I used 1095, a very high carbon steel, and 15n20, a steel with a lot of.

How to make damascus steel without a welder. Damascus is a type of steel that is made by forge welding a carbon steel to a steel with nickel in it, then it can be. 3 place the billet into a forge that is preheated to 2,300 degrees and soak until the billet is dull red. The blacksmith brings these short cuts of steel cables with standard welding tools and forge.

I like bandsaw blade and pallet strapping as i can start with 20 to 25 layers and so save a. Cutting and stacking a billet. The first step is to cut and stack a billet.

Perhaps the simplest pattern to make, cable damascus requires sturdy steel cables. This is by far, my favorite combination for making damascus. Cutting and stacking a billet.

The heating treatment for damascus steel involves a preset temperature between 1,500f and 2,000f, depending on the banding, and a mixture of both cementite and. Repeat the fluxing and hammering 3x. Bring up to forge welding temp and hammer away.

4 allow the billet to reach welding. Cut four squares of the steel and stack them into a square billet. Damascus steel can be created in.

The first step is to cut and stack. It should look something like a long skinny spatula. Some people even squeeze it in a vice for the first heat (mostly talking about rectangular damascus.