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Thank you all. Initially starting out, I was thinking about using either leaf spring or coil springs where I can get a good amount of steel for free or very cheap to learn on. Is that a bad idea? As far as buying steel, I looked at either 1084 or 1095 and W2 for learning before progressing, over a few years to Damascus attempts. Lately I’ve been hooked on watching Forged in Fire. I really want to get into forging, but as I thoroughly enjoy doing things by hand, will not be getting pressed or power hammer. Building a 2x72 will most likely be the extent of power tools for it.
And thank you for the explanation of Damascus and the techniques and patterns available. And I would also like to thank everyone for not “belittling “ me in my naivety in this
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