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6th June 2005, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 116
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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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