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

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.

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