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from the elk head to Medusa's head
Its starting to look like a Kopis!
Building the layer count up. 2-64 layer billets
Making the initial Damascus Billet for the CuMai
Mondays Minute - Using knifeprint and images to create a design.
Mondays Minute - Using knifeprint and images to create a design.
I always have to have a look. and it looks fantastic!
How I electro-etch my touchmark onto my work with a home built DC setting for depth and AC for Darkness.
This is how I etch my damascus. I use the solution described in the "Test Etch of Medusa's Revenge" and hand sand things up to 2000 grit
I need a kiln to heat treat the Kopis CuMai sword. I had been using the pottery kiln from my wifes 3 cats pottery, but it isnt big enough and CuMai needs a precise temperature control. Thus a kiln. I wrote an article on how I planned this out on my website at https://www.solarstorm.ca I got the fire bricks in bulk from Plainsman pottery https://plainsmanclays.com/store/index.php?find=Fire+Brick&pictureflow=1&iframe=0&store=1f5v2j7n4i Mortar https://www.amazon.ca/UNITED-STATES-HDW-MFG-HA/dp/B000FSQTAC/ref=sr_1_14?crid=2NIPNDFG7TC2M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.s7nuch3W0MlWoPdb3ZoLpbi9LJt5l1iu0ZvpC5nsbwT5Hwmfd8xGC4xWvulN4myRn6m5c0TlEMMWcbEJO2V_Zt4KrDPB6otb0PlyPVAf4GHFpRNNM-01-khJLf0MHCsPva3c6rVjymuqE1AFjEm_gupOr574Ctb2NsgZf7AcnpHTbYjbOByKUcveXImPMzHfTrZsw9vqRQ3PNFyLGGIxy9HztrpQSlKja-W43LI9wLUXsfYeGr_0Jeu82AynFUJM.BZe0848_gTF-jOGYcbkwP5J6XheXU8JrFrOzdrvRr0E&dib_tag=se&keywords=refractory+mortar+2300&qid=1722350078&sprefix=refractory+mortar+2300%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-14 Ball Router Bit (the only place I could find them) https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/power-tool-accessories/router-bits/30180-plunge-ball-bits WARNING! Enter this store at your own peril! you WILL buy more tools than you need! Follow along on the Medusa's Revenge CuMai Kopis Build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVtsSujiC1w&list=PLMScSDwkFa8ZCYnDd4S50gHm4nJ9y3gkM&pp=gAQBiAQB
Part 2 of the Kiln Build. Insulating the fire box and wiring explanation. Part 3 finishing details coming soon
Etching is like Christmas. As the pattern reveals, the realization of all the hard work comes to life
Design the build, build the design. Step 1 creating the paper plan for the cobra sheath
My way of tooling leather for a sheath.
Making the pocket and a dumb mistake…
The rest of the parts and punching the stitching holes
The last part of making the sheath. Airbrushing the leather for a two tone finish.
Until the heat treatment is done, its just a piece of steel. Born in fire a hunk of sharp steel becomes a sword.
There is a satisfaction when everything just clicks together
4" Twist Damascus Paring knife. Memorializing a charm from from a pets collar in the handle
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