yes.. and no. The PLA burns off real easy-like, when you're talking about forging temperatures. The pinhole in the canister helps the burnt PLA gas be somewhere else. Check out Alec Steele's recent experiments with dogmascus
Broooo, almost tought "why did he removed the green clay again?" but it was just one part of the pattern. It's actually pretty smart to make it easier, instead of having to make a more perfect shape first. Absolut time server tactics.
Welding all of those layers is a major accomplishment in itself. Designing an interesting pattern and keeping it true through the forging process is about as hard as it gets for pattern welding. This is impressive. If you want pattern welding perfection, check Kyle Royer on YouTube or google his knife making website. Best I’ve ever seen
I follow Alex Steele on YouTube, I know how much care and effort goes into the patterns, which is why I had pretty high expectations of seeing a nice and aesthetically pleasant pattern with all those clips of the work that went into this. The finished product was far below what I expected.
knotydes
Imagine if u lose your notes mid forging.
msjthisbe0077
OMFG...Absolutely the most beautiful blade I've ever seen. Speechless
theSpinnerBoy
Thanks, I hate it
ADMNtek
What an insane amount of effort. But the result is damn. It's impressive what crazy shit humans can come up with.
kaldi
Forbidden popsicle
runfloristrun
No fucking way. So is this an alternate method of folding?
Grapeape2000
Is THIS your card?
iBoulderDash
There's a whole lot of hotting the colds and colding the hots going on here.
funkeejunkee
KittensForDays
Gracias!
diddykongftw
That's metal
muliphen
I liked the part where it goes WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
charondaboatman
Sweet shit that’s a lot of layers. I would have preferred a full tang, though. That’s just me. But beautiful work. +1
MusicPieDancer
Oh wow, it’s like those clay canes!
luciferian669
Fucking stunning
mem5000
did he leave the PLA in the billet?
wiregeek
yes.. and no. The PLA burns off real easy-like, when you're talking about forging temperatures. The pinhole in the canister helps the burnt PLA gas be somewhere else. Check out Alec Steele's recent experiments with dogmascus
1maddane
Ah I knew there was a knife in there somewhere.
WhiskyBravo
I immediately thought it was going to be a sword. I was sorta right. Seems like a lot of work
airbreather
I dunno. Who has time to do this if you're already spending 6 hours a day browsing Imgur?
AdventurousDonut480
The day has 18 more hours..
ImNotActuallyEvilAfterAll
Only during midsummer weeks in the high arctic.
dunkum09
gonna be honest, any time I see something like this with so many steps, i'm at least a little bit disappointed when the result isn't dickbutt
Blachovich
https://youtu.be/7LMELuTR3FU
IUpvoteFuturama
ChopOnBrother2021
It's a no from me, dawg
Forge128
I could have sworn that was shurap, but the maker's mark is different. I wonder if the maker is an associate, friend, or fan of shurap?
Nekron35
Broooo, almost tought "why did he removed the green clay again?" but it was just one part of the pattern. It's actually pretty smart to make it easier, instead of having to make a more perfect shape first. Absolut time server tactics.
Nekron35
time saver*
Whyiskyloshirtless
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1OXZ1NmhweWU5a2x5ZWJ3N3BpamdkN2pkM2NvYjVja2JyOGdsbTRmYiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/FoH28ucxZFJZu/200w.webp
HeraldOfTheBadger
You see, first you wet the dries
PorneliusHubertII
That came out looking 10x worse than I expected.
theskepticinme
Welding all of those layers is a major accomplishment in itself. Designing an interesting pattern and keeping it true through the forging process is about as hard as it gets for pattern welding. This is impressive. If you want pattern welding perfection, check Kyle Royer on YouTube or google his knife making website. Best I’ve ever seen
PorneliusHubertII
I follow Alex Steele on YouTube, I know how much care and effort goes into the patterns, which is why I had pretty high expectations of seeing a nice and aesthetically pleasant pattern with all those clips of the work that went into this. The finished product was far below what I expected.
possumEnjoyer
Hot the cools, then cool the hots, hot the cools, then cool the hots, now dust the cools
DrFighterpilotAttorneyAtLaw
Soak the metal in knives, then knife the metal which was previously soaked.
hotrodny
Harden the soft, and soften the hards
thomn8r
And squeeze the hots
CeterumCenseo
And don't forgot to soak the cools
possumEnjoyer
Soak the cools in cold
amtronic
WTF??
gluttonygreedpridewrathslothlustenvy
I've watched enough episodes of Forged in Fire to understand *something* of what's going on here. Canister Damascus and some other shit.
Weavedaddy
Magic shit
FinancialRavioli
hot playdough
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
that came out far more beautiful than i would have ever guessed
AdventurousDonut480
Yes, it's really beautiful. The effort put into it is insane though.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Let me guess. You like knives.
AdventurousDonut480
You've got a sharp perception!