Mosaic Pattern Welded Steel

Stacking initial forge welding and then machining and re stacking the billet to develop the braid like pattern.

Mosaic pattern welded steel.

Add shims of contrasting steel such as 15n20 or pure nickel and then forge weld and draw the billet down into a 1 inch square bar. Cut four squares of the steel and stack them into a square billet. It is started with squares of solid steel such as 1050 or 1095. Quite simply because he can produce it with exceptional quality and unique patterns.

Simple basic little intro to the world of damascus steel. It combines corrosion resistance with superior edge sharpness and toughness. If you would like to purchase mosaic damascus you can contact him directly through the contact doug page. The steel becomes stainless after heat treatment.

When using mosaic patterns in a knife it is somewhat trickier because forging it to flat barstock would not be visible on the knife. Damasteel ds93x martensitic damascus patterned steel this steel consists of two different hardenable steel grades in more than one hundred layers. Damascus meanwhile is the process of pattern welding two different kinds of steels can be two harden able steel alloys together and then forging the implement to make swirly liquid pattern. Braided mosaic pattern welded steel.

Pattern welded damascus steels were made by forge welding two steel grades into a sandwich. By tucker parris august 1 2018 in video. Pattern welded damascus bars being forged together. Doug is on instagram.

For all his latest check out doug s instagram click here. However it doesn t lend itself easily to making semi automatic firearms because there is a lot of precision machining that is needed even after the. Knife makers from all over the globe use his steel to make their knives. If enough pieces are welded side by side a loaf can be made where slices are cut off to be the blade.

Here you can see photos of doug s amazing mosaic aka pattern welded steel damascus work and photos of his shop and some of the equipment he uses. I ve still got about 10 tons of knowledge to learn about the subject but ho. Doug ponzio mosaic pattern welded steel is mostly sought after for knife making. The spider web or grid is another simple mosaic pattern.

Braided mosaic pattern welded steel. The number of layers multiplied as the smiths repeatedly tilted and forge welded the metals at.