The Official Random Video Thread!

[woodworkingboy]

Great vid, Steve. What a thrill it must be.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Really cool!

 

[MasterBlaster]

He was using multiple meteorites.

 

[stig]

Great vid, Steve. What a thrill it must be.

I wonder if they'll ever become commercially available.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Have they ever really figured out how to make a true Damascus sword? I think the knowledge was lost when they were no longer being made. Various theories were developed in more modern times.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Well I'll be ding danged! I never knew!

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[FireFighterZero]

Have they ever really figured out how to make a true Damascus sword? I think the knowledge was lost when they were no longer being made. Various theories were developed in more modern times.

I dont know. But they make damascus gun parts that are really pretty. Mabey not true damascus.

 

[stig]

Damascus is simply used as a name for steel made by welding two different steel types together by folding and beating them.

Hum. I just looked in Wiki and found out that it is wrong to use that definition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bladesmith#Damascus_steel

The last paragraph is interesting, and the reason why I originally piped up:

"A number of myths about bladesmithing have sprung up in the modern era due to incorrect depictions of bladesmithing in movies and other media, as well as a widespread lack of understanding of the art. These depictions often occur in modern movies such as Conan the Barbarian, Highlander III: The Sorcerer and The Lord of the Rings and mislead their audiences into false understandings of the art.[29]"

I hate the way Hollywood is cheapening everything, history included.

 

[FireFighterZero]

My gunsmith friend makes 1911's like this when he can get a slide.

They look like regular stainless until you treat them with acid, then the pattern emerges. They call is Stainless Damascus.

 

[woodworkingboy]

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[woodworkingboy]

Bill Porter.

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[SoonerFan]

Wow. What a man.


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[FireFighterZero]

That choked me up when the letter said "tell Bill I'm sorry". What a story.

 

[Fiddler]

Inspiring! Good find Jay.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Cool old guy... supporting himself and not relying on the government.

 

[vharrison]

Thanks for posting that Jay.

 

[gf beranek]

pulls on the heart strings.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Inspirational indeed

 

[MasterBlaster]

I bet I could secure this fellow.

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[MasterBlaster]

So cool.

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[woodworkingboy]

Nice buddy to have.

 

[flushcut]

Speaking of Jay have you seen your crow?

 

[woodworkingboy]

Not a sign of him.

 

[Mick!]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153355342696661

Parenting

 

[CurSedVoyce]