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Skill / Talent Super Unique Damascus Steel Knife Design

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u/werealldoomed47 4d ago

He cut it forged it so many times I don't think that pattern would come through.

Like bro eventually it's just going to be a well mixed alloy.

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u/MissLyss29 4d ago

Right at one point I was like um wasn't he trying to make a pattern what's with all the mixing

Also do they not supply pre mixed alloys so you don't have to do all that mixing when making a display piece

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u/Glyphpunk 4d ago

Doesn't the process of making damascus steel specifically require a lot of repeated mixed in order to produce the layers?

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u/an-unorthodox-agenda 4d ago

Yes. I don't know what everyone is so upset about, the video just shows the manufacturing process of a Damascus steel blade. And they chose to watch it.

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u/Neospartan_117 4d ago

The smith was working on multiple billets, but the video kinda made it look like they were working on a singular one. That in turn made it seem like the smith was producing so many layers they would eventually become too thin to distinguish and basically become a homogenous metal with no pattern.

A fault of the video format, really. A longer format would have had space to make it clear there were several billets being worked on.

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u/Meowakin 4d ago

That makes so much more sense! I was like there is no way they managed to plan out that billet through so many different ways of layering it.

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u/werealldoomed47 4d ago

As the guy that originally bitched that makes sense. As long as the original billet was large enough to do such things.

I have my doubt but yield to a more educated opinion.

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u/toomanyshoeshelp 3d ago

The fuck is wrong with you this is Reddit don’t you dare yield

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u/Adorable-Strings 4d ago

The smith was working on multiple billets,

Well, the autohammer was. The guy moving ingots around probably shouldn't be called a 'smith'

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u/KEPD-350 4d ago

I demand a refund!

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u/HendrixHazeWays 4d ago

jk, I loved the video

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u/peelen 4d ago

And then they chose to voice their opinion. Where is the problem?

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u/an-unorthodox-agenda 4d ago

Leaving a comment increases engagement and makes the oc more popular. If they didnt like the video, they should have just kept scrolling. Unless, of course, they seek out content that enrages them and intentionally increase engagement to try to enrage more people. I think they call that trolling.

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u/peelen 4d ago

Saying that a boring video is boring isn't trolling.