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thankyou sand surfer, and your right once it starts to fall into place it gets so much easier, and you get to know the heat by the colour of the metal, I would love some of the gear they had in the Kalgoorlie shop where I did the course, but I have learned to use the basic gear I have.
Mono steel blades were relatively easy, but the Go Mai style were/are a real challenge, putting three different types of metal together in a forge and making it come out how you want it, Go Mai stands for 5 layers, which in this case is a center core of 1095 or 1084 high carbon streel, then a layer each side of that which is 0.1mm Nickel sheet or can be 0.1mm Copper sheet, depends on the effect you want, then a cladding outside layer each side of that can be mild steel or Damascus pattern welded steel or Wrought Iron, are just some.
Then the handles, the Octagon Chefs style Japanese ones, which were quite hard to do for quite awhile, on the gear I have, but with some trial and error it finally came together also, and the timber used is just up to your imagination of what might look nice.
A basic single burner gas forge an anvil and hammer and a modified grinder to be a belt sander and make it all work
Most of all enjoy doing what your doing
cheers dave
Mono steel blades were relatively easy, but the Go Mai style were/are a real challenge, putting three different types of metal together in a forge and making it come out how you want it, Go Mai stands for 5 layers, which in this case is a center core of 1095 or 1084 high carbon streel, then a layer each side of that which is 0.1mm Nickel sheet or can be 0.1mm Copper sheet, depends on the effect you want, then a cladding outside layer each side of that can be mild steel or Damascus pattern welded steel or Wrought Iron, are just some.
Then the handles, the Octagon Chefs style Japanese ones, which were quite hard to do for quite awhile, on the gear I have, but with some trial and error it finally came together also, and the timber used is just up to your imagination of what might look nice.
A basic single burner gas forge an anvil and hammer and a modified grinder to be a belt sander and make it all work
Most of all enjoy doing what your doing
cheers dave
