Knifemaking - Making Damascus
and Mokume Lanyard Beads This is how I make the damascus and mokume beads
you see on the lanyards of my knives or in the Pendants
Gallery.
Order Details:
Damascus and mokume beads for lanyards.
Bead making process
Cutting a 1/2"
x 5/8" damascus square section bar I've made for this. (Picture
1)
Some future beads cutted. (Picture 2)
Drilling a piece with a 5.5mm bit. (Picture 3)
Drilled piece. (Picture 4)
Threading it (1/4") (Pictures 5 and 6)
Screwed into a 1/4" threaded bar. (Picture 7)
Shaping the bead with a 60 grit belt. (Picture 8)
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Roughly shaped. (Picture 9)
Now I screw the bead into a screw to which I previously removed the
head. (Picture 10)
I then place this into the bench drill. (Picture 11)
Finishing the shape with grit 80, then 150, then 220 and then 400.
(Picture 12)
Polishing it to a mirror finish. (Picture 13)
Mirror polished bead. (Picture 14)
Supported with a bended wire, I then put the bead in a solution of
70% Ferric Chloride and 30% distilled water, for a minute, to check
the damascus patterns. (Picture 15)
Checking if the pattern is drawing properly. (Picture 16)
Once I check that, I leave it there for 45 minutes to get properly
etched.
