEtching #TwistPattern #Carbon #Nicole

#Science #Chemistry #Blacksmithing #Art #Artist #DamascusSteel #Damascus Ferric chloride is a key tool in revealing the patern in patern welded, called Damascus, steel. Here is how you make it. Be careful as it does release combustible fumes and has an exothermic reaction during the process. This etchant is very strong and should be cut with distilled water before use.

#DamascusSteel #WorkInProgress #Hunting #huntingstuff working on this little guy still. Twist patern damascus with camel bone slabs and mosaic pins.