Here is what's in that steel!
No bad welds, on my very first billet, which thrills me immensely!!!
(Means I didn't waste my time!)
So, for those on this forum that may not understand what happened here, I forged two different steels together in a stack of five pieces.
1 type of steel in the #s 1, 3, and 5 position.
Then, a different type of steel in the #s 2 and 4 position.
Forged out the stack into a long bar.
Cut the bar into three pices and re-stacked them into one stack.
That makes 15 layers.
Forged welded them together and once again forged the stack out into a long bar.
Cut into three pieces and re-stacked into one stack.
45 layers.
Welded, forged, cut and re-stacked - 135 layers.
Welded, forged, cut and re-stacked - 405 layers.
Forged out into a bar and then forged the knife blade.
Here are three pics - one just before I started in the as-forged condition.
followed by rough grinding.
Then I took to a A45 Gator and dipped in acid!
No bad welds for my first time.
This is just a rough idea.
Still a LOT of work to do o this knife.
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