Blowing my own horn!!!

[Stryder]

Check out the ring I made. It's a size 13.5 (US)

<a href="http://www.geocities.com/strydermike/" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/strydermike/</a>

[Purple Fencer]

[quote]Originally posted by Stryder:
<strong>Check out the ring I made. It's a size 13.5 (US)

<a href="http://www.geocities.com/strydermike/" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/strydermike/</a></strong><hr></blockquote>

Sweet!

Is it an FIE?

[Zelda]

Hey Stryder,
Wanna make one for me???
Z

[The Crazy Wacker]

Nice Site, VERY nice ring!! How did you make it? Where'd you get the steel?

[Stryder]

Thanks!

Zelda- I sold that one for $100

Wacker- I made the steel. It's one part 01 tool steel and one part 1065

[The Crazy Wacker]

[quote]Originally posted by Stryder:
<strong>Thanks!

Zelda- I sold that one for $100

Wacker- I made the steel. It's one part 01 tool steel and one part 1065</strong><hr></blockquote>


OK, but then how did you make it?

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[The Crazy Wacker]

Nevermind, My dad makes sculptures, and poors his own bronze. I could probably get one made from bronze.

[Stryder]

Um..OK here goes.

It's called Damascus steel. If you've seen the Highlander (and I know all of you have) then you remember his fancy sword "..folded over 200 times!" Well that's Damascus.

Some steels are hard like glass. Easy to sharpen and they stay sharp, but glass isn't the best sword. That's tool steel.
Some steels are more flexible so they survive swordfighting better, but these steels dull easily so they don't make the best swords either.
That's mild or spring steel.
If you melt down the two different kinds of steel you just get a messy piece of crap that doesn't have either property.

So you layer the steels together, forge welding them and folding them over until you get a sword that has layers of super hard yet brittle steel that stays sharp, and layers of softer flexible steel that allows the sword to bend without breaking.

After you have shaped and tempered the sword, you can etch it with acid to see the pretty pattern.

Cool eh, I'll post some pics of knives I've made out of damascus steel. I haven't made a damascus sword yet. It is a huge pain in the tucas to make that big of a piece.

[The Crazy Wacker]

Kool. What kind of weapons do you make?

[three_hundred_fifty_five]

That's really nice work. I've never seen a ring like that. I've seen knives and pistol parts made with Damascus steel.
I don't know if I would want a steel ring. It isn't rust-proof.

[Stryder]

I've been wearing mine for over a month now and had no rust or discoloration. The highlights are polished and oiled and the low points are blued and oiled. I wash dishes and wear it whenever I am awake and it hasn't rusted. It depends on the type of steel used. While you can't weld stainless steel, you can control rust in high carbon or high chromium steels by keeping them polished and oiled or waxed. Just like a car.

What type of weapons do I make? Uninteresting hunting knives. Fancy knives are still beyond my skill. I tried to make a crazy looking Klingon knife out of cable damascus once. Good thing there are no real failures in life.

[The Crazy Wacker]

Have you tried to make a Kris? (Its the foot long knife thats all curvy.)

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Cool Eh?

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[135711]

ring! ring! Ring!
the ringing and the clinging of the
bells bells bells bells bells bells bells <img src="graemlins/jester.gif" border="0" alt="[Jester]" />

ah! fortunato! my man!
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