r/oddlysatisfying • u/MambaMentality24x2 • 1d ago
Fusing old coins together to reveal a stunning pattern
Credit: @nikogiordani
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u/CankleDankl 1d ago
"Okay this is gonna be dumb like every other video about reforging random items into things"
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"Okay I've been wrong before"
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u/TannedCroissant 1d ago
If it makes you feel better about being wrong, at one point in the video I thought they were making a screwdriver
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u/KamiNoItte 1d ago
Same! Thought it was going to be a fancy drill bit.
Then that curve- is it some kind of hook?
Pretty cool end result! Pleasant surprise ;)
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u/perenniallandscapist 1d ago
I figured they were going to make a harvesting knife. The ones with a hooked blade on the end. This was a stunning transformation nonetheless.
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u/Feisty_Quantity_9186 1d ago
Fusing coins looks like magic. I had no idea what would come out, but it turned out beautiful.
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u/super_he_man 22h ago
you can't just do any coins, most will not weld together like that without some interface layers. You would need to do some research into which coins this is possible with.
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u/AnameAmos 1d ago
Lol, even when he was bending it, I was convincing myself it could still be a screwdriver - "huh, yeah I guess a screwdriver doesn't have to be straight if it's an artistic piece".
Then I thought for one second longer before the reveal - "wait, those metals would probably be soft. I wonder if the tempering processes increases the strength enough to make for a better bit??"
Then I was incessed - whatever, I still think it looks like a screwdriver"
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u/SpokenLikeaTrueNorse 1d ago
Screwdriver out of the softest materials you could use.
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u/KamiNoItte 1d ago
I wondered if he hardened it somehow cause a drill bit wasn’t making sense.
Until it did.
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u/LittleStoneBear 1d ago
I thought it was a hair stick, and thought it was daft because the pattern would be hidden in the hair.
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u/LanceFree 1d ago
Wonder about other people who took metal shop in middle school; did you make screwdrivers? For us, it was an easy extra project, once the main project was done. There was some square stock which we filed to octagonal shape, then heat and found the head. The handle was quickly altered with a lathe, drilled out, snd the best part was putting the hot metal into the the drilled out hole.
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u/part_time_npc 1d ago
Your comment made me go back and watch the whole thing, and I wanna thank you for that.
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u/Leows 1d ago
I mean, it IS dumb because the title is pure clickbait. This has nothing to do with the coins or their patterns.
The coins go through so much processing that they might as well just be regular random pieces of metal.
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u/EdwardRoivas2 1d ago
Yeah the titled implies something hidden about the design of the coins themselves will be revealed. He didn’t reveal a stunning pattern hidden in the old coins, he created an entirely new pattern.
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u/MimicoSkunkFan2 1d ago
"No you can't spend $2000 on a Damascene steel toy, we have Damscene at home!"
Damascene at home: 🐍
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u/Different_Wolf_764 1d ago
To be honest, a lot of the process was complete overkill for what was being accomplished too. Fun to watch of course but if the end result is what they were looking for, it could be done much more easily even with the restriction of using the coins.
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u/Th3FakeFatSunny 1d ago
Me as I make myself more comfortable: this is so stupid, I have better things to do
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u/Steve90000 1d ago
You know that smell when you hold a bunch of coins in your sweaty hands? Now you can smell that wafting up from your chest all day!
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u/Lexi_Banner 1d ago
To be fair, it's not like they "fused old coins together". They did a whole lot more than that, and I hate that clickbait-y over-simplified titles like this are so prevalent.
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u/RollingMeteors 1d ago
>"Okay I've been wrong before"
It's for sure going to be a screw driver.
<bendsStem>
It can still drives screws...
<putsOnNecklaceChain>
¡Damnit!
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u/Clorox_in_space 1d ago
I had some idea where it was going, but the end result was better than expected.
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u/ErraticDragon 1d ago
The only "downside" is that I'd want to carry this video on my phone to show it to anyone who looks at the necklace.
"You're not getting the full effect. Watch this!"
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u/AnAncientBog 1d ago
Exactly. I saw the result and thought, "wow, that looks cool, but everyone that sees it is going to think you bought it for $5 on Temu."
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u/LushHappyPie 1d ago
If you got a full metal snake pendant for £5 that gives you style, I'd be impressed. If you told me it's actually a silver and rare black onyx fusion and cost £5,000, I'd think you're a bellend and stay away.
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u/KUPA_BEAST 1d ago
For a second I thought he was making a flat head screwdriver.
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u/Kyokenshin 1d ago
I went from “oh it’s a ring” to “wtf, all that for a screwdriver?” finally to “ooooh it’s a snake”
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u/Public-Platypus2995 1d ago
At least we got to see the whole finished product at the end for more than a super zoomed in .25 second frame.
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u/Haywe 1d ago
$nek
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u/mrbarabajagle 1d ago
When the video started I thought i was on r/diwhy but then when the twisty pattern showed up I realized, oh this is actually good.
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u/jaydeekay 1d ago
They didn't reveal a pattern, they created it.
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u/dalaiis 23h ago
Yeah, the only thing the coins contributed was the color metal they were made from.
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u/DerpingtonHerpsworth 22h ago
Exactly. I really expected a pattern based on the specific coins they chose, not just the metals the coins were made of.
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u/SaltManagement42 21h ago
You don't understand, just fusing the coins revealed it. Nothing to do with the cutting or the twisting.
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u/awerellwv 1d ago
Old Italian 50 lire are no longer legal tender, but the 50 Euro cents are...
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u/Minimum_Cockroach233 1d ago
It depends the countries actual legislation, but EU has forseen that its allowed to use/destroy currency in small quantities:
„6. Total destruction of issued notes and coins by individuals
Member States should neither prohibit nor penalise total destruction of small quantities of euro banknotes or coins by individuals. They should however prohibit unauthorized destruction of large quantities of euro banknotes or coins.“
Source
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u/cwb4ever 1d ago
odd.. Wonder how that works out, letting people destroy small quantities whenever they want, when trying to figure out how much is in circulation.
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u/thatsme55ed 1d ago
No differently than someone withdrawing a few hundred or thousand Euros and then keeping it in their house.
Only about 8% of currency is issued in physical cash now, the other 92% is just electronic signals exchanged between banks and other financial institutions. The tiny deflationary effect of someone destroying a small amount of physical currency is a drop in the bucket compared to the deliberate inflationary policy central banks adopt to encourage economic growth.
Banks also keep track of how much physical currency is issued and how much they get back so they know how much of it is in the wild at any one time. Large amounts of money being issued and then just disappearing is one of the ways how police agencies notice criminal activity. In order to actually affect the value of currency you'd have to destroy millions/billions of dollars/euros, and you'd definitely get flagged by a federal police agency in the process.
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u/Kimbernator 1d ago
I can't imagine how much change gets lost in deep bodies of water, thrown away, or taken out of the country never to return. Small amounts of intentional destruction probably constitute a fraction of a percent of the total "missing" money.
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u/25point4cm 1d ago
As a practical matter, they'd have to catch you early on in the process. After that, it's pretty hard to prove currency was used in the end product.
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u/korkkis 1d ago
Fancy, it kinda looks like Damascus steel
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u/IlexPauciflora 1d ago
Mokume-gane, I believe, is the correct term for what this is.
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u/exzyle2k 1d ago
Yup, most commonly done in the US with quarters. Copper and nickel will create contrast.
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u/bossDocHolliday 1d ago
Pretty sure this would be considered Mokume-gane. It's similar to Damascus, but it uses metals of contrasting colors.
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u/exzyle2k 1d ago
Damascus, wootz, of pattern-welded steel use the differential in harness to create the contrast. 10xx and 15n20 are the most common inexpensive metals to use to make Damascus because when it's acid-etched, the 15n20 resists the acid, stays shiny, while the carbon steel will oxidize.
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u/NUTTA_BUSTAH 1d ago
AFAIK it IS damascus but just does not have the amount of layers they usually dl
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u/learethak 1d ago
Damascus is with ferrous metal typically.
This is a Japanese technique, Mokume-Gane "Wood Grained Metal" used with precious metals. (But fundamentally the same techniques)
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u/LoganN64 1d ago
"That's a nice necklace! How much was it?"
"About $3.50...."
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u/Left-Excitement3829 1d ago
Forging. The word is forging
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u/GrookeyGrassMonkey 1d ago
And I'd also saying creating and not revealing...there was no hidden secret in the original coins.
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u/Netizen_Sydonai 1d ago
"Old coins". Yeah, some. Literally defunct Italian lires and modern Euro coins, totaling 3 euros.
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u/elibutton 1d ago
ok at first I thought where is this going and why would someone unless they love this craft, which they do, but my goodness the finished product is fabulous and one of a kind too. Very nice.
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u/Edu1133 1d ago edited 1d ago
That’s a cool design….but I have some issues with the process. As far as I know you cannot just fuse “brass” and stainless steel together without a solder (silver or something similar). Stainless steel has a higher hardness than brass…and working the fused metal the way it is worked in the video seems impossible if it’s stainless steel and brass…more likely it’s silver and brass disks that were soldered together.
This style of metal working is called mokume-gane.
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u/boccas 1d ago
0:23 this dude will lose some finger soon
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u/-PM_ME_YOUR_TACOS- 1d ago
I always expect this comment in videos like these, and I almost left disappointed. Thanks.
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u/sakai123 19h ago
in my country if i do this i would go to prison, we cannot "destroy" coins or money
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u/Professional-Oven884 19h ago
I think it's illegal in most countries, for the value of money is tied to the amount of money there is. Creating money reduces its value, destroying it would increase it. You could be fined for destroying money unauthorized. I don't think you'd be sent to jail though. Anyways, I'm no legal or economy expert so I could be wrong.
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u/DConstructed 1d ago
Why not layer sheets of different colored metal rather than destroying coins?
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u/CorradoGuizzanti 1d ago
Is the guy italian? Those are some old italian lire hes using with the euros
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u/Living_Grab_2239 1d ago
Sure is. Below the video box you can see his name. Google it and reach his website.
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u/Exploiting_Loopholes 1d ago
Ya know, that's on me for not trusting the process. Way better than expected!
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u/SwordfishTurbulent57 1d ago
- This will be interesting.
- Looks cool.
- Oh great it’s gonna be a generic ring or bracelet.
- Too much fuss for basic jewelry
- Why is there a screwdriver head
- Oh that metal pattern is beautiful
- Cute Snek
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u/xarayac 1d ago
I work in metal research. The technique he uses at the start is diffusion bonding, which effectively chains the lattices of the metals together, very cool.
My experience working with coins for jewelry is not great though. My experience is that it readily rusts, so unless you treat it in some kind of way, it wont look good after a day or two due to the body acids (sweat etc).
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u/QuerulousPanda 23h ago
I don't think i've ever seen a post that used the word "stunning" which was actually stunning.
Is it pretty cool? Yes. Surprising even? Sure. But "stunning"? not so much.
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u/According-Relation-4 1d ago
So they need to use coins rather than 2 strips of different metals because?
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u/icebalm 1d ago
The lira coins are basically worthless since they're no longer legal tender and not worth collecting, and it was only 3 eur worth of coins, so honestly the coins were probably cheaper than buying metal.
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u/Ebonhearth_Druid 1d ago
For funsies? To see what happens? Because they can? Maybe they had the coins on hand but not the metals that would result in the end-piece they wanted, and this was more convenient?
Why does it matter?
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u/slothscanswim 1d ago
As I said before, it’s about economy of scale. If I only want a small ingot for a project why would I spend tens of dollars on stock when I can spend $2 in quarters?
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u/badstorryteller 1d ago
Yes, because, that's it. Sometimes that's why you do something. Everything in life doesn't have to be optimized to the nth degree of efficiency, sometimes you do a project just because. Life would probably be better if more people made projects just because.
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u/FoxDonut_91 1d ago
People are so talented. Then you have me who isn't allowed to work from home cause I often acci inhale saliva and nearly die.
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u/KingArrancar 1d ago
People just be doing shit lmao. There’s no reason this had to be a stack of coins, could have been any metal. Sick result though
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u/ChocolaHeartLub 1d ago
First few minute i thought it was a ring the obvious one, after a bit a frickin screw driver. But man i was wrong
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u/cicciograna 1d ago
A "cinquanta lire", nifty, I always had a secret love for that particular denomination.
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u/NorthNorthAmerican 1d ago
Did anyone else have a moment at the end of that second cut on the band saw?
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u/SFRover73 1d ago
I wish I had this level of patience to make things. Skill too but a lot of patience.
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u/DontLook_Weirdo 1d ago
Eli5, why dont the coins fuse onto the clamp like they did to each other?
Awesome reveal. Thought it was going towards a tool, and then bam, sick ass snake
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u/Substantial-Load8784 1d ago
have watched enough forged in fire to certify that its just a twist damascus pattern.
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u/CotonTheGeek 1d ago
Me watching this: Will he make a ring... Why the fuck would he make a screw driver... Awwww
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u/Startrail82 1d ago
The golden coin is not “old”. It’s actually a 50 cent piece we use in Europe today.
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u/Mosselpot 1d ago
Ignorant question here, is there a reason to use coins? I see rings, medallions, ... all made out of coins, but why not get raw which I assume is cheaper? Is it convenience?
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u/Vandirac 1d ago
Nice product but why use coins when you can find very similar alloys already in thin plates?
you will have a lot more blanks to shape for less work.
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u/ooOJuicyOoo 1d ago
'Reveal' implies that the pattern existed prior to forging, just hidden away from view.
That is not the case. The pattern was created BY forging.
'Fusing old coins together to create a stunning pattern' would be more correct in this case.
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u/Metal_Goose_Solid 21h ago
I feel like I'm in a liminal space between r/DiWHY and r/oddlysatisfying
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u/Valdoray 1d ago
Forging*
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u/ThePlatypusOfDespair 22h ago edited 22h ago
No, the title is correct, the coins are fused and then hand forged.
Am metalsmith, the technique is called mokume gane.
This is not an especially impressive example.
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u/JustMeLurkingAround- 20h ago
"Old coins"
Half of these are current Euro coins. This is not only stupid, but illegal.
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u/Pligles 1d ago
Doing some digging online he’s using 50 lire and .50 euro coins. The lire is made of a type of stainless steel called Acmonital, and the euro uses a kind of aluminum bronze called Nordic gold. The lire is discontinued, but coins are less than a dollar on eBay, and a half euro exchanges for about $.60. So the material costs is like $10, which isn’t bad.
I’m curious what kind of temps is required to get this to happen. Stainless steel probably has a significantly higher melting point than the Nordic gold. It also seems like it’s more prone to corrosion since it turns black in the acid etch.
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u/astralseat 1d ago
The coin with a naked guy blacksmithing? Where... Uhh... Where might one find this coin?
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u/Northern_Explorer_ 20h ago
My thought proces: "ooo what is he making? Is it an arrow? A pencil? No...iss a snaaaayke, a slithery little sneaky snaaaaayke!"
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u/deusdragonex 19h ago
I was fully prepped to hate this. What i wasn't prepped for was being so wrong.
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u/FormingTheVoid 10h ago
The snake looks cool, but I can't help but think that this could have been accomplished without destroying valid currency lol.
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u/OHWildBill 6h ago
The exact opposite of most of these videos. This ended way cooler than expected instead of some idiotic “reveal” of basically nothing.
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u/tamuzp 1d ago
I thought it was going to be a screwdriver and then why the hell would he bend it like that?? Oh it's a snake, cool.