"Snake Skin" Bowie, Ball Bearing Damascus

[Elijah Williams]

Hello,
This is one of my current projects I'll be making available when it's done, a big Bowie forged from 1/4" 52100 ball bearings and 1080 powder steel that has 4% nickel content added. (The blade is only finish ground in the photos, not hand sanded so the photos are just a sneak peak of the pattern; the finished product will be better.)
The blade has a distal taper and convex edge grind.(10"-11" blade length)
I'm thinking a forged steel guard/pommel on this one with maybe African Blackwood for the handle.

Here is a video of me forging the blade:

Thanks for looking.

 

[jfk1110]

Very cool!

 

[Bigfattyt]

Saw this on YouTube earlier.

I have a blown Graham forge from Atlas. I've not lime it with Flux proof lining. No attempts at forge welding yet.

 

[ErikMB]

That looks great!

I would just be concerned that, if I put it down somewhere, it would just roll away on account of all those ball bearings.