Pattern Welded Steel Sword

This is a sketch to show you what the steel pattern looks like under the fire scale.

Pattern welded steel sword.

Patterns from a piled blade structure philippine barong an indian naga dao and a celtic long sword mechanical damascus steel pattern welded steel. The blades pommels and guards are entirely made of damascus steel culminating into a stunning masterpiece which will impress even the most discriminating collector. I received a grant from my local arts funding organization arts nb to give me the time to make the project happen. An indian chevron pattern talwar.

This is a classic herringbone pattern. The blade of this sword is forged from a blend of 1095 15n20 steel and tempered to create this gorgeous pattern welded damascus steel you see here. Pattern welded swords show a distinct interwoven figuring in the steel that imparted an especial beauty and visual liveliness to the blade. It must be hard and durable hold a keen edge yet must also be.

Often mistakenly called damascus steel blades forged in this manner often display bands of slightly different patterning along their entire length. Pattern welding is the practice in sword and knife making of forming a blade of several metal pieces of differing composition that are forge welded together and twisted and manipulated to form a pattern. It was the first composite pattern welded sword i made and i can still remember the nervous excitement of planning the project. The damascus steel swords also known as pattern welded steel swords are entirely made with 1095 5160 l 6 and o1 steel creating a stunning contrast to the folded steel layering.

Ulfberht swords were made during a period when european swords were still predominantly pattern welded false damascus but with larger blooms of steel gradually becoming available so that higher quality swords made after ad 1000 are increasingly likely to have crucible steel blades. A close up of a pattern welded sword blade made up from two twisted bundles with carbon steel edges. The group of ulfberht swords includes a wide spectrum of. These bands can be highlighted for.

Finely laminated steel hada grain of the japanese sword hamon from differential heat treatment in japanese blades. Two or more metals of different combinations are heated to a very high temperature and then hammered together. These steels have been folded approximately 400 520 times and the end result has a rockwell hardness rating between 58 60. This style of pattern weld could possibly be the blodida pattern or blood eddy described in the norse sagas.

It is comprised of two twisted bundles forged flat with a wrought iron back and a carbon steel.