Oscar this is a very helpful video. Thanks so much. I will most certainly put these in my projects. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Can't wait to see what you forge next. Forge on. God bless
Your twists on the round bar are exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’m definitely going to try your technique, probably with really small stock at first to get the hang of it. You did a great job of explaining what you were doing and that was a tremendous help for me to understand what you were doing and how to control the twists. Keep up the good work!
I'm a bit late to this video but boy am I glad I found it. I now realise why my rope twists and reverse twists look so bad in comparison (made a jig from two spanners then used a 3rd to twist, guess what, I get a flat in the centre of each, not anymore) Thanks Oscar.
@@oscarduck1920 I went out yesterday and tried the reverse twist and it turned out great! Decided to make a fire poker with that twist. It's mesmerizing! Thanks again for great videos!
Dear Oscar, can I insert a snip of 7 seconds of this video in a city game (Urban Hunt)? The players will need to tell how many times a bar was twisted. The snip would be very useful to make sure the players understand the question. Thanks in advance!
When you talk about 'damascus', you should be calling it 'pattern welded'. Genuine damascus was first made from a crucible steel of specific composition and invented about 2,500 years ago, possibly in asian subcontinent. The characteristic banding was created by repeated heat treatments, not by welding together different steels. The technology was lost a couple of hundred years ago due to European competition, but is gradually being rediscovered.
