We made raindrop Damascus with Alec Steele! This is part 1 of 2 where we actually forge the Damascus steel. Now, links to all the videos in the series:

Our videos
3D printing the handles    • 3D Printing Steel Knife Handles for A...  
Making the blade    • Damascus 3D Printed Knife with Alec S...  

Alec's videos
Making the Damascus    • MAKING RAINDROP PATTERN DAMASCUS!!!  
Blade part 1:    • MAKING A DAMASCUS 3D PRINTED KNIFE!!!...  
Blade part 2:    • MAKING A DAMASCUS 3D PRINTED KNIFE!!!...  

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This was a whirlwind of a project! Making Damascus steel is quite the process and we’re so grateful to Alec Steele for giving us the how to. We forge welded the steel together, chopped it up, forge welded it again, and then drilled into it to give it a raindrop damascus pattern. So cool! It was really fun using the power hammer for the first time

We’ll be turning this raindrop damascus into a blade for our 3D printed knife handle in part 2 so stay tuned! Lots of cutting, grinding, sanding, filing, shaping, and some dance moves will be had.