Alabama Damascus Steel - Alabama Buckshot Pattern Billet
Material = 5160, 15n20, Ni200 - 416 layer damascus
Size = 0.215" x 3" x 17-1/4"
OAW = 3-3/16"
OAL = 18"
Billet has been Precision ground.
Posted by Bill on 13th Aug 2020
To my surprise the Billet arrived with more than a slight warp in it. Didn’t think much of it. I cut out my knife shape and straightened out the warp. During normalizing I noticed on every cycle the warp came back. Again I know it’s all part of the process so I went through heat treatment and of course the warp re appears but far exaggerated of course. Thankfully I know how to deal with these issues so it wasn’t a big deal but you wanna talk about frustrating. I’ve purchased many billets form Alabama Damascus some are great but some are not.