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Old 12-10-2010, 03:10 PM
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New here and what to do with my Campo?

I'm new to Knife Network and I'm thrilled to see this particular forum. I'm teaching myself to smelt up here in Northern Wisconsin where ores are abundant and I'm taking Ric Furer's shear steel course this Jan.

I've just been given a quarter size chunk of Campo and am wondering how to best incorporate it into some teko-gane I'm thinking about doing. I'm just layering scrap steel and iron with 1084 dust and flux on a paddle. Should I grind the Campo or break it into chunks and distribute?

Also... I was looking at the other threads and saw that some of you are getting Campo shavings. May I ask where you get that?

Anyway.. excited to start sharing my learning experiences here.


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Old 12-10-2010, 06:34 PM
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The campo meteorite welds fairly easily but is quite "red short" but after smelted this should not be a problem. If you want to weld it in for high contrast, I find it much easier to work if you sandwich it between pieces of steels to weld or put it in a can. I've not tried grinding or smelting it. [It usually has around 8-9 % nickel]


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Old 05-09-2011, 05:19 PM
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Campo

I've used layers and/ or powder to mix mine.
Most of the meteorite damascus I make is in a canned environment.
This stuff cost too much to waste.
You can melt and cast it, or pour it to crystalize on a sheet.
When I cut, I keep the chips for mixing with powder for a speckled mix.
You can make stripes from layers, mosaics, and use the speckle mix to fill pictures, etc...
That is for smelting or damascus.
I like meteorite fittings, blued just right with that crystal polished look.
(I just added some examples to my new web page that is still under construction, sorry to say that a couple can also be found in the sold catagory at the bottom of that page too)
I appologize I didn't recognoze your intro, "campo".
Once I read more it WAS something I could help with.
I would post links but I'm a computer dummy mostly.
I've been playing with this for a few years, so if I can help, contact me.
It is a fairly new thing to knife making by demand, but it SELLS, both in meteorite damascus and pure meteorite fittings, blued or not. (check out G-50 in the hand forged blade part- 4 billet composite meteorite mosaic damascus blade w/mammoth tooth handle, orG-42,43,44...or folders like G-52 or look in the sold catagories for others)

I DON"T use meteorite in the cutting edge of anything!
Meteorite is unpredictable for heat treating measures.

It blues at about 425' in your oven once polished.
Add heat if needed, but slowly. It takes a couple hours sometimes depending on material thickness and such. A little too much heat is WAY too much once you pass the color range you want, but you can re- polish and blue again if you go too far.

I've just been experimenting with this stuff so far, and the BEST is yet to come.
I'm having fun with it.
Feel free to peak at my new web page, I'll be announcing it very soon and once the video page gets fixed.
Maybe I can do for meteorite, what I did for cable damascus (for those who know me still)
Anyway, play and have fun.
If I can help you have fun, contact me,
God bless you all.
Geno

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Old 05-10-2011, 10:14 AM
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Sorry about the where to get it part.
Charles Turnage from Fine Turnage Products in San Antonio, Tx sells meteorite in slabs, the saw chips are a favor to me, they collect it for me, but you can make your own too.
You can file, saw, or use machined chips for the shape, mix it into say a 1084 powder and can weld it together in a billet. It leaves those speckles in the background.
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