In this special collaboration episode we forge a giant slavic straight razor out of pattern welded damascus steel. We take you through all of the steps of making a knife or sword blade to then send it to Black Beard Projects to make the handle.
To see part 2 of this build go to : • Finishing The "Slavic Razor" forged by MAN...
First we show how to stack your billet and where to tac weld it together.
2nd we show how to forge weld your billet on a nazel 2b power hammer and hot cut and fold to desired layer count.
3rd we show how to forge a preform for a integral knife.
4th we show how create latter pattern with a grinder.
5th we show how to forge your bevels on a knife blade.
6th we show how to rough grind a hollow ground edge.
7th we show how to heat treat a knife or sword.
8th we show how to polish out a knife blade.
9th we etch the blade in ferric chloride to show the pattern.
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Videos Shot, Produced and edited by - Matt Stagmer
Co-producer Ilya Alekseyev
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Ilya Alekseyev - @slavicsmith on instagrom
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