He kept the audience captivated by explaining the "what" and the "why" of what he was doing. In the slack time his stories of big game hunting kept us amused and intrigued.

Rick demonstrated how to layout different patterns of Damascus steel by forging, then cutting into patterns, forge welding the pieces and drawing them back out.

The piece before it was cut and tack welded then forged into a billet. Very in detailed demo.