Damascus Steel Starter Pack

Description

Want a head start on your next Damascus or pattern welded steel project? The Damascus Steel Starter Pack includes 2 x 300mm pieces of 1084 and 15N20. Simply cut them into 63mm wide strips and weld them together into a stack so you can hammer a Damascus billet out.

Also included in this kit is a 500g tin of Anhydrous Borax.

Watch Dave’s beginners video showing the basic process for working with these stacks if you are thinking of producing your first pattern welded blade.

Blade by Leila Haddad, find out more about Leila HERE

Recommended Working Sequence For 15N20 + 1075

Forging:  to 2150 °F (1175 °C). Do not forge below 1500 °F (815 °C)

Normalizing: Heat to 1600 °F (870 °C). Cool in still air. Follow up with further refinement cycles.

Annealing: Heat to 1500 °F (815 °C). Furnace cool to 1200 °F (650 °C) at a rate not exceeding 50 °F (28 °C) per hour.

Grinding or Machining

Hardening: Austenitize- Heat to no higher than 1500 °F (815 °C). Quench in G-Quench or equivalent oil.

Tempering:  As-quenched hardness of approximately 65 HRC. Hardness can be adjusted downward by proper tempering max 392°F (200 °C)