How To Make Basic Damascus Steel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- This is a how to video on making simple damascus steel. By alternating layers of steel a damascus pattern is created at forge welding temperature. This pattern can be called wood grain damascus or random pattern damascus. There are many ways to make steel but this is how I do it. You'll hear early in the video that I mistakenly start calling the 1075 steel 1080 steel. Normally I do use 1080 but I was out and I was using 1075 for this blade. The two steels are very close to the same and there's no real difference in the finished look or heat treat. In the video you'll see the use of a hydraulic press, little giant power hammer, and rolling mill. I hope you enjoy the video and find it informative!!
Cool video brother. You have to end with "Embrace the Grind"!
Neels Van Den Berg thank you!!! That’s a good idea!!
Very great video! Thanks! That rolling mill is something else 😄
Awesome to watch a master at work. Greetings from Oregon.
Awesome. This is a great video. Please keep sharing 👍
I’m gunna have to try leaving the mill scale on with the next billet- that would be awesome if I could skip grinding all that steel before welding
Thanks for showing your process Josh!
Love the video! I hope you make more!
Great video! Can’t wait to see the twist!
Was wondering what make your 4 post hydraulic press is? Thanks!
Damascus steel without picking up a hammer!!! Amazing!! Your presentation is very smooth and professional,great job! Does the kerosene dangerously flare up when first put in the forge?
Thanks for sharing Josh. Got to get a rolling mill!!
Tony Severio Knives thank you!
Excellent Video, thank u very much
It's going to feel wrong welding up my first billet without grinding off mill scale. I'm going to try the kerosene also, I still use flux on the first weld, second welds I usually tig together and seal the seams. Great video, definitely save some beginners a lot of heart ache. I learned mostly trial and error and wasted a lot of steel, time and fuel. especially the wait ten more minutes and don't get too aggressive setting the weld. Great tips thanks Josh. Looking forward to next years hammer in.
thank you!! I’m looking forward to it as well!
So I got a couple of questions for one do you use flux? For two I have some lawnmower blades and a saw blade and I know in theory the should weld together but my worry is would it make a cool pattern? Thanks and God bless!!!
That 's an interesting press and rolling mill.. Can we see and hear more about it ?
12345NoNamesLeft I’ll be doing a video about it at some point. Honestly they have to be custom made and the guy who built mine isn’t doing them anymore. They are an amazing tool!
Just when I thought you forgot about this channel
definitely didn’t forget!!
Hey man great video! what tonnage is your press?
Bootleg Blades 30 tons
Josh Smith Knives nice! I like how wide open it is. Looks like 4 guide bars and one ram?
Where’d you get the rolling mill
Damascus steel actually isn't all that strong. The true purpose of damascus is a form of art and creativity, where the metallurgy of it only includes standard carbon steel. In comparison to other low alloy steels tool steels and high alloy steels, the ratings of hardness, toughness, and corrosion resistance of Damascus steel are low.
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"Basic " .... I came away from this video with the basics. Basically I need $10,000 worth of machinery plus 3 or 4 years experience in blacksmithing . to make Damascus . OK.... It,s a place to start I suppose.