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Pluvious

(4,311 posts) Thu Oct 6, 2022, 02:04 PM Oct 2022

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Forging and knife making - expert blacksmith at work...

Obscure topic I know, but since you clicked my link...

I was fascinated and very impressed by his skills and workmanship

An expert blacksmith forges a beautiful first class knife from just a
steel rod and some ball bearings - incredible strong and durable
(he puts the edge to a brutal test at the end)

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Forging and knife making - expert blacksmith at work... (Original Post) Pluvious Oct 2022 OP

Wow, nice. Lot of work. intrepidity Oct 2022 #1

Cool! Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #2

A patterned Damascus blade. A forged welding technique rsdsharp Oct 2022 #3

intrepidity

(7,302 posts)

1. Wow, nice. Lot of work.

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Thu Oct 6, 2022, 02:22 PM

Oct 2022

Wonder how much that sells for?

Some scary shots of him working w/o gloves...

Elessar Zappa

(14,002 posts)

2. Cool!

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Thu Oct 6, 2022, 02:43 PM

Oct 2022

Very talented dude.

rsdsharp

(9,182 posts)

3. A patterned Damascus blade. A forged welding technique

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Thu Oct 6, 2022, 02:55 PM

Oct 2022

Last edited Thu Oct 6, 2022, 05:10 PM - Edit history (1)

rediscovered by the late Bill Moran Jr. in 1973. He could have kept the technique to himself, but he freely gave it away.

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