Excellent instructional video. Appreciate the step-by-step narrative. Thanks.

Best explanation of the process I've seen or read; your hat has delaminations.

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Haha, yes it does

Amazing explanation man I’ve been blacksmithing for months and can do just bout everything I tried from forge welds,firepower’s axes,hachets,a sword & few tools like drawblades etc and lots of wrought iorn work but Damascus is something I’ve never got into cause I couldn’t find any good videos explaining gonna try it now sure it will make a beautiful addition to my shop items once I get it good

@FireCreekForge

Ай бұрын

Thanks, glad it is helpful

That is what I call shared knowledge. Thank you and respect.

I don't even make knives but I was so into this video I watched the whole thing! Nice work!

This is easily the most detailed explanation of how to forge weld a billet of Damascus I have ever seen. Thank you!

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

Wow, I was impressed with all of the amazing content you packed into this video! I almost never watch an entire video but you kept me for almost an hour! Well done man!

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@sronnau99

2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I was thinking!!!

Loads of useful content in this video. I especially appreciated that you included the small error in the billet and how you fixed it. Video takes a long time to shoot and edit, so I thank you for making this content. Great job!!!

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This is the best video I’ve seen on how to forge weld. Thank you so much. I’m in the UK and with your knowledge I’m well on my way to improving as a novice forger. 👍🏼🤜🏼

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear it helped, thanks for watching!

This is such a great video. Your patience explaining even the simplest of details got me hooked till the end.

Dude!!! That piece at the tip helped you hold you the blade in place!!!! FREAKIN SMART!!!

I have watched many a video on Damascus and this is hands down the most articulate, informative video. Thank You!

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

You bet, thanks for watching!

Man, You just helped me understand so much of what went wrong on my first forge welded billets. This is a video is a must watch for anyone wanting to forge weld.

@theriversexperience9383

3 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna give you a shout out on my channel, this video deserves way more views than it has. Hopefully it gets you some more traffic as well.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it!

Wow - that's a master class in knife-smithing.

One of the best and most informative videos I've seen. Wish I had found it earlier. Great job. Keep it up bro.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This was great man. I've seen many videos on it but you touched areas I haven't heard. I am for sure closing off some of the air next time I'm try it. Thanks 👍

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I've been trying to forge weld in my gas forge without success. I've watched many videos about the technique but none have gone into this much detail on the flame and how to set my forge. As a beginner, this crucial information. Thank you.

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

What a timely video. I just finished this semester and was going to try to make some Damascus when I checked YT and you had just posted the video. Great job and thanks for all the info that I just learned.

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

You bet, thanks Daniel

Thanks for the explanations in the beginning of the video. Very informative.

Thank you so much, this video has given me new hope in one day being able to forge weld, you make it look easy, and your explanation is so easy to follow that I feel much more confident about this type of project

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. So many of the blacksmiths don't tell you how, they just show a speed through of the build. I've jumped straight into the fire attempting to forge weld. I've had two failures so far. So, I had to step back and punt. I started making mono steel knives but they are only so entertaining. With the newly acquired knowledge that you provided, I may be ready to give it another go.

Ace...... Thanks for the in depth descriptions and advice..... Makes sense of what I've watched in other videos and gives me the confidence to give it a bash! Thanks

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

You bet, thanks!

Amazing video, I'm dieing to see the finished product.

Very helpful video. Thank you for taking the time to shop us beginners how it's done and why you do each strp

I don't think I even have one question after watching that! kinda strange huh? Well done Elijah! it looks like I should send you a new hat from my company! that one has a few miles on it. Stay safe my friend!

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve! You'll be happy to know i was forging the Damascus for your knife at the same time, but of course using the press since it started as a 21 layer billet.

@steveschlobohm5793

4 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge That's awesome Elijah, I can't wait to get it in my hands.

Absolutely awesome information for forge welding a billet…I watched this video twice. Thank you for taking the time to make it! 🐋

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

Fantastic tutori ....Very useful!

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thank for watching!

Phenomenal tutorial. This helped correct several of my issues. Thank you so much!

@FireCreekForge

Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks!

Your diagram on the anvil to force out the flux was awesome! Thank you for that! I was just wondering about that! Also describing the packing process vs the setting hammer blows was very helpful!!!

Another great video with good instruction and close up detail well done I think you’ve upped the game in you tube videos

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Dang I need some of what you got. Big pile of 15n20 over in the corner. I can’t find any blades in my area nor online. Buying & shipping it in 3ft lengths and 1.5” wide threw the mail sucks. Let alone its super thin or limited stock. Great video for the new guys aswell. Always great to see another go full time for their self successfully.

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

What’s up brother just got my first power hammer lol took me 6 years but got one now

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, I want to get one too some day

@kinardoutdoortv873

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge yeah I went down to Florida to get mine it’s a home built one but it works good lol

Great video man. You do a great job of putting the process into words

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate you watching

I saved this video its great step by step thank u i needed this

@FireCreekForge

3 ай бұрын

Good deal!

Thanks for the awesome video. I’m trying to forge my first Damascus billet and after a couple of failures I was thinking of giving up. All this info has given me hope though, back to the forge for me.

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad I can help, keep at it!

Thnx for the tutorial on how to use and do the Wondermus thing you do.... I don't think my neighbors would appreciate the noise... LOL I live in a condo.... Thnx Again

I'm learning so much, appreciate you sharing your knowledge, love your stuff, Thank you buddy!! I feel like I'm taking a class!

@FireCreekForge

Жыл бұрын

You bet!

Many thanks for a very informative video here sir. You definitely put out a truck load of info here. You sir are a good teacher. Well done!

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, glad it was helpful!

Excellent and accurate.

Thank you for this mate big help mentioning the jet engine

Great video with lots of instruction and info, well done! On heating an Anvil, WJ Blades just did a cool video of a propane heater for a striking anvil for making Damascus, which is a cool idea.

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

Cool! Thanks for watching!

Very informative, explained well, great content.👍✌️

Great video! Very educational!

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Very nice presentation

Thanks for making this video man very helpful and informative, I've watched a few videos and this by far was most helpful. I'm about to try my first forge well def be using some of the info you provided. Thanks 👍

@FireCreekForge

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

In the new year I'm going to start blladesmithing with 1 day hoping to create damascus steel . 1 question is what type of welder do I need to weld up the billets? Could I use flux core weld ?

@milkytoast6245

2 ай бұрын

yes that would work

There are sources that called pattern-welded steel "damascus" since the 1700's. So calling pattern welded steel damascus has been and industry standard for a few hundred years. I personally tend to call pattern welded steel damascus and the historic crucible steel wootz. I do get corrected and lots of hate, but I don't care most people know what I'm talking about when I call them what I call them. I just remind people that call me out that they have probably used the word "cool" incorrectly several times in their lifetime.

@FireCreekForge

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Good point, and thanks for watching!

Extremely well done Video! You are very good at explaining the Damascus process. Thank You! Iam a novice Blacksmith, looking to make Damascus. Do you have a Facebook page? Is there a way to ask you questions that I might have?

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! If you want to get in touch, the email contact form on my website is best; firecreekforge.com

@michaelsingfield6395

2 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge great! I appreciate that.

What type of welding rod are you using? Thanks for your video, it made a lot easier to understand.

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

It is 6013 rod. Thanks for watching!

Excellent! Do you know of any literature that details how to make specific designs of Damascus? such as: step by step directions for Feather Dsmascus etc...

@beatlebomber

4 жыл бұрын

Look up Jim Hrisoulas. He has three books out and one he is working on.

@bradymcphail9690

4 жыл бұрын

@@beatlebomber thank you very much.

I have a problem that I don't know how to solve. I use a coal forge and because of this I can’t properly monitor the temperature of the workpiece, because it is in the coals. When I want to do forge welding, my workpiece either melts into liquid metal or I don’t heat it enough and it oxidizes.

@FireCreekForge

9 ай бұрын

You'll have to monitor it better, so keeping it a little more visible and not so deep in the fire may help. Also, frequently rotating the billet for even heating is going to be important in a coal or charcoal forge.

Great video!

@finalaccuracy7695

3 ай бұрын

I have decided to learn to make my own knives. I found this video and went, "Hey, I worked with that guy!" 🤣

Nice work brother

Where do I get a forge like the one you used in this video?

I don't flux, it destroys the bricks. I weld all the way around sealing every gap, then bandsaw it off. Then again, I've only done a couple san mai's. (2 months in to the hobby).

Is it better to forge weld Damascus in a gas forge or coal forge ?

@sronnau99

2 жыл бұрын

Good question! I have heard both ways. I would love to his response!

Very new to this and your video along with others have helped me tremendously! There is one thing that is missing though, the thickness of the two different steels. I did hear you say that the 1094 was 3/16", so by looking at the stacks you had and the 15N20 being half as tall, I am assuming that they are 1/8"? And is this important that they are different thicknesses?

You can soak the steel in acid over night to remove that scale as well

how many layers do you use for rain drop pattern

Experience is a good but can be an expensive learner

Great video New subscriber Cheers

What would a person do if they use a coal forge instead of a gas forge 🤔🤔🤔

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

The procedures are you he same, managing the coal forge is a little different, such as getting even heat, fire atmosphere, etc..

good stuff

Excellent video. What PSI do you run on forge when welding?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Typically I run it 15-20psi for welding

@tullydj2

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge Thank you.

How do you forge weld without using a modern welder to tack it together?

@FireCreekForge

3 ай бұрын

You can use wire to hold it together and I've heard of guys using stainless steel hose clamps

Wow...was excited to see how but 12 mimites of him explaining the sams thing twice is toooooo much.

Any recommendation on the 15N20 thickness compared to the 1095?

@FireCreekForge

4 ай бұрын

I typically use 15N20 that's about .075" to .090" with my non nickel steel being 1/8" inch thick.

@davidshankland

4 ай бұрын

@@FireCreekForge thanks! 🙏

How do you achieve a carborized flame in a coke/coal forge?

@FireCreekForge

Жыл бұрын

Air control, plus placement in the fire is important; not too close to the air supply

Wouldn’t have been easier to grind clean the steel before chopping it up into little pieces?

Sparks from your forge is not dragons breath. Dragons breath is excess flame emitting from the forge in a near billow, this indicates a rich running forge.

Dude, you are killing me. There is no word "oxidization." It is just "oxidation."

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, there is, means the same thing.

Would not be easier clean the steel before you cut it?

The term youre looking for? Wootz.........

You need to buy new cap 😂

just get to forging dudde jeeze

@ameliatravis3951

Жыл бұрын

Bro he disclosed in the beginning of the video this was for people who dont know anything about how to forge weld Guess what you have thumbs and a skip option on the video skip the educational part and watch the forging jeez

Lol watched the whole video ... But didn't see the finished product 🤦🤦😂

Muy denso y aburrido

It's not Damascus steel. It's folded steel. Stop using the term Damascus

@FireCreekForge

26 күн бұрын

Patterned steel has been called "Damascene" or "Damascus" steel for centuries. I'm not here to change that.

OH MY GOD HE TALKS SO MUCH🤦‍♂️

@FireCreekForge

Жыл бұрын

It's an instructional video...

@Azarathification

6 ай бұрын

@@FireCreekForge You need to mime it of course...

I'm not trying to be rude but you keep repeating yourself

@mandersonpersonal1571

2 жыл бұрын

This is true, but I actually appreciate his repetition because it helps hammer the points home (pun absolutely intended!). As a beginner, I often need reminders of key points to keep them in my head.