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Had so much fun with this one! Forging stuff this thick is no joke, I did my best to void wasting material. Also tried this hidden tang / handle construction for the first time, very interesting to me, hope you like it as well!

Check out @BIG DOG FORGE to see how this canister damascus was made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNl66XbJ7PM

Stacked cork material made in last week video: https://youtu.be/jd4qiTlsJg8

And here are some of the videos about the tools I used:
Fullering tool: https://youtu.be/zVbi4OYXxgY
File guide: https://youtu.be/YNpr7SB-CMw
Hardening oven: https://youtu.be/5MNwqwmrWgQ
Tempering oven: https://youtu.be/uILynSeLuzU
Rosa drill press: https://youtu.be/BZmqVw7MJsg
Excelsior drill press: https://youtu.be/Cpu4Idp7dNI

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Index of operation and materials:
0:10 Coke forge
0:20 Isolate tang material with fullering tool
1:07 Forge Bevel
3:40 Clean profile with 2x72 belt grinder
4:10 Grind bevels, big magnets works well to hold this big blade
4:33 File guide to grind a square transition between tang and blade
4:50 Round corners of transition
5:10 Hand sand pre heat treatment to remove deepest scratches up to 120 grit
5:30 Hardening: heat to 820°C and quench in warm oil at around 70°C
6:15 Tempering to 220°C For 2.5 hrs
6:40 Tempering the spine even more for extra thoughness
7:00 Etch in ferric chloride (hand sanded off camera to 400grit)
7:30 Slot in tang made with metal cutting bandsaw
7:50 Brazing 4mm brass rod to the tang with oxy acetylene torch, flux and appropriate solder
8:50 Scrap brass plate cut for front and back guard
9:10 Tang slot marked and drilled with Rosa drill press
9:30 Holes connected with rotary tool and grinding discs (off camera final fit done with small files)
9:50 Grind to shape front guard
10:00 Hammered texture done with ball peen hammer
10:23 Bottom guard drilled at an angle for brass pin
11:00 Forced patina applied to hammered brass for contrast
11:10 Stacked cork material made last week
11:45 Cut to size and drilled to fit the tang
12:20 Glue up with slow setting epoxy glue
12:47 Tang brass pin riveted over the bottom guard, locks everything togheter, no clamps needed
13:05 Excess material cut out from handle
13:15 Then ground to shape with belt grinder
13:50 Final shaping and finishing done by hand with sandpaper up to 400grit
14:02 White mineral oil as finish
14:13 Blade is ground to zero, final bevel cleaned up on the slack part of belt grinder with fine belt

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