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Title: Cable damascus
Post by: J.W. on April 15, 2016, 08:24:00 PM

I made this little blade from a piece of cable I picked up from my hunting land. Some research and trial & error later I ended up with a good blade. Hope you like it.
  (http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h328/kaiserandloki/Mobile%20Uploads/image1_zpsem9gfhwj.jpg) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/kaiserandloki/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image1_zpsem9gfhwj.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Cable damascus
Post by: D.Ellis on April 15, 2016, 11:14:00 PM

That looks pretty cool. Did it harden OK? some cable is a bit low in carbon to make a good blade, but some is pretty fair.
Darcy   :campfire:

Title: Re: Cable damascus
Post by: J.W. on April 15, 2016, 11:27:00 PM

Actually it hardened to the point of being brittle. After some testing I settled on a water quench and then temper at 350 for one hour. I have no idea what the actual steel in this cable is, but I'm really impressed with it once I figured out the best process for it. Or at least the best one I've found.

Title: Re: Cable damascus
Post by: Bobby Urban on April 16, 2016, 08:04:00 AM

That's really cool. I like to use cable in a San Mai around 1080 or 15n20 to get the look w a known steel edge but I have made some very good knives of solid rope.  Nice work

Title: Re: Cable damascus
Post by: 1oldbowguy on April 16, 2016, 10:49:00 AM

Very cool, well done   ;)