Teaching My Daughter Bladesmithing

[MichaelZWilliamson]

layered billets


the really ugly dogbiscuit stage












Knives are finished, now to work on sheaths. You can see the grain structure running along them. My son's got left in the etchant acid a bit too long. His is very visible. THE THIRD ONE DOWN IS ENTIRELY HER WORK.

Mine is in curly maple and silver. The ladies' are in honey buffalo horn and silver, and my son's is in elk bone and silver.

[Varminter]

We need some Girls like your Daugher here in Austria...

[gertbley]

Nice work!

[spareribs]

Girls in Austria make love,eating fat Mc-Donalds, not Blades

the fishes are wirklich wondreful realy supa ........

[Charles]

Hi Michel,

cool self made damascus blades and knifes!

[MichaelZWilliamson]

Thanks. The pedal hammer helps a lot on welding billets.

[Charles]

When i forged damascus blades, only me and my 9lbs hand hammer...

[MichaelZWilliamson]

I've done it with a 2 lb hammer. I'm sure someone has done it on a rock with their dick.

But a 70 lb pedal hammer makes it EASIER.

The three billets were put together with a 2 lb hammer, and forged to shape the same way.

[MichaelZWilliamson]

Ford F150 Truck and Bambi (spring and leg). She helped with the forging and heat treating.