it was only $14 to send all that chain, i work on forklifts for a living so all that chain is new cut offs. can't wait to see what you do with it. the other piece is part of a cutting blade for an excavator. and i love the skull, very cool
Hey, if you have any more of that cut off, and want to send some to a poor old timer in Ohio, let me know and I will provide you with my address. I can definitely afford the postage, but that's about all I can do. Sorry, but I am retired and living on a very fixed income.
Not really sure. Hadn't thought about that. I do have some excellent walnut 12" x 2" square blanks and a couple of cherry of the same dimension. Will have to think about it.Thanks for the quick response.
Learning a lot from you, one thing I have been taught all my life is that as individuals we really have no limits and multiple people working together makes that so much more infinitely true. You have proven this very well. That skull for first time run is excellent!
Dear Sir, it’s nice to see your talents being shown to all of us. I’d like to know that you know you’ve done a lot of work in your life and you’ve seen a lot done a lot in your own now you’re sharing it with us. And I thank you. You take care and bless you and stay well sir.amazing!
Oh my gosh that ended up so cool. Especially after the force awakens, seeing vaders helmet all banged up and destroyed. Wow I love the side with the bbs and bearings
thank you as always for your time and hard work to bring us great videos love this one reminds me to think outside the box Tim you are awesome my friend
Gotta say, I think that's some of the coolest looking damascus I've seen. Would make a neat looking ornamental hammer with that skull on the striking face.
You had that forge breathing like a dragon. I knew you were going to have a solid weld. You did a great job on that skull. It's different, and that's always better. Thanks for sharing
Good luck with the project Johnny, I hope it turns out really well and if you get a chance I would love to see a picture that would be awesome. Thanks for tuning in take care.
Very well explained and executed. The skull reminds me a bit of the Phantom's ring in the great old comic series. When he punched a villain, his ring left a similar mark.
if you punch out a bunch of tiny skulls you could make a skull damascus blade. skull turned out awesome btw, and the bbs are cool on their own because they come out in different shades
I really like it. Since your asking, mosaic laminate sandwiching a basic damasks core then make a blade by way of stock removal. I've thought about making blades this way a number of times. Thanks for the great video
Wow Tim that came out awesome. I never really want to make pattern steel but you are getting my mind going and I think it time I learn how to make some. Thx keep it up. ....Paul.
Wow Tim - I never heard or seen this before - pretty amazing - the process seems a lot easier than making traditional multi-layer Damascus. Although I can't imagine doing without an Trex forge press. Thanks for sharing Tim - you are one bad-ass blacksmith!!!!!
Thank you Rick, it won't be long till you're pressing out your own Skulls, that forge press build is looking pretty awesome good job man. Thanks for tuning and sir take care of yourself.
That Wood Chipper Blade and those Chains are expensive plus they looked brand new. I bet you made something cool out of them lol...I really enjoy your videos and hope you continue to post. You really are talented and creative!!
I most definitely had to put Big Dog Forge on my subscribed list! You have great ideas Tim and I love how you present your videos. Very classy. I think the bb end looks best on the Skull Damascus, but really I would be pleased with either way . Great videos man, keep 'em coming.
That's is just awesome damn never saw anyone attempt anything like this most guys struggle a lot with regular canister and you did great with this complicated thing!
That came out really well. I thought it would distort more, even under the press. I've often wondered if it was possible to achieve something similar by taking a stacked layer billet and grinding a simple outline into the face of the billet with a rotary tool and then pressing it flat. I got the idea watching an old video on raindrop pattern damascus. Might be something neat to try out one day. I can't wait to see what that forklift chain looks like welded up 😎
Awesome job Tim....I thought it turned out great. I do like the powdered side better than the BB side.... but both are pretty cool. Hope your healing up well... looking forward to the next video.
..Very Good job Tim!!! It would be very Cool if you could put that Skull into a piece of the Forklift chain and make a knife blade. You are The Damascus Man Sir !! Have a Safe an Gud-un now...!!
Hello Ol James, it's good to hear from you my friend and I really like your idea with the fork lift chain, I've had several requests to make a knife from the Skull Damascus, I think incorporating the chain would be a great idea. Thanks for watching my friend take care.
both ends of the steel is sick as hell, even the slightly crimped bit gives it a more organic kinda feel. it would make a good decoration as is, like a pendant, or just some kind of decal.
Hello Jim, thank you and yes I will be working with it this weekend to see what I can come up with, the video should be out Monday or Tuesday next week. Thanks for watching and take care.
That's some wicked Damascus! I like both sides of the 💀, it'll be interesting to see the billet after you've completed the mosaic pattern. I'd be curious what it would look like if you were to do two billets of each skull pattern alternating. Great to hear you're feeling better! The anvil was amazing, the 3D printing material keeps getting stronger, I was surprised that it poked a hole in the package! Stickers were awesome, had your daughters drawing perfect and scrappy and Floyd was funny 😂. I wonder if the usps still does the flat rate boxes, if they do, they got owned with that much chain! It's always a surprise how much material you can get from the chains. It'd be funny if you were to use the chain as the teeth for your next Damascus skull lol. It's kinda like having the top and bottom teeth 😂! I finally received all of the scrap exotic wood and now starting to figure out if I can make some cool knife scales. I'll ship them out as soon as I get done! Will be trying to make a "3Dish" pattern and if I fail horribly, then it'll be a chaotic pattern scales. I'm watching all of TH-cam channel mtmwood videos on his epic 3D cutting boards, like yourself his craftsmanship is off the charts! Take care bud! Great video as always!
Hello Phillip, glad to hear you got the material in the mail I'm sure you're going to do a fantastic job of making knife scales. And thank you so much for sending the knives, as soon as I am able to I will be putting out a video on the blades for those knives. Sorry it's been so long since I've replied to anyone's comments I just haven't been feeling up to it but things are getting much better, it makes me wonder how you do it on a daily basis, I have a lot of respect for someone who can go through this every day and still have such a positive attitude. My hat's off to you brother. Thanks again Phillip and thanks for being such an inspiration. Take care and be safe.
BIG DOG FORGE No worries bud, just make sure you listen to your body and take a longer break than you normally would. That's probably the best advice I can give to someone like yourself. You work your tail off, just make sure you take breaks, ice or heat, and elevate your legs. Even if it's a back injury, elevating your legs can help take the pressure away and ease the pain. One other thing that I've started to do that helps is after you wake up, stay in bed for 5-15 mins, but with multiple pillows behind your back and neck while being more elevated. Then I move my legs around, basically put one leg on top of the other knee, move my ankles and muscles for a bit and switch. It has seemed to help me be able to get out of bed easier lol... Usually the dogs have moved basically on top of me when I fall asleep so I play with them in bed, or get on my phone and check the usual. I forgot to ask about your cane, did the doctor tell you to use it on the opposite side of your injury? That's another suggestion I would recommend, take advantage of the cane in the mornings until you've moved around a bit. Well that was long... lol Hopefully they turn out to be something cool and different. I have a large assortment of exotic woods to mess around with. Just hope the end product justifies the damascus knives that will be attached! If you ever have questions about some other things that can possibly help with pain, please don't hesitate to email me! I've tried basically everything and have been put through the ringer with doctors. Don't rush it bud, if your body says not today, stay inside and lay down and have big dog keep you entertained and help take your mind off of the pain itself. Take care and relax bud! Much respect Phillip
That looks awesome! If you need anymore odd ball steel or gun barrels, let me know. I have a jar full of approximately 1/4 inch ball bearings, if you need any. Thanks for sharing this cool project! Dang you tube won't let me give you more than one thumbs up.
Thanks drason, the inspiration came from your shotgun barrel, and I do have a canister Damascus project coming up where I could use a handful of ball bearings if you would like to send them along that would be awesome. Thanks again my friend take care of yourself and thanks for watching.
Thanks Steve, I got your e-mail and I'm trying to figure out where it ended up I will let you know soon. It's good to hear from you my friend thanks again and take care.
that was awesome to watch Tim! looks kinda like the Punisher skull from marvel comics, it would make some epic belt buckles!! keep up the great work Tim. let us know when your back to selling tongs again too please
Thanks Brandon, there's definitely a belt buckle in the near future, and I will let you know when I'm back in the tong business. Thanks for watching take care.
This is very cool as a design and I particularly like the bb end. It’d make great pendants if you maybe set the Darth Vader-ish skull on the diagonal so you could drill the hole on the pointy bit at the top rather than into poor Darth’s head
Thank you very much black beard, I think the pattern will get better over time, and I will definitely improve my technique. Thanks for watching my friend take care.
Very nice work. For a first attemped it seems very good. Someone said below something about a buckle and I totally agree. I would by a knive with a skull pattern damascus, for sure it would be a best seller knive.
Tim, I really like this. Both ends. I think it came out great. Love the way Floyd was able to provide all that pressing and saving your arms for more important things. Sorry I didn't get to watch this when you first posted it, but I have been busy finishing up a couple of Chef knives for a couple of relatives as thank you gifts. Have a great day. Let me know what you are going to do with that skull Damascus.
Hello Philip, It's good to hear from you, sorry I've been out of touch for so long I just haven't had the energy to do much. It sounds like you're staying busy as always, I'm going to be doing a little bit of experimentation with this batch that I'll be making more in the near future hopefully with a better pattern, if I have some left over would you like me to send you the chunk? Thanks for watching my friend take care.
Sure, you know I am always open to some of your excellent materials. LOL. The knives I just made are Damascus, but I bought the Damascus. They were just simple style 10 inch blades but the handle scales are beautiful. One is stabilized curly Maple and the other is Eastern Cedar. Talk about smelling up the house with a beautiful fragrance, start grinding on some cedar.
That's pretty cool. I never heard of canister welding before. I would have thought that the lack of flux and the air trapped in there would have been a problem, causing a bunch of porosity. I imagine you'd have to do the sizing down more gradually if you want to avoid distorting it as much.
Great video! I've always wondered how patterns like this were made. 25+ years ago when I was making stock removal knives I met Steve Schwartz (sp) or maybe Schwartzer(sp) can't remember, at a local rendezvous and he showed me a pattern welded folder he had made with the American Flag in the blade. I've wondered to this day how he might have done it. Bought me a Peter Wright anvil on Friday marked 1 2 17, and as soon as I can get up some scrap metal I'm going to start forging some tongs, hammers, and building a power hammer like yours.
Thank you for the information on finishing blades with the Brass mandrel that sounds like a great idea I will give it a try. Sounds like you got a good deal on an anvil . It's always good to hear someone is jumping in or jumping back into the craft. Thank you for all the comments I do appreciate to keep the great ideas coming. And thanks again for watching take care.
I'm glad this was in my queue! I loved how it turned out and if you decide to sell a sliver of that, I think it would fit perfectly in my skull collection.
Powdered cast iron: a little goes a long way to add carbon content Nickle: brightens the steel up Chromium: a bit of toughness and brightness Vanadium: Use a couple flakes of it with the cast iron and base iron, the mixture will do what traditional damascus does and the vanadium will create a carbide lattice in a high carbon steel matrix. just since I noticed that you're working with powder chemistry and alloys. Usually these powders are pretty cheap online and go a long way when you're using standard iron powder as your base mix. And, not that you need it for impurities since it's all been refined, but I find that borax can be necessary to the most minor of extents to help keep oxides under control which helps with the iron powder and how quickly it oxidizes. As always, add any element in sparing quantity, but they can make for quite an awesome steel if you pull off the right mix, especially since you know it will all forge weld without an issue. But I'm not trying to come at you like a pro, I'm just a student of the art. Maybe there's some useful stuff in there, maybe it's all a ton of garbage you're well aware of, but either way I hope I helped a little. The skull turned out awesome, by the way. If they were smaller in nature, you could stack them end on end and make them in to a wicked sword core with a 1080-1095 edge welded in. You've inspired me to experiment on some things now :)
I have an Opinel in my pocket everyday, even in school, for almost a year now, and they are absolutely perfect. Super sharp, easy to open (I deep- fryed it, so it opens really smooth) Love these knives!
Commin back with a BANG! Lol .. What a cool project Tim! I'm glad you picked up some good 1084 and iron powders since your last canister experiments using grinder dust 😉👍. I think it turned out great, especially for a first try. I think with at least one of the halves, you should draw it out a bit more and do at least one, 2x2 square stack (4 skulls) of the skulls before creating the actually billet via ferry flip or accordion cut etc. I think it'll look cool, and I personally think 'most' canister image patterns look better when they are a bit smaller with more of them, i.e. in mosaic. But either way great job! I also loved how you used the shotgun barrel for the eyes, such a cool idea. I'm not sure if you have ever seen or heard of him/them but you should check out Master Smith, Don Hanson III and his "Scary Tac" line of folders. He uses mosaic Damascus for the bolsters in which he incorporates skulls, bats, spiders and other random shapes. You might pick up some neat ideas. Here is a link to his webpage gallery showing those: www.sunfishforge.com/hansontactgallery.html Anyway, It's really great to see you back at it again and doing well. Continue to heel up well and smoothly. I hope to hear from ya soon and chat more frequently brother, feels like it's been quite a while. Also hope all has been well with you and yours. Take care for now :)
Absolutely wild! I never would have thought that would work. Congratulations on a job well done!
Thank you! Cheers!
it was only $14 to send all that chain, i work on forklifts for a living so all that chain is new cut offs. can't wait to see what you do with it. the other piece is part of a cutting blade for an excavator. and i love the skull, very cool
Hey, if you have any more of that cut off, and want to send some to a poor old timer in Ohio, let me know and I will provide you with my address. I can definitely afford the postage, but that's about all I can do. Sorry, but I am retired and living on a very fixed income.
i can get as much as you want "within reason lol" but i like to trade for other stuff. what do you have to trade?
Not really sure. Hadn't thought about that. I do have some excellent walnut 12" x 2" square blanks and a couple of cherry of the same dimension. Will have to think about it.Thanks for the quick response.
email me at phil.prigmore@woh.rr.com
email sent
Learning a lot from you, one thing I have been taught all my life is that as individuals we really have no limits and multiple people working together makes that so much more infinitely true. You have proven this very well. That skull for first time run is excellent!
That is the neatest Damascus I have ever seen ! Great Job !
Dear Sir, it’s nice to see your talents being shown to all of us. I’d like to know that you know you’ve done a lot of work in your life and you’ve seen a lot done a lot in your own now you’re sharing it with us. And I thank you. You take care and bless you and stay well sir.amazing!
Thankyou so much
Probably the coolest Damascus I’ve ever seen
Out freaking standing...you sir are a bloody genius, I love it! Please keep up the good work!
I like you Vader Skull pattern. That is awesome! Please keep us updated!
That's freakin awesome!!! The ballbearing end is very Ironmaiden-ish. Very cool!!!!!🤘🤘🤘
Super cool! I like the powder end the most. Well done sir!
Thank you! Cheers!
Oh my gosh that ended up so cool. Especially after the force awakens, seeing vaders helmet all banged up and destroyed. Wow I love the side with the bbs and bearings
thank you as always for your time and hard work to bring us great videos love this one reminds me to think outside the box Tim you are awesome my friend
Thanks Rick, I hope things are going well my friend, thanks for watching and take care of yourself.
Well Tim here you go again! Amazing job! Yes the powder side looks great but the BB side has its qualities too. Well done sir well done!
Thanks Marc, I hope things are going well my friend, thanks for tuning in and take care of yourself.
I liked the ball bearing end best. The experiment was incredibly successful. Very nice.
The end with the ball bearings looked sick, Soooo cool, can't wait to see what u make with it
you are amazing in your art of forging steel. I really enjoy watching your videos
Thank you so much for the kind words Hugh. And thanks for tuning in.
Had a blast visiting your shop!
Very nice looking. Kind of postapocalyptic cyberpunk. Looks like something that'd fit right into the hands of a futuristic dystopian antihero.
Thats brilliant and the first time i have ever seen that done greetings from the U.K
Hey there big dog,
Very cool to see wat you come up with everytime I tune into your channel.
Very inspiring, thankyou.
Shane
As for the first time to make a "skull damascus", I say it turned out very well. Good work and I enjoy the videos!!!
Gotta say, I think that's some of the coolest looking damascus I've seen. Would make a neat looking ornamental hammer with that skull on the striking face.
That's an outstanding suggestion Dan, thank you and thanks for watching.
You had that forge breathing like a dragon. I knew you were going to have a solid weld. You did a great job on that skull. It's different, and that's always better. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Ron I appreciate that, and thanks so much for checking out the video take care.
Your stuff is awesome buddy. Thanks for the fun and intriguing experiences.
That was very cool. I cant wait to try something like that
That was awesome. Love the BBs
That's pretty darn cool....can't wait to see what is made with that.
Thank you very much, it will most likely end up in a knife blade very soon, thanks for tuning in.
the skull looks very nice it has some kind of a modern art touch to it. awesome work sir
I am all about skulls....and that Damascus looks pretty cool
Amazing concept. I will have to try it myself. Forge on, brother!
Good luck with the project Johnny, I hope it turns out really well and if you get a chance I would love to see a picture that would be awesome. Thanks for tuning in take care.
Very well explained and executed. The skull reminds me a bit of the Phantom's ring in the great old comic series. When he punched a villain, his ring left a similar mark.
if you punch out a bunch of tiny skulls you could make a skull damascus blade.
skull turned out awesome btw, and the bbs are cool on their own because they come out in different shades
I really like it. Since your asking, mosaic laminate sandwiching a basic damasks core then make a blade by way of stock removal. I've thought about making blades this way a number of times. Thanks for the great video
Thanks John, I hope you give it a try and it works out well for you. To thanks for checking out the video, take care of yourself.
Brilliant, simple and fantastic result.
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow Tim that came out awesome. I never really want to make pattern steel but you are getting my mind going and I think it time I learn how to make some. Thx keep it up. ....Paul.
First time I have seen that. Very cool
Maa-aan! That is bad a$$ed!! Great job sir and I look forward to seeing that made into a project.
Wow Tim - I never heard or seen this before - pretty amazing - the process seems a lot easier than making traditional multi-layer Damascus. Although I can't imagine doing without an Trex forge press. Thanks for sharing Tim - you are one bad-ass blacksmith!!!!!
Rick Rabjohn King Kong is on his way!!! Booyah
Thank you Rick, it won't be long till you're pressing out your own Skulls, that forge press build is looking pretty awesome good job man. Thanks for tuning and sir take care of yourself.
That looks wild! Cool idea!
ok that's very cool looking Damascus can't wait to see you put that into knife form
Both cuts look cool good stuff and a great mail call
Thank you and thanks for tuning in.
That Wood Chipper Blade and those Chains are expensive plus they looked brand new. I bet you made something cool out of them lol...I really enjoy your videos and hope you continue to post. You really are talented and creative!!
Thanks 👍
It turned out better than I thought. Good job.
Thank you Al.
I most definitely had to put Big Dog Forge on my subscribed list! You have great ideas Tim and I love how you present your videos. Very classy. I think the bb end looks best on the Skull Damascus, but really I would be pleased with either way . Great videos man, keep 'em coming.
That's is just awesome damn never saw anyone attempt anything like this most guys struggle a lot with regular canister and you did great with this complicated thing!
Thanks Nick and thank you so much for the kind words. Thanks for tuning in.
They look cool... amazing work!!
This was a blast to watch!! I'd love to have a darth Vader skull belt buckle!! Good job bud!
I'm going to have to see how it goes with the belt buckle, but if it turns out and maybe doing a giveaway so stay tuned.
Thanks for tuning in.
To quote a character from the movie The Incredibles "That was freaking awesome!!!!"
Thanks Alan I appreciate that. And thanks for watching.
I love your videos, I don't even remember what I was searching for and came across 1 of your videos and now I'm watching my 5th 1
Thanks Glenn I do appreciate that, Thanks for watching and take care.
E-mail is Bigdogforging@gmail.com
Thinking outside the box! Great job
you are truly an artist
I like the ball bearing end
Great job man,that press really puts it down buddy 👌✌️
That came out really well. I thought it would distort more, even under the press. I've often wondered if it was possible to achieve something similar by taking a stacked layer billet and grinding a simple outline into the face of the billet with a rotary tool and then pressing it flat. I got the idea watching an old video on raindrop pattern damascus. Might be something neat to try out one day.
I can't wait to see what that forklift chain looks like welded up 😎
Worked out wat better than I thought it would, good shit dude. 👌🏽
Awesome job Tim....I thought it turned out great. I do like the powdered side better than the BB side.... but both are pretty cool.
Hope your healing up well... looking forward to the next video.
Thanks Mad Dawg, it felt good to get out in the shop and get my hands dirty again. Thanks for tuning in and take care.
Wow, such a creative mind I would never have thought of that! Cut into slices and inlayed into a nice timber for a drinks tray maybe?
Opinels are great knives, good design, good steel.
Yes they are!
..Very Good job Tim!!! It would be very Cool if you could put that Skull into a piece of the Forklift chain and make a knife blade. You are The Damascus Man Sir !! Have a Safe an Gud-un now...!!
Hello Ol James, it's good to hear from you my friend and I really like your idea with the fork lift chain,
I've had several requests to make a knife from the Skull Damascus, I think incorporating the chain would be a great idea.
Thanks for watching my friend take care.
Amazingly creative. Love it.
both ends of the steel is sick as hell, even the slightly crimped bit gives it a more organic kinda feel. it would make a good decoration as is, like a pendant, or just some kind of decal.
Thanks Chris, those are awesome ideas and I do appreciate the input very much. Thanks for watching and take care.
Very nicely done!
Great job!! I love the skull as it is, it shows that you actually forgedi it!!
Thanks 👍
I think it looks great! Now make something from it so we can see what a finished item looks like. It's nice to see you making new videos. Thanks!
Hello Jim, thank you and yes I will be working with it this weekend to see what I can come up with, the video should be out Monday or Tuesday next week. Thanks for watching and take care.
That's some wicked Damascus! I like both sides of the 💀, it'll be interesting to see the billet after you've completed the mosaic pattern. I'd be curious what it would look like if you were to do two billets of each skull pattern alternating.
Great to hear you're feeling better! The anvil was amazing, the 3D printing material keeps getting stronger, I was surprised that it poked a hole in the package! Stickers were awesome, had your daughters drawing perfect and scrappy and Floyd was funny 😂. I wonder if the usps still does the flat rate boxes, if they do, they got owned with that much chain! It's always a surprise how much material you can get from the chains.
It'd be funny if you were to use the chain as the teeth for your next Damascus skull lol. It's kinda like having the top and bottom teeth 😂!
I finally received all of the scrap exotic wood and now starting to figure out if I can make some cool knife scales. I'll ship them out as soon as I get done! Will be trying to make a "3Dish" pattern and if I fail horribly, then it'll be a chaotic pattern scales. I'm watching all of TH-cam channel mtmwood videos on his epic 3D cutting boards, like yourself his craftsmanship is off the charts!
Take care bud! Great video as always!
Hello Phillip, glad to hear you got the material in the mail I'm sure you're going to do a fantastic job of making knife scales.
And thank you so much for sending the knives, as soon as I am able to I will be putting out a video on the blades for those knives.
Sorry it's been so long since I've replied to anyone's comments I just haven't been feeling up to it but things are getting much better, it makes me wonder how you do it on a daily basis, I have a lot of respect for someone who can go through this every day and still have such a positive attitude. My hat's off to you brother. Thanks again Phillip and thanks for being such an inspiration.
Take care and be safe.
BIG DOG FORGE No worries bud, just make sure you listen to your body and take a longer break than you normally would. That's probably the best advice I can give to someone like yourself. You work your tail off, just make sure you take breaks, ice or heat, and elevate your legs. Even if it's a back injury, elevating your legs can help take the pressure away and ease the pain.
One other thing that I've started to do that helps is after you wake up, stay in bed for 5-15 mins, but with multiple pillows behind your back and neck while being more elevated. Then I move my legs around, basically put one leg on top of the other knee, move my ankles and muscles for a bit and switch. It has seemed to help me be able to get out of bed easier lol... Usually the dogs have moved basically on top of me when I fall asleep so I play with them in bed, or get on my phone and check the usual.
I forgot to ask about your cane, did the doctor tell you to use it on the opposite side of your injury? That's another suggestion I would recommend, take advantage of the cane in the mornings until you've moved around a bit.
Well that was long... lol
Hopefully they turn out to be something cool and different. I have a large assortment of exotic woods to mess around with. Just hope the end product justifies the damascus knives that will be attached!
If you ever have questions about some other things that can possibly help with pain, please don't hesitate to email me! I've tried basically everything and have been put through the ringer with doctors.
Don't rush it bud, if your body says not today, stay inside and lay down and have big dog keep you entertained and help take your mind off of the pain itself.
Take care and relax bud!
Much respect
Phillip
That looks awesome! If you need anymore odd ball steel or gun barrels, let me know. I have a jar full of approximately 1/4 inch ball bearings, if you need any. Thanks for sharing this cool project! Dang you tube won't let me give you more than one thumbs up.
Thanks drason, the inspiration came from your shotgun barrel, and I do have a canister Damascus project coming up where I could use a handful of ball bearings if you would like to send them along that would be awesome. Thanks again my friend take care of yourself and thanks for watching.
sweet idea glade you are getting around hope you are feeling better...
Thanks Martin, things are getting better slowly, I hope things are going OK for you as well.
Thanks for watching take care.
Tim you skullcap that one up Good job look forward to seeing more
Great work mate , really enjoy ur videos from the UK 🇬🇧
thats so freaking awesome Tim, great job!
Thanks Steve, I got your e-mail and I'm trying to figure out where it ended up I will let you know soon. It's good to hear from you my friend thanks again and take care.
Loving the concept nice one big dog
that was awesome to watch Tim! looks kinda like the Punisher skull from marvel comics, it would make some epic belt buckles!! keep up the great work Tim. let us know when your back to selling tongs again too please
Thanks Brandon, there's definitely a belt buckle in the near future, and I will let you know when I'm back in the tong business. Thanks for watching take care.
Daaammmmmnnnnn. They look amazing. 👍👍👍
This is very cool as a design and I particularly like the bb end. It’d make great pendants if you maybe set the Darth Vader-ish skull on the diagonal so you could drill the hole on the pointy bit at the top rather than into poor Darth’s head
Damn!!! So cool!!! Really amazing man, keep it up
Thank you very much black beard, I think the pattern will get better over time, and I will definitely improve my technique. Thanks for watching my friend take care.
Very nice work. For a first attemped it seems very good. Someone said below something about a buckle and I totally agree. I would by a knive with a skull pattern damascus, for sure it would be a best seller knive.
Outstanding in so many ways!
Tim, I really like this. Both ends. I think it came out great. Love the way Floyd was able to provide all that pressing and saving your arms for more important things. Sorry I didn't get to watch this when you first posted it, but I have been busy finishing up a couple of Chef knives for a couple of relatives as thank you gifts. Have a great day. Let me know what you are going to do with that skull Damascus.
Hello Philip, It's good to hear from you, sorry I've been out of touch for so long I just haven't had the energy to do much.
It sounds like you're staying busy as always, I'm going to be doing a little bit of experimentation with this batch that I'll be making more in the near future hopefully with a better pattern, if I have some left over would you like me to send you the chunk?
Thanks for watching my friend take care.
Sure, you know I am always open to some of your excellent materials. LOL. The knives I just made are Damascus, but I bought the Damascus. They were just simple style 10 inch blades but the handle scales are beautiful. One is stabilized curly Maple and the other is Eastern Cedar. Talk about smelling up the house with a beautiful fragrance, start grinding on some cedar.
awesome job on that skull its very cool looking
Thank you! Cheers!
That was down right awesome. I like both ends personally.
Thanks Robert and thanks for tuning in.
That's pretty cool. I never heard of canister welding before. I would have thought that the lack of flux and the air trapped in there would have been a problem, causing a bunch of porosity. I imagine you'd have to do the sizing down more gradually if you want to avoid distorting it as much.
Great video! I've always wondered how patterns like this were made. 25+ years ago when I was making stock removal knives I met Steve Schwartz (sp) or maybe Schwartzer(sp) can't remember, at a local rendezvous and he showed me a pattern welded folder he had made with the American Flag in the blade. I've wondered to this day how he might have done it. Bought me a Peter Wright anvil on Friday marked 1 2 17, and as soon as I can get up some scrap metal I'm going to start forging some tongs, hammers, and building a power hammer like yours.
Thank you for the information on finishing blades with the Brass mandrel that sounds like a great idea I will give it a try.
Sounds like you got a good deal on an anvil . It's always good to hear someone is jumping in or jumping back into the craft.
Thank you for all the comments I do appreciate to keep the great ideas coming. And thanks again for watching take care.
Outstanding ! Well done!
Very cool! Amazing work you do!
That's is so freaking awesome Tim very well down
Thanks Randy and thanks for watching.
your skull drawring looks like its chilling out with sunglasses on all it need is to hold a beer
15:20 bruh dats dark vador ^^, outcome's very nice! cool experience
That is the coolest thing I've ever seen.
Thank you John I appreciate that. And thanks for tuning in.
Zoidberg skulls! Love it!
Make them into buckles or just keyrings and sell them to Futurama fans.
Skull came out awesome! nice job! New to the page but I love it !
Pretty damn cool. Skull! its amazing that you can make something that big and still retain shape down to 1.5 inches. Pretty cool idea.
I'm glad this was in my queue! I loved how it turned out and if you decide to sell a sliver of that, I think it would fit perfectly in my skull collection.
awesome. nice job. would make a cool buckle
Thanks Dave, I think you're right I'm going to have to try. Thanks for watching and thanks for the input.
Yes! you could make a bunch of really cool buckles with that bar. Great idea!
That is very cool. never seen anything like that. great job
Thank you so much and thanks for watching, take care.
I can't believe that worked so well! Subbed so I can keep up with the fun.
Powdered cast iron: a little goes a long way to add carbon content
Nickle: brightens the steel up
Chromium: a bit of toughness and brightness
Vanadium: Use a couple flakes of it with the cast iron and base iron, the mixture will do what traditional damascus does and the vanadium will create a carbide lattice in a high carbon steel matrix.
just since I noticed that you're working with powder chemistry and alloys. Usually these powders are pretty cheap online and go a long way when you're using standard iron powder as your base mix. And, not that you need it for impurities since it's all been refined, but I find that borax can be necessary to the most minor of extents to help keep oxides under control which helps with the iron powder and how quickly it oxidizes. As always, add any element in sparing quantity, but they can make for quite an awesome steel if you pull off the right mix, especially since you know it will all forge weld without an issue.
But I'm not trying to come at you like a pro, I'm just a student of the art. Maybe there's some useful stuff in there, maybe it's all a ton of garbage you're well aware of, but either way I hope I helped a little. The skull turned out awesome, by the way. If they were smaller in nature, you could stack them end on end and make them in to a wicked sword core with a 1080-1095 edge welded in. You've inspired me to experiment on some things now :)
That is pretty friggin' cool!
Thanks Abdul I appreciate that.
I really thank you for sharing this and that stuff is really neat
Very Cool Thanks for the entertainment. BBs in the eyes would look cool
on the opinel knives when you open the blade you can twist the metal ring on the handle to lock the blade out
spoplehughes very good blades in very nice price!and the lock is genius!
Very cool I didn't realize that thank you very much. And thanks for tuning in.
I have an Opinel in my pocket everyday, even in school, for almost a year now, and they are absolutely perfect. Super sharp, easy to open (I deep- fryed it, so it opens really smooth)
Love these knives!
I didn't know opinal knifes did that cool 👍
love to see a blade made with skulls very clever 👍
Commin back with a BANG! Lol .. What a cool project Tim! I'm glad you picked up some good 1084 and iron powders since your last canister experiments using grinder dust 😉👍. I think it turned out great, especially for a first try. I think with at least one of the halves, you should draw it out a bit more and do at least one, 2x2 square stack (4 skulls) of the skulls before creating the actually billet via ferry flip or accordion cut etc. I think it'll look cool, and I personally think 'most' canister image patterns look better when they are a bit smaller with more of them, i.e. in mosaic. But either way great job! I also loved how you used the shotgun barrel for the eyes, such a cool idea.
I'm not sure if you have ever seen or heard of him/them but you should check out Master Smith, Don Hanson III and his "Scary Tac" line of folders. He uses mosaic Damascus for the bolsters in which he incorporates skulls, bats, spiders and other random shapes. You might pick up some neat ideas. Here is a link to his webpage gallery showing those: www.sunfishforge.com/hansontactgallery.html
Anyway, It's really great to see you back at it again and doing well. Continue to heel up well and smoothly. I hope to hear from ya soon and chat more frequently brother, feels like it's been quite a while. Also hope all has been well with you and yours. Take care for now :)