HHH Knives
Super Moderator
Good morning Guys, This has been alot of fun so far. Mosaic damascus is labor intensive process. Its kind of repetitive as you are building the pattern and layers.. Yet, Its very rewarding. Yet can be frustrating, when stuff goes south.. lol
We often have a couple of billets running at the same time.. This allows for us to get the most out of the forging time. Theres alot of down time between some of these steps, waiting for the billet to cool, so it can be cleaned and cut etc.etc.
I also wanted to take a chance and tell you a bit more about Jr and myself.
Randy Jr. Is my 20 year old son. Last year he came to work with me in the shop and has been steadily learning and growing in his skill and ability's.. He runs the HOT side of the shop and does the damascus forging. Myself, My name is Randy Haas, I am the knife maker, I started making Knives 7 years ago. Like some I started with One Blade.. and that turned into 2, and so on.. Now its my passion.
Over the years new and better tools were added to my shop. and I always seem to be one tool away from having everything I want!
. Fast forward to now, Im truly blessed to be able to work as a full time knife maker, Its my passion. And Having Randy Jr working with me has been a dream come true.. Im a proud Papa!
Doug, I think I told ya way back then, and Ill tell ya again, Dont worry brother, no matter what, Ill aways take your calls! LoL
I really love what I do.. As most artists and knife makers and craftsmen do.. And its just very cool to have a place like this where we can all compare notes and share and learn.. etc.
Bruce, Jr. did set all the welds with his flat dies.. even the 4 ways, He has done this whole billet with the same set of old (not so flat) flat dies.. We have a set of new flat dies sitting on the bench, Im not sure what hes waiting for..lol
We do have a set of square dies I fabricated.. and they are not often used.. Seems he taught himself to work with the flats and feels comfortable with them. You know what they say, If its not broke, dont fix it.. Also just goes to show ya, Your only limited by your desire to do something. Jr has shown me that again and again.
God Bless
Randy
We often have a couple of billets running at the same time.. This allows for us to get the most out of the forging time. Theres alot of down time between some of these steps, waiting for the billet to cool, so it can be cleaned and cut etc.etc.
I also wanted to take a chance and tell you a bit more about Jr and myself.
Randy Jr. Is my 20 year old son. Last year he came to work with me in the shop and has been steadily learning and growing in his skill and ability's.. He runs the HOT side of the shop and does the damascus forging. Myself, My name is Randy Haas, I am the knife maker, I started making Knives 7 years ago. Like some I started with One Blade.. and that turned into 2, and so on.. Now its my passion.
Over the years new and better tools were added to my shop. and I always seem to be one tool away from having everything I want!
. Fast forward to now, Im truly blessed to be able to work as a full time knife maker, Its my passion. And Having Randy Jr working with me has been a dream come true.. Im a proud Papa! Doug, I think I told ya way back then, and Ill tell ya again, Dont worry brother, no matter what, Ill aways take your calls!
LoL I really love what I do.. As most artists and knife makers and craftsmen do.. And its just very cool to have a place like this where we can all compare notes and share and learn.. etc.
Bruce, Jr. did set all the welds with his flat dies.. even the 4 ways, He has done this whole billet with the same set of old (not so flat) flat dies.. We have a set of new flat dies sitting on the bench, Im not sure what hes waiting for..lol
We do have a set of square dies I fabricated.. and they are not often used.. Seems he taught himself to work with the flats and feels comfortable with them. You know what they say, If its not broke, dont fix it.. Also just goes to show ya, Your only limited by your desire to do something. Jr has shown me that again and again.
God Bless
Randy
