I was wondering where I could get some feathered W pattern demascus. I recently saw Bruce Bumps WIP in this and fell in love with the pattern. I would need a 2"x 15" OR 18" peice.I know it is rather expensive but want to give it a shot.
Good luck finding some that big, I have not made any feather pattern but I do make "W" pattern and I only have 10" of clearance and 8" of ram on my press. So someone would have to have 18" plus the wedge length to split that. Plus I would imagine if you can find someone that would be a very expensive piece of damascus.
You may try Kyle Royer hey just made a knife with a 12 1/4" feather pattern. It is the biggest I have see,
I looked at Kyle Royers site and then wathced hie videos I then relized what I needed to do. He left about 1 inch for the tang and then welded a piece of mild steel on it to lenghten it. In this case I wouold only need a bout a 10" to 12" piece of Damascus.