bizarre... I'm changing my opinion..... looking at the spine of Rick's knife I am agreeing with Tom...
- the edge was and spine was formed by inserting the core (with a scarfed edge) into a "V" shaped steel bar .... then welded shut
- this is revealed on the spine....... the flat of the spine is ground in.... removing the tip/edge of the steel in order to expose the core material...
- so when looking at it from the spine you see two steel outer plates with a black line/central core showing or exposed..
at first I was opposed to this view......it is alot of work, and I can see no gain from it to justify the extra work.....
-also..... a buttweld is not weaker..... if properly scarfed, clean surface, fluxed with borax.....and heated to proper temp........ hammered with proper pressure...... ... solid phase welding will occur !
- this process is done with numerous swords (euro's)
just goes to show you.........there are many paths to producing laminates
Greg
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