I hope at some point you are an old man looking out over the hills of Montana realizing how you have inspired others to get their hands dirty and build something.
Just so you know Will, you and Alec inspired me to go for it with the blacksmithing I had been wanting to do and suffice to say I’m freaking doing it. Love your content
I think it’s freaking awesome that you have a collaboration between a veteran, experienced blacksmiths and someone new to Damascus. Especially for such amazing but declining trades, it’s the only way it will stay alive.
Will going across the entire nation to showcase so many skilled people’s skills. It’s just so cool that a young Will is always earnest to learn from others to be the best he can be. Love it!
Because of this video, I just took a class with Mr Steve. He has an incredible amount of wisdom and knowledge. And as long as you want to learn you will learn tons. So, thank you Mr Will for giving me the final push to go take a class.
There are a lot of cool people on this planet, for me Steve is up there. An incredible wealth of knowledge in that head of his. Don’t wanna be a multimillionaire sports athlete in this life but I sure wouldn’t mind being a happily married, whiskey drinking, cigar smokin’ blacksmith like Steve. Much love to you all
So how long till you make the Zulu spear that's on your chalkboard wall? Copper or silver go-mai pattern would be sweet, and no one else has done it in a spear design and you could use your excellent filing and carving skills on an elaborate shaft
I was thinking that a really nice explosion pattern would look pretty cool in the middle of that bar. Another thought for the next time you do a Jelly Roll Damascus, instead of starting with a basic piece of high carbon round bar for the centre, you could start with a round piece of Damascus in whatever design you choose. My last thought is that a machine for making jelly roll Damascus would fit in your shop really nicely 😊👍👍👍👍
I remember watching a blacksmithing video were the crafstman explained the compression of a round shape under hammer blows in a 90 degree V-block die is hard to control. Too much downward squeeze and not enough sideways squeeze. The correct die for successful consolidation forging of round to round is done in a 60 degree v-block. I cannot remember who did the video, but I do remember that it was someone of significant experience and standing. This piece of information, if true, might assist in your jellyroll forging work. Keep on forging
I can't wait to go down and spend some time with Steve. He's an amazing guy and a wealth of knowledge. Laura is so talented and an absolute sweetheart as well!
I can understand why a lot of people don’t do Jelly Roll Damascus. But in all seriousness, keep up the good work, and hopefully you can make a good project out of it.
That jelly roll pattern reminds me of the movie Dark City and the madman's wall of scribbles. 🤯 Plus, it would be an intriguing pattern for a chef's knife! 🤔
Another great video Will. Great to see the channel growing, you’re super talented and inspired me to start my own blacksmithing journey. I even made my first ever Damascus (twist) knife last week (by hand, no power hammer or press). I’m super proud and would never have done it without your inspiration!! Keep up the good work!
Awesome project, always a pleasure to see Steve on one of your videos! I am actually glad that the billet turned out a bit wonky because we all know you're going to come up with a brilliant solution to fixing it, and we will get to have our minds blown by your comedic and mechanical genius. I everything always went to plan, how would we learn anything?
Sheet metal forming presses kind of work similar to the forging press. I've seen some of those sheet metal presses form complex shapes by using dies that move from the pressing action. When the press comes down on the bottom die, the bottom die will move down and catch dies on the sides causing them to fold in and press the sheet metal from all 4 sides at the same time. I've often wondered if forging dies could work the same way. A hot piece of damascus or canister damascus could be pressed from all 4 sides to set the welds.
When rotating the "Jelly Roll", I though of whether clockwise or counter-clockwise "opens up" the spiral, or "closes it up". Perhaps, think of "winding up a spring" as it is pressed, may work.
I have always wondered if acid would work. I'm sure I missed someone else saying it, but you're the first person I've heard mention it. Good luck fixing the weld. Thanks for sharing 👍.
You should document your travel on these trips. I think a lot of use would like to see you interacting with the rest of the world and enjoying these trips.
That was an interesting process- watching the coil in the press, I kept thinking, that is going to de-laminate like crazy. I am really curious to see what the pattern ends up looking like.
Aight, random idea here, do some kind of damascus like a facing W roll, make it square maybe twist it with the twisting tongs don't square it back up but make it as straight as possible. Take the twisted part to the lathe and turn it to cylindrical, drill a hole through your jelly roll to accept this round, having taken the minimum of material necessary to remove the cold shut/inclusion you had. or maybe more depending on how it looks when finished. Forge the two together, paying attention to the bias of your inner damascus pattern? It has been a long time since I saw a man make jellyroll, but I think you take and cut it into slices then forge weld the slices together lengthwise... that part is on you. just my idea.
You know, I may be alone in this... But I would love a documentary/series of just metal craftsmen, sharing tips, tricks, stories and hanging out like this... Sadly missing today!
i always have wondered what you could do by cnc cutting two different patterns into each other like a puzzle. so you could insert a particular pattern into another Damascus billet that normally could not have that type of pattern
Can confirm it will grow back. I’ve ran fingers across a jointer and took half inch off one. It grew completely back. You’ll just get called 9 and 3/4 for a while.
I know it would be crazy expensive, but it would be really neat to see forging in a zero oxygen environment. You would need to flood the room with argon, heat the metal with induction, and wear you own air tank the whole time.
A carpenter a painter and a blacksmith walk into a bar. The carpenter orders a gallon of whiskey and says "I made a custom oak barrel to finish aging this in." The painter orders a gallon of vodka and says, "I use this to clean my equipment with." The blacksmith orders a gallon of beer and immediately pulls his pants down and starts t-bagging it. Everyone yells "What are you doing?" The blacksmith looks over and calmly says, "I'm quenching my steel!"
hopefully im gonna start my first ever damascus project this summer, unfortunately i dont have anyone to show me or work with i just gotta give er a go. just hammer and anvil too, no power tools. might be rough.
you should really start a shooting channel. Lord knows you could do some cool collabs with guys like hop, brass facts, and garand thumb. they're all in the PNW
Alec Stelter.....I mean Will Steele....shit. Damn it. What kind of Whiskey and cigars did you bring the nice folks of Florida? I'm a whiskey cigar and forging fan myself.
It's such an interesting shift on what you notice when watching videos when you start making them... Where did you get the giant chalk boards?? That makes such a good backdrop! I need to up my background game on my videos... Thanks for the great content! You, Alec, and Blackbear Forge are my channel inspirations.
If you continue improving in blacksmithing at a steady and fast velocity you will become peerless. A relationship with God is the source of this phenomenon.
try 3, since commenting easily is a joke or something 7:04 this is just from rolling up paper as school n shit so it may not work the same for hot sticky metal but go the other way, you were going towards the edge of the roll/shee/bar, which puts pressure back along the sheet pushing more "space" into it/ towards the core making the roll less tight other way should reduce the space between each layer and unify each layer too again never metal worked in any sense besides filing so take that thought process as you will but please know it was not intended to be nor from a negative place c:
I hope at some point you are an old man looking out over the hills of Montana realizing how you have inspired others to get their hands dirty and build something.
With young kids just starting out coming to learn from him...
Just so you know Will, you and Alec inspired me to go for it with the blacksmithing I had been wanting to do and suffice to say I’m freaking doing it. Love your content
Good luck! Always learn and grow. I hope you have good fortune and fun on your journey!
@@TheMultiReplayers thank you so much, I’m already moving up in the world and I’m going to be getting my own shop soon 🤠
I think it’s freaking awesome that you have a collaboration between a veteran, experienced blacksmiths and someone new to Damascus. Especially for such amazing but declining trades, it’s the only way it will stay alive.
You should make a filet knife, it’d be interesting to see the tempering process to get the flexability
Will going across the entire nation to showcase so many skilled people’s skills. It’s just so cool that a young Will is always earnest to learn from others to be the best he can be. Love it!
Because of this video, I just took a class with Mr Steve. He has an incredible amount of wisdom and knowledge. And as long as you want to learn you will learn tons. So, thank you Mr Will for giving me the final push to go take a class.
There are a lot of cool people on this planet, for me Steve is up there. An incredible wealth of knowledge in that head of his. Don’t wanna be a multimillionaire sports athlete in this life but I sure wouldn’t mind being a happily married, whiskey drinking, cigar smokin’ blacksmith like Steve. Much love to you all
You could always twist the core
Looking forward to seeing how this looks etched
So how long till you make the Zulu spear that's on your chalkboard wall? Copper or silver go-mai pattern would be sweet, and no one else has done it in a spear design and you could use your excellent filing and carving skills on an elaborate shaft
I was thinking that a really nice explosion pattern would look pretty cool in the middle of that bar. Another thought for the next time you do a Jelly Roll Damascus, instead of starting with a basic piece of high carbon round bar for the centre, you could start with a round piece of Damascus in whatever design you choose. My last thought is that a machine for making jelly roll Damascus would fit in your shop really nicely 😊👍👍👍👍
if you want to make jelly rolls more often maybe consider getting an induction forge, you could set it up so its really close to the rotation point.
I remember watching a blacksmithing video were the crafstman explained the compression of a round shape under hammer blows in a 90 degree V-block die is hard to control. Too much downward squeeze and not enough sideways squeeze. The correct die for successful consolidation forging of round to round is done in a 60 degree v-block.
I cannot remember who did the video, but I do remember that it was someone of significant experience and standing. This piece of information, if true, might assist in your jellyroll forging work.
Keep on forging
I can't wait to go down and spend some time with Steve. He's an amazing guy and a wealth of knowledge. Laura is so talented and an absolute sweetheart as well!
Would a zero atmosphere weld not be more suitable?
I can understand why a lot of people don’t do Jelly Roll Damascus. But in all seriousness, keep up the good work, and hopefully you can make a good project out of it.
How many miles do you have on your truck and how long have you had it ?
DAMN!! That roller mill works beautiful!!!!
Looking forward to these "top secret" projects
That jelly roll pattern reminds me of the movie Dark City and the madman's wall of scribbles. 🤯 Plus, it would be an intriguing pattern for a chef's knife! 🤔
Will your willingness to keep learning, and connections will bring you far in your craft.
Such a cool trip! How fortunate you can make a living doing something you love.
You guys need to start doing this every year. You guys can call it in Northwest quad state
Good whiskey and cigars have pathed the way to many successful projects.
Another great video Will. Great to see the channel growing, you’re super talented and inspired me to start my own blacksmithing journey. I even made my first ever Damascus (twist) knife last week (by hand, no power hammer or press). I’m super proud and would never have done it without your inspiration!! Keep up the good work!
You are correct Will, Montana is a beautiful place. I love it here.
Can you make jelly doughnut damascus? That way I can give it to the dog after he finishes his beer and still wants more...take off eh!!!
🍩🍩🍩🤣😂🤣
Awesome project, always a pleasure to see Steve on one of your videos! I am actually glad that the billet turned out a bit wonky because we all know you're going to come up with a brilliant solution to fixing it, and we will get to have our minds blown by your comedic and mechanical genius. I everything always went to plan, how would we learn anything?
I always enjoy your videos, great work as always!
Sheet metal forming presses kind of work similar to the forging press. I've seen some of those sheet metal presses form complex shapes by using dies that move from the pressing action. When the press comes down on the bottom die, the bottom die will move down and catch dies on the sides causing them to fold in and press the sheet metal from all 4 sides at the same time. I've often wondered if forging dies could work the same way. A hot piece of damascus or canister damascus could be pressed from all 4 sides to set the welds.
When rotating the "Jelly Roll", I though of whether clockwise or counter-clockwise "opens up" the spiral, or "closes it up". Perhaps, think of "winding up a spring" as it is pressed, may work.
I love Steve so much, absolutely awesome guy
I have always wondered if acid would work. I'm sure I missed someone else saying it, but you're the first person I've heard mention it. Good luck fixing the weld. Thanks for sharing 👍.
Like that Taco with the tent on it. That yor'n
You should document your travel on these trips. I think a lot of use would like to see you interacting with the rest of the world and enjoying these trips.
Awesome, stoked to see what y'all make with it.
THIS PROJECT IS BAS ASS CRAZY COOL WILL.S YOUR A LEDGION THE BLADES YOU MAKE ARE BAD ASS CRAZY 😎😎😎🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶SUB ZERO COOL
Missed you at Blade Show Texas!
Thanks as always for letting us into your world.
What a simple, brilliant idea. I only tried jelly rolls twice and decided it was my least favorite pattern weld. Might have to retry.
That was an interesting process- watching the coil in the press, I kept thinking, that is going to de-laminate like crazy. I am really curious to see what the pattern ends up looking like.
Looks like a really neat process, although it does seem really time consuming as well
Aight, random idea here, do some kind of damascus like a facing W roll, make it square maybe twist it with the twisting tongs don't square it back up but make it as straight as possible. Take the twisted part to the lathe and turn it to cylindrical, drill a hole through your jelly roll to accept this round, having taken the minimum of material necessary to remove the cold shut/inclusion you had. or maybe more depending on how it looks when finished. Forge the two together, paying attention to the bias of your inner damascus pattern? It has been a long time since I saw a man make jellyroll, but I think you take and cut it into slices then forge weld the slices together lengthwise... that part is on you. just my idea.
Obviously the best way to fill the gap in a jelly roll is with some jelly. I'm old fashioned, so I like grape.
Admit it Will, you were running away from the snow to warm Florida!
You know, I may be alone in this... But I would love a documentary/series of just metal craftsmen, sharing tips, tricks, stories and hanging out like this... Sadly missing today!
Our egos push us. In a good way. That's great. Ya'll are awesome!
Good stuff. Love it.
Awesome video!
7:00 that's a gaping hole at the center ...
Great content thanks for sharing
How long did it actually take to flatten it then roll it up?
I am sure that gap is why I do not see too many bladesmiths making jelly roll damascus, cool when they do do it though.
What does the white powder help with? Is it borax?
can't wait to see next part!!
Why not use a rosebud for heating for the jelly roll making machine?
You should take a trip acrossed the pond and do a colab with Alec. I miss seeing you two work together.
Favorite channel
i always have wondered what you could do by cnc cutting two different patterns into each other like a puzzle. so you could insert a particular pattern into another Damascus billet that normally could not have that type of pattern
Can confirm it will grow back. I’ve ran fingers across a jointer and took half inch off one. It grew completely back. You’ll just get called 9 and 3/4 for a while.
Hey Will, that thumbnail picture gave me an idea. Use a cutting die to split the roll like a feather pattern.
I know it would be crazy expensive, but it would be really neat to see forging in a zero oxygen environment. You would need to flood the room with argon, heat the metal with induction, and wear you own air tank the whole time.
A carpenter a painter and a blacksmith walk into a bar. The carpenter orders a gallon of whiskey and says "I made a custom oak barrel to finish aging this in." The painter orders a gallon of vodka and says, "I use this to clean my equipment with." The blacksmith orders a gallon of beer and immediately pulls his pants down and starts t-bagging it. Everyone yells "What are you doing?" The blacksmith looks over and calmly says, "I'm quenching my steel!"
Now that's cool.
square it up, cut it into tiny cubes, then forge weld all back together.
hopefully im gonna start my first ever damascus project this summer, unfortunately i dont have anyone to show me or work with i just gotta give er a go. just hammer and anvil too, no power tools. might be rough.
Will has got some serious shoulders.
you should really start a shooting channel. Lord knows you could do some cool collabs with guys like hop, brass facts, and garand thumb. they're all in the PNW
I thought it was a cooking video because of the title, lmao
those are some beautiful patterns, Will
Alec Stelter.....I mean Will Steele....shit. Damn it. What kind of Whiskey and cigars did you bring the nice folks of Florida? I'm a whiskey cigar and forging fan myself.
You are awesome! I'm 41 and hobby blacksmith/bladesmith I would take a class from you anytime.
It's such an interesting shift on what you notice when watching videos when you start making them... Where did you get the giant chalk boards?? That makes such a good backdrop! I need to up my background game on my videos... Thanks for the great content! You, Alec, and Blackbear Forge are my channel inspirations.
I watched you when you collaborated with Alec Steal. I lost you when he went home.
You need a big rosebud for the jelly role not a cutting tip
Jelly roll? Nah man, a better name would be Satan's cinnamon roll
Will, I thought you did jelly roll with Alec in the pirate cutlass. Wasn't that the first video with you and him? Or am I miss remembering?
The lighter! LOL
Speaking of food and damascus, what about a bacon damascus knife or kitchen cleaver?
Good video man!! Have you been to the Boston harbor tea shop in Bozeman?
when you making wootz steel?
Good job
is it possible to make damascus from steel tin cans from the grocery store?
So I’ve got to ask…was that delicious food finger food by chance? 😂
May the swordshire be with you
was that a lighter that exploded on the roller?
Mmmm jelli
New sub from Abom79..great video from your projects.
More videos please 😅
you should forge a leg/post vise
Another marvelous video Will.
I'm a lil shocked about 'cigars' being included in your content....but that suits me.😁
I wonder if he's seen the Damascus technique of using a 3d printer to make a sort of mold with a printed shape
Steve was one of the team who kind of pioneered it. There is YT video with him about it.
Dude. That drive from Montana to Florida sucks (I know) hope your butt gets a lot of well deserved rest
Her answer should have been because you are here now
If you fly now, you never know when you'll get there or return.
Flux keeps the Oxygen out.
Negative. Flux dissolves and remove forge scale.
If you continue improving in blacksmithing at a steady and fast velocity you will become peerless. A relationship with God is the source of this phenomenon.
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Sorry for being weird, but the thumbnail image for this video reminds me of the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings movies. :)
try 3, since commenting easily is a joke or something
7:04 this is just from rolling up paper as school n shit so it may not work the same for hot sticky metal
but go the other way, you were going towards the edge of the roll/shee/bar, which puts pressure back along the sheet pushing more "space" into it/ towards the core making the roll less tight
other way should reduce the space between each layer and unify each layer too
again never metal worked in any sense besides filing so
take that thought process as you will
but please know it was not intended to be nor from a negative place c:
test test
did this one make it through the "great yt filter"?
apparently
i dont believe itll last but better than the last 2
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