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Title: Damascus points
Post by: sleek on October 29, 2014, 05:49:48 pm

I work with a knife maker who forges his own Damascus.  I was wondering what interest there would be in points made of it were I to start making them and what design?

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: JoJoDapyro on October 29, 2014, 05:55:36 pm

Depends on what you would want for them. It is super cool metal. I would like a few just for fun.

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: sleek on October 29, 2014, 06:00:18 pm

I would do my best to be in the value area of what the black diamond and Eskimos are....

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: Eric Garza on October 29, 2014, 06:14:56 pm

I'd be interested. What are you looking for in trade? What styles can you make? I'd want something that's single bevel, like  the Abowyer points (http://www.abowyer.com/id125.html).

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: mullet on October 29, 2014, 07:22:29 pm

I'd be interested if you can keep the weight down.

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: sleek on October 29, 2014, 07:32:12 pm

What weight is acceptable?

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: mullet on October 30, 2014, 01:13:21 am

Under 180 grns for me. I have a knifemaker friend here that made me some and he finally got me one around 140gn.

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: aaron on October 30, 2014, 11:25:36 am

I'd be interested if they were 145-200 grains. Would these be screw in or glue on? Should be no wider than 1 1/4 for me.

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: sleek on October 30, 2014, 12:51:31 pm

For the attachment,  I was thinking the easiest is a trad point with a tang. I will have to look into how to make a socket to make a glue on. A screw on wouldnt be very hard because id just make a thicker tang and thread it.

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: Stoker on October 30, 2014, 02:18:58 pm

Glue on- you would probaly have to forge it like a medievle broadhead.. youtube has some interesting vids.. Have some O2 been thinking about it.. Tie on tang would be the simplest and they look cool..
Thanks Leroy

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: mullet on October 30, 2014, 04:58:54 pm

The ones I had were like a Trade point, just tie it on with sinew.

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: sleek on October 30, 2014, 06:11:31 pm

These will be 15n20 and 1095 steel. I may make a press that will form a tang into a round socket but weight will be an issue to overcome there.

By the way I got permission from him today to make points and he would give me the steel to do it. So I will start out with trade point tang with a typical 2" long 1" wide point and see what that weighs. Will try .050 thick for starters. 

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: mullet on October 31, 2014, 01:42:31 pm

Cool, looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Title: Re: Damascus points
Post by: Eric Garza on October 31, 2014, 08:47:11 pm

If I trade for some, I'd want them to be trade points that I can wind on with sinew or thread soaked in glue. I'd want mine on the lighter side too, and perhaps 7/8 - 1 inch wide, certainly no wider than that. I'd want them on the lighter side to, up to 150 grains would be fine, lighter would be fine too.