#Forged in ifire cracked
My billet was just a cracked lump of steel in what could only generously be called a knife shape.
I then popped my canister open and was feeling pretty good! It looked great on the inside. I only pressed it into the preliminary stage, never really getting a good compress. After what felt like forever (20-25 min) I pulled it out and pressed it, but unbeknownst to me, the press had two stages: a a preliminary press, then a primary press of the material. After welding the canister closed, I stuck it in the forge and waited for it to get up to heat. So I put the BBQ steel in the "back" of the canister, knowing that I would use that end as the handle of my knife and keep it away from the cutting edge. But I did know that the powdered steel I was using in my canister was good steel. I didn’t know what was high carbon (good steel) and what was mild (shitty steel). I began filling my can with whiteout and harvesting steel from the BBQ. That would have been too easy! So, canister damascus seemed to be the best route.
Upon seeing the BBQ, my first thought was, "Damn I really hope that spit bar is high carbon, I could easily take that 1/2" round and make a great knife out of it." Of course it wasn't.
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