DAMASCUS SUPER SAVER #2 (5 DVD Set!)

Description

DAMASCUS SUPER SAVER #2 (5 DVD Set!) includes:

Canister Damascus with Steve Schwarzer

Steve Schwarzer is an ABS Master Bladesmith working out of Crescent City, Florida. He’s the longest continuous serving Master Bladesmith in the American Bladesmith Society. Steve started forging blades in 1972, and his Master Bladesmith papers were signed by William F. (Bill) Moran in 1981. Steve’s been making knives for over 50 years now, and during this time he has developed various methods for working with canister and powder welded damascus.

Steve’s many years of experience and in-depth knowledge of forging damascus is on full display in this demonstration. Although the canister pattern that he forges in this video may be somewhat simple, the principles taught throughout the video can be used to produce virtually any other more complex pattern.  His knowledge should be of great value to anyone who desires to forge canister damascus.

This video contains the following chapters:

Introduction and Explanation

Building the Can

Preparing to Weld

Shucking the Billet

Using the Pattern

Etching and Conclusion

Total Run Time: 58 minutes

The Wire Damascus Hunting Knife with Wayne Goddard: How to Do It

Wayne calls it a two-hour knifemaking adventure. This DVD shows every step in making a knife and after the billet is welded up. Circa 90% of the instruction applies to a knife made of any type of steel.

CONTENTS anvils, hammers, hammer practice, more hammers, distal taper explained, start forge welding sequence, forge-welding “heat” defined, forge welding the cable, twisting the partial welded cable, guillotine and spring fuller tools explained, Second welding heat, billet doubling, third welding heat, billet shown, 4th weld, 5th weld, removing scale, wet hammering, cut off hardy, scraper for scale, slow action weld, blade shaping with the hammer, hot rasp, spring fuller in use, shaping the narrow tang w/ the guillotine fuller, coal versus gas, the blade preform, preform curve, drawing out the edge bevel, shaping hammer, spreading, Packing, normalizing, annealing, talk about the color on the video not being accurate, wedge tool, beater, schwocking (adjusting the curvature of the blade), vermiculite, baby furnace, Heat treating, grind prior to heat treat, decarburization, the goop quench,

Heat treating sequence: Heating for quench, temper colors, safety with quench oil, quenching the blade, cleaning off the quench oil, checking the hardness,

Alternate tempering methods: Edge quenching, the soft back draw, the tempering oven, the brass rod edge strength test, home-made belt grinders, grinding, inspecting the rough grind, modified vise, hand rubbing the blade, home made flat-disc machine, Bowie knife with 15″ blade, Etching, cold bluing, handle fitting, drilling pin holes, inletting the tang, gluing up the handle, pinning, shaping, and finishing the handle, sharpening

Damascus with Bill Moran

(NOTE: American Bladesmith Society DVDs are NOT Hollywood productions and some titles do not have DVD case art. They do offer the highest level of instruction by ABS Journeymen and Mastersmiths for serious knifemakers and bladesmiths)

This ninety (90) minute DVD features American Bladesmith Society founder Bill Moran who was the first to create Damascus steel in the United States.

Bill explains and demonstrates how to make a Damascus blade. Watch and learn as he takes you through the forging process to the final stages of grinding and etching. The Damascus DVD provides information on maintaining the correct fire temperature, forge welding and creating different Damascus patterns.

Included are safety tips and suggestions on the best tools to use.

In Damascus, Bill Moran shares with you his fifty-two years of bladesmithing experience.

(NOTE: American Bladesmith Society DVDs are NOT Hollywood productions and some titles do not have DVD case art. They do offer the highest level of instruction by ABS Journeymen and Mastersmiths for serious knifemakers and bladesmiths)

This ninety (90) minute DVD features American Bladesmith Society founder Bill Moran who was the first to create Damascus steel in the United States.

Bill explains and demonstrates how to make a Damascus blade. Watch and learn as he takes you through the forging process to the final stages of grinding and etching. The Damascus DVD provides information on maintaining the correct fire temperature, forge welding and creating different Damascus patterns.

Included are safety tips and suggestions on the best tools to use.

In Damascus, Bill Moran shares with you his fifty-two years of bladesmithing experience. 

Damascus Steel with J.W. Randall (3 discs)

(NOTE: American Bladesmith Society DVDs are NOT Hollywood productions and some titles do not have DVD case art. They do offer the highest level of instruction by ABS Journeymen and Mastersmiths for serious knifemakers and bladesmiths)

This is a three (3) DVD set of ABS Master Smith J.W. Randall demonstrating the making of several Damascus steel patterns including Mosaic Damascus patterns.

This DVD set was filmed during the Fifth Mid America Bladesmithing Exposition held in Troy, Ohio which was sponsored by the American Bladesmith Society, Inc and hosted by the Southern Ohio Forge and Anvil.

DVD #1 of 3 contains the following Chapters:

1)    Introduction

2)    Damascus Steel Choices

3)    Damascus Pattern Discussion

4)    Cleaning, De-scaling & Fluxing Steels

5)    Initial Welding 20 Element Billet

6)    Cutting & Folding Forming 40 Layer Billet

7)    Forming a 80 Layer Billet

8)    Creating the 160 Layer Billet

DVD #2 of 3 contains the following Chapters:

1)    Continue: Creating the 160 Layer Billet

2)    Forming Ladder Pattern using Spring Swage

3)    Fashioning & Grinding Ladder Pattern

4)    Discussion of Randall’s Damascus Billets

5)    Billet Fabrication Process

6)    Etching the Ladder Pattern

7)    Accordion Damascus, Hardy Mandrel Jig

8)    Randall’s Damascus Billet Slide Show

DVD #3 of 3 contains the following Chapters:

1)    Multi-Bar Mosaic Damascus Pattern

2)    Initial Mosaic Pattern Forge Weld

3)    1st Cut & Fold of Mosaic Billet

4)    2nd Cut @ 90o to 1st and Fold

5)    Description of Randall’s Forge

6)    3rd Cut & Fold

7)    Trimming Pattern Billet & Etching

8)    Slide Show of Randall’s Knives

Basic Damascus Patterns with Mike Norris

Renowned damascus steel and knife maker, Mike Norris, gives you an up-close, and in-depth look at creating and preparing basic damascus patterns.

Lessons include:

• Basic Pattern Materials Preparation
• Proper Heating Techniques
• Grinding and Finishing
• Pattern Design
• And much more…!!

Total run time: 44 minutes.

With quick and easy menu access to all lessons.