Kay: "Are these something that could be turned on a wood lathe with carbide tools? If so, I'd definitely be interested as a very specialty blank.
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No these would not turn on a wood lathe...
Thanks for the answer, William. I probably wouldn't be interested from a pen making perspective then, but I MIGHT be interested from a jewelry/metalsmithing perspective.
I have been interested in getting some damascus to see how I could incorporate it into my jewelry making, so could be something we could work together on there.
Let me know if you are interested. It's likely not going to be huge orders unless I get into knife making.
I work in mokume gane (mostly copper/silver, but also some gold/silver patterns when I have the demand) and I think that it'd be fun to play with some damascus.
Cheers!