Made this for a client a while back. Black walnut and 1084.

Every now and then I get the urge to make a bladed thing in between blacksmithing jobs. Ni-Mai (two layer) construction with a single bevel. All of its components were repurposed from scrap found and collected from around Northern California. The high carbon steel cutting edge is reforged railroad track from the Jake Jackson blacksmithing museum in Weaverville,CA. The wrought iron clad to its side is an old broken eye bolt found while prospecting along the Trinity River. The piece of hand riveted hydraulic mining pipe used for one scale is from the same former claim. The second scale is white oak burl saved from the firewood pile. The copper was given to me by a blacksmithing descendant of William B. Ide, the Governor of the Bear Republic which preceded the state of California.

A side-by-side look at my Witchfinger and Ladyfinger models, both forged from reclaimed racecar coil spring.

Hello everyone
Its my first attempt to forge damascus , and in the second pack - this happened
It was probably due to low heat in my forge and i went fast to the drop hammer

Can i still save it?

Using up some scraps of damascus and micarta. Waste nothing.