Making Damascus Bowie 08

These are pictures of the creation of a 336 layer ladder pattern Damascus steel Southwest Bowie knife I made in 2008.

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Howto & Style

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• Forging
• Welding
• Damascus
• Knife
• making
• Custom
• knives
• Blacksmith
• Bladesmith
• forge
• welding

[tijuanamarisol666]

Just curious, where do you get the majority of your metal from? Do you buy it, or is it salvaged from broken machines, failed projects, etc.?

[Conan568]

@tijuanamarisol666

I'm using logging truck springs which I forge into bar stock to make knives or Damascus.

The big springs are 1095.

[27fatfeet]

If you play the song A knife in the Dark from the lord of the rings and watch this video its much more epic.

[Conan568]

@27fatfeet

Of course.

[hbadtodabone]

how did you get started woth smithing and what's a good place for information?

[Conan568]

@hbadtodabone

You have something that I didn't have when I started.

The internet.

It's all out there.

[purokulichy65]

thanks for posting,nice job cabron!

[ddwaragon]

beautiful work!

[sada3393]

@Conan568 can i use wood in my forge i have a large wood shop tons of extra oak and hard wood lying around would they get hot enough forge 5160 or 1095 steel the 5160 is from a leaf spring and i was wondering how it would do for a thin blade machete or katana

[Conan568]

@123MYMILKSHAKES

Thank you, it is a meat cutter that one.