[Jewelry making - Article 00317] - Re: [Orchid] Forging Mokume

[Stephen Walker]

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    It might split, or it might not. I have forged perpendicular to the
    layering very often. Ithink it might seems like it is more prone to
    splitting because if you have a bad bond you will see the split
    instantly, where when you are forging parallel to the layers you
    might not notice the splitting until later. For many years most of
    my mokume was edge slices making parallel lines. This gives a lot of
    yield since you do not waste very much material and it does not
    takes as much time as woodgrain pattern development. But I have
    experienced a lot of splitting doing this. It goes much better if
    you forge as much as you can parallel to the layers before you start
    to forge or roll perpendicular to the layers. 

Stephen Walker
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