Thread: 8/8" handforged damascus, bellied full hollow, with fossile bone

Originally Posted by jmabuse

Beautiful work Ulrik. I have a question. I notice that the bevel is not apparently Damascus. Is this a san mai forging, with the Damascus laminated around harder steel in the center?

That is how I do mine.

You have seriously out done yourself. That is just an absolutely amazing razor

Please tell me that you had a striker.... or two. To anyone who doesn't know, explosion pattern is an incredible amount of work

Wow, that is a beauty. Amazing workmanship.

Hello,

thank you all for the kind comments! I am glad that you like the razor.

Originally Posted by jmabuse

Beautiful work Ulrik. I have a question. I notice that the bevel is not apparently Damascus. Is this a san mai forging, with the Damascus laminated around harder steel in the center?

No it isn´t a sanmai it´s a direkt lamination. So the edge part is not forgewelded between outer layers, it´s forged as one piece on the bottom of the blade. This method is necessary for very thin ground full hollows because the middle layer of a sanmai would come out in the thinnest part of the hollow ground and would interrupt the damascus pattern.

Originally Posted by mglindo

That is lovely. Is that Steller Sea Cow fossil and was it stained to make it that color or is that natural?

Yes it is Steller Sea Cow ( I didn´t know the translation) and it has it´s natural colour, it´s not stained.

Originally Posted by bluesman7

Please tell me that you had a striker.... or two. To anyone who doesn't know, explosion pattern is an incredible amount of work

I am not sure what a striker is, but I think you mean a blade that had to be discarded? That happens not very frequently and in this case all went well.
But the damascus blank was made for me by the Balbach forge in Germany. I don´t know if they had some issues ;-)

best regards,
Ulrik

Truly stunning work!

Originally Posted by jmabuse

the middle layer of a sanmai would come out in the thinnest part of the hollow ground and would interrupt the damascus pattern.

Ulrik

Ulric is correct. the first two razors on my site are done with sanmai construction, and you can see how far up the blade the pattern is removed because of the hollow grind

Originally Posted by Ulrik

I am not sure what a striker is, but I think you mean a blade that had to be discarded?
Ulrik

Here in the U.S. a striker is a smith's helper with a sledge hammer doing most of the actual physical work.

I thought that you were saying that the explosion damascus was hand forged without power hammers

Originally Posted by bluesman7

Here in the U.S. a striker is a smith's helper with a sledge hammer doing most of the actual physical work.

I thought that you were saying that the explosion damascus was hand forged without power hammers

Now I understand! The Balbach forge definitely uses a power hammer, but nonetheless the damascus is cut and stacked by hand and the final shape is forged by hand.

best regards