And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Mosaic Damascus, nice work, some of these blade smiths are doing phenomenal work figuring out how to produce patterns, some use "cannister" forge welding combined with the manipulation if the patterns in the forge welding process. Just amazing effort and understanding. Lot of 3D/spacial thinking.
I always loved the look of Damascus. I have a number of antique shotguns with nice, fancy Damascus barrels. I load special, low power shells for them and take them to the trap range every so often. And before anyone asks, yes, they are cut down to a 2-1/2 inch length to accommodate any that have shorter chambers.
Mosaic Damascus, nice work, some of these blade smiths are doing phenomenal work figuring out how to produce patterns, some use "cannister" forge welding combined with the manipulation if the patterns in the forge welding process. Just amazing effort and understanding. Lot of 3D/spacial thinking.
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Pricey but for lots of reasons.
ReplyDeleteI always loved the look of Damascus. I have a number of antique shotguns with nice, fancy Damascus barrels. I load special, low power shells for them and take them to the trap range every so often. And before anyone asks, yes, they are cut down to a 2-1/2 inch length to accommodate any that have shorter chambers.
ReplyDelete4 of them look almost identical
ReplyDeleteYou can get that look with laser etching.
DeleteDo you remember in shop class putting a wad of steel wool on a pencil and chucking it in a drill press to make designs?
ReplyDeleteAh reckon these here knives didn't come from Amazon.
ReplyDeleteGuys in WAZIRABAD can crank those out for $3.95 each. Made from genuine Buick bumpers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful....but actually called pattern welded. For Damascus see also Wootz or Bulat.....crucible steels.
ReplyDeleteStefan v.