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SUMMARY:Damascus Demo 4/30 by Paul Crosby
URL:https://cdblacksmiths.com/news/damascus-demo-4-30-by-paul-crosby/
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170430
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DESCRIPTION:Paul Crosby's terrific demonstration on coal forging multiple
  layers of steel\, to achieve a damascus/pattern welded blank\n\nPaul fi
 lled in at the last minute for the original demonstrator who had a sudde
 n date conflict. Typically for Paul\, he never hesitated and stepped up 
 to the plate\, er\, forge and gave a wonderfully informative demo. What 
 made this especially neat was that Paul had never previously made a dama
 scus blank on a coal forge as he does all his damascus\, or pattern weld
 ing\, using propane gas. Paul started with 7 layers of two types of stee
 l\, welded them then folded the piece in half for a now 14 layers of ste
 el and forge welded them as well. By folding the 14 again you would then
  have 28 layers and so on with repeated folds the layers growing exponen
 tially by doubling with each fold. Very clear\, organized and understand
 able steps for the whole process were given each step of the way. Paul a
 lso talked a bit about the history of damascus\, where it originated and
  why\, etc. He also brought several samples of damascus which he either 
 made knives from or has finished blanks ready to use. Wonderful demo. Go
 od job\, Paul!
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