Mosaic Pattern Welded Steel

Quite simply because he can produce it with exceptional quality and unique patterns.

Mosaic pattern welded steel.

If enough pieces are welded side by side a loaf can be made where slices are cut off to be the blade. When using mosaic patterns in a knife it is somewhat trickier because forging it to flat barstock would not be visible on the knife. Pattern welded damascus steels were made by forge welding two steel grades into a sandwich. Braided mosaic pattern welded steel.

Braided mosaic pattern welded steel. For all his latest check out doug s instagram click here. Pattern welded damascus bars being forged together. The steel becomes stainless after heat treatment.

The spider web or grid is another simple mosaic pattern. I ve still got about 10 tons of knowledge to learn about the subject but ho. By tucker parris august 1 2018 in video. Stacking initial forge welding and then machining and re stacking the billet to develop the braid like pattern.

Doug ponzio mosaic pattern welded steel is mostly sought after for knife making. Add shims of contrasting steel such as 15n20 or pure nickel and then forge weld and draw the billet down into a 1 inch square bar. However it doesn t lend itself easily to making semi automatic firearms because there is a lot of precision machining that is needed even after the. Cut four squares of the steel and stack them into a square billet.

In this video i show the process of making a blade with the client s ranch brand la capilla as part of the steel pattern. Damascus meanwhile is the process of pattern welding two different kinds of steels can be two harden able steel alloys together and then forging the implement to make swirly liquid pattern. It combines corrosion resistance with superior edge sharpness and toughness. Here you can see photos of doug s amazing mosaic aka pattern welded steel damascus work and photos of his shop and some of the equipment he uses.

This can be done with less sophisticated tools but i have access to some. The number of layers multiplied as the smiths repeatedly tilted and forge welded the metals at. Damasteel ds93x martensitic damascus patterned steel this steel consists of two different hardenable steel grades in more than one hundred layers. Doug is on instagram.

Knife makers from all over the globe use his steel to make their knives. It is started with squares of solid steel such as 1050 or 1095.