Just finished up this folder for the Blade Show. For a while I'd seen makers laminating Carbon steels with 416, and after a bit of trial an error I figured that one out. Then the though occurred to me....if you can do it with carbon steel, why not with Mosaic Damascus? The welding was the easy part, but I had to rethink and readjust my entire heat treating process, from thermal cycling to hardening, in order to make it work.
I also have a few other 416 San Mai knives that can be seen on my Blade Show preview page
Ed Caffrey, ABS MS
"The Montana Bladesmith"
www.CaffreyKnives.net
WOW!!!
Show off.
(Honestly, undoubtedly the coolest knife I've seen in a long time!)
Karl B. Andersen
Journeyman Smith
way cool Ed!!! Could tell us how you did heat treat the steel combination? Thanks.
That's one gorgeous folder Ed, besides the development and marriage of materials. I hope to get to see it soon. Lin
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Just finished up this folder for the Blade Show. For a while I'd seen makers laminating Carbon steels with 416, and after a bit of trial an error I figured that one out. Then the though occurred to me....if you can do it with carbon steel, why not with Mosaic Damascus? The welding was the easy part, but I had to rethink and readjust my entire heat treating process, from thermal cycling to hardening, in order to make it work.
I also have a few other 416 San Mai knives that can be seen on my Blade Show preview page
BEAUTIFUL!
While this is an old thread, that knife is amazing. Ed, have you done anymore like that one recently?
Cheyenne Walker
Apprentice Smith
