How do you plan to make SAK blade with the 4mm thick stock?
Very cool. That should be fun. I can't wait to see what you produce.BTW: I wish the US would switch to the metric system.
Have you thought of using the Damascus as a scale material? I know, for me even thinking about it, but I think it would be a really scale material.
Peter, you are on a freakishly similar mod path as me! I was just ordering some Damasteel from the Canadian importer for the Swedish made damasteel. Its a dual martensitic stainless RWL34 & PMC27. http://tigheknives.com/DamasteelCanada.html
Quote from: Syph007 on February 27, 2013, 04:38:21 PMPeter, you are on a freakishly similar mod path as me! I was just ordering some Damasteel from the Canadian importer for the Swedish made damasteel. Its a dual martensitic stainless RWL34 & PMC27. http://tigheknives.com/DamasteelCanada.htmlRobert, "Great minds..." and all that.I'm doing my usual trick of going down the low cost prototyping path first. This billet is costing me $44. Looking at the price list for the Damasteel, the same size piece would cost me nearly $200 more. I'll have a play around with this and figure out what I want to do and then possibly order some of the "good stuff".At least with the Made in India material it's only a $7 blade if I stuff it up, not $40.
Another source for steel is this, has lots of carbon/stainless/dama steel and they also HT. http://www.knifemaker.ca/
Quote from: Crouton on February 27, 2013, 03:37:36 AMVery cool. That should be fun. I can't wait to see what you produce.BTW: I wish the US would switch to the metric system.Strongly agree on both those points!
Yeah, it's a little beyond my poor wee bandsaw, unless I wasn't worried about wearing out a $28 blade for each SAK blade I cut out.