Crucible Steel ?

Rick · 28th March 2005, 05:02 PM

" The pattern on your blade looks to me as if it is in relief, which is strange. I think I have seen it before, but at the moment I don’t remember where, but to me it suggests an acid treatment of some kind. How is the colour of the blade, is it a ‘dull’ grey? "

Hi Jens , yes it is fairly grey .

Lee · 28th March 2005, 06:15 PM

My opinion is that the pattern is arising from layers and the grain pattern of the steel.

Gt Obach · 28th March 2005, 07:05 PM

ditto
nice blade... looks like a flat laminate... and lotsa layers

Greg

Jens Nordlunde · 28th March 2005, 08:06 PM

Hi Lee and Greg,
Yes to me it seems like that - but how, and why?
To me, there seems to be, at the moment to the question than answers.

Jens

tom hyle · 29th March 2005, 01:21 AM

How and why? Folding, and because that's how steel was made, alloyed, and homogenized (other than crucible steel); no mystery there.

28th March 2005, 08:06 PM	#4
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Hi Lee and Greg, Yes to me it seems like that - but how, and why? To me, there seems to be, at the moment to the question than answers. Jens Last edited by Jens Nordlunde; 28th March 2005 at 08:18 PM.

28th March 2005, 05:02 PM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	" The pattern on your blade looks to me as if it is in relief, which is strange. I think I have seen it before, but at the moment I don’t remember where, but to me it suggests an acid treatment of some kind. How is the colour of the blade, is it a ‘dull’ grey? " Hi Jens , yes it is fairly grey .

28th March 2005, 06:15 PM	#2
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 937	My opinion is that the pattern is arising from layers and the grain pattern of the steel.

28th March 2005, 07:05 PM	#3
Gt Obach Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 116	ditto nice blade... looks like a flat laminate... and lotsa layers Greg

29th March 2005, 01:21 AM	#5
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	How and why? Folding, and because that's how steel was made, alloyed, and homogenized (other than crucible steel); no mystery there.