Subject: Damascus info requr.

From: [email-masked] (Martin-Gilles Lavoie)
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:12:50 -0500

Friends and I have recently bought an old (100 years+) forge which we will
be moving to another location so that we can start experimenting with the
art of blacksmithing.  (We do realise it'll take a couple of years to get
something usefull done out of it.)

While this forge is setup properly, I have found a suplier of Damascus
steel--a steel that evolved from Indian Wootz, which the japanese used for
their swords.

I'd like to know if anybody out there had been using Damascus steel, and
what sorts of hints/techniques/tips/ideas they can suggest so that we can
get started.

-- 
Martin-Gilles Lavoie

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From: James Foster x2912 <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 11:35:37 -0500

> what sorts of hints/techniques/tips/ideas they can suggest so that we can

Well, you don't say what you're actually going to do with the Damascus,
but one starting place might be the books by Jim Hrisoulas (The Complete
Bladesmith, The Master Bladsmith, and The Pattern Welded Blade). I only
have the first one, but they seem to be a good series on pattern
welded/Damascus
steel for the purpose of making knives.                                  

                                                                             
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From: [email-masked] (Martin-Gilles Lavoie)
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:06:51 -0500

> steel for the purpose of making knives.                                  

Swords.  Quite frankly.  Big medieval swords.

-- 
Martin-Gilles Lavoie

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