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Old 03-02-2016, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by WNC Goater View Post
I don't know much about forging but is it a possibility to take a tiny ball of annealed steel, put a tiny piece of silver solder or similar in the hole, then peen that ball of steel into the hole, then heat it to flow the solder and fuse in the ball, then grind smooth?
Being a rank beginner, I have no idea if that would work or not. I would be concerned that it would be a glaring blemish in the damascus pattern though. The brass inlay idea intrigues me, as I think it could look nicely artistic. I thought about drilling a row of holes along the blade and filling them with brass. I think the way I would do that would be to drill the holes, say 1/4", heat the blade a little bit to expand the metal, then hammer 1/4" brass rod into the hole. When the blade cools I'd think that would firmly hold the brass in place. Am I correct?
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