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After I posted that, I wondered if you forge more to the "hollow" shape with stuff like the suminigashi?

After burning out all of the grease and rust, clamp them in the press at welding heat and twist them like a mother before you try to flatten them into a bar.

Bruno, do you try to forge in some of the hollow or do you just forge a flat wedge?

Wouldnt be the first time that a lot of steel ended up on the floor in the form of scale and grinder dust. :banghead:

That would work. As long as you are having to flatten the cable, you might as well flatten out the 1095 too. :D i would go thin with the 1095 and forge the san mai billet as close to shape as...

With hemp/sisal, you may not even have to unwind the strands. Just pull out most of it and burn the rest.

if they mean plow steel using the industry terms, then it is likely the 1055 type and not all that suitable for a razor edge. It might make a pretty mean machete or sword though. With that said, it...

HEEEEEEMP!!!!!! :beer1: But seriously, that is better than a plastic core!!! i would take it out. You know that is going to be good quality cable, but the question will be how much carbon it has....

Most of it is greasy. You burn that out in the forge before you go up to welding temperature.

Carbon good, silica bad? Thats about as much as I can figure. LOL

Mike, I think that the argument is better to leave carbon than borax "glass". At least that is how I have heard it explained. My success rate with initial welds has been close to 100% since...

Mike, IIRC, I was told about using kerosene and other "hydrocarbon fluids" as "flux" by guys like Fred Rowe ( who used tool cleaning solvent from Tractor Supply) , Ron Newton, the late John White, JW...

As I previously stated, kerosene and other hydrocarbon solutions used as "flux" are applied ONCE to a cold stack for the initial welding process. The purpose of this is to decrease the chanced of a...

Why would you feel the need to have kerosene near the forge or any flammable solvent for that matter?

Regular 20 Mule Team Borax will work, but you use a bit more. You can dry it out. For regular damascus made from flat pieces of steel, you can actually use kerosene or some other similar liquid on a...

The common plain carbon steel wire rope is what we would call 10xx steel. They call it "plow" grade steel. Plow steel is 1055. Improved plow is 1065. Extra improved plow, the most common grade you...