I think everyone is wrong about using a coal forge for Damascus

Three years ago at the big meet in Springfield, I saw a guy make a perfect pattern weld with a gas forge. Everyone told him it wouldn't work, that you need the soft heat from coal. He kept his temp at 2200 degrees and used borax. Last week I tried it myself on a small billet and the layers stuck just fine. Why do we still push the old way so hard when the new tools work?

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the_nina17d ago

Remember my buddy Carl? He built a gas forge in his garage just to prove a point. Made a killer ladder pattern blade on his first try with it. Honestly, the old guard just hates change.

matthewp5217d ago

Of course he did. Carl probably looked at a YouTube video and just went for it. Meanwhile, the old guard is still arguing about the right kind of coal to use.