1095 Camp Knife

[David Wesner]

Your humility is only outshined by the Misses needlework.

I thought this thread was long gone

Thank you very much Frank :thumbup: :thumbup:

I'll let Joanna know you mentioned her work !

Thats a great looking knife.

In "my" opinion the blue text on your site against the green background messes my eyes up, and I have a hard time reading the words.

-Josiah

Thanks Josiah, for the compliment on my knife, and for your thoughts on my background and text color choice. Could you please elaborate on "messes my eyes up"
I'm not trying to be a wise a**. I'm trying to figure out how I could make it better for you. I specifically chose the colors thinking the contrast would make it easy to read ..............
I'll be the first to admit that my sight isn't what it used to be :grumpy:

 

[David Wesner]

hey im new to knife making and im just wondering is that big line acroos your blade a temper line . also i really like your knife good job

Sorry I missed your question rotation. The line you're asking about is called a Hamon. I (and many other makers) create them by coating the blade, from the spine, down towards the edge (staying well above it though) with satanite refractory mortar, and/or AP Green # 36 mortar. After quenching the blade to harden, the knife blade is tempered in the standard manner, finish ground, then polished to ~ 2000 grit and etched in FeCL3 (ferric chloride). Because of the "clay coat" the blade cools at different rates, creating different crystal structures, the edge being hard matensite, the white line and above being softer pearlite. What you are seeing is the FeCL3 cutting or etching the steel at different rates. The main purpose of the technique being to produce a differentially hardened blade (hard edge, soft back). I think the technique was first used by Japanese Sword Smiths when forging Katana and Swords to make for a very tough, resilient tool, with the ability to flex, rather than break.

Now...... if you want the technical explanation and description, our local expert on the subject is Stacy Apelt aka bladsmth



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[Hargis Knives]

Wish I could get my wife to do sheaths like that - very clean. Nice knife too!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

EXPERT !!! gosh, I hope not. An "ex" is a has been, and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure.
Stacy

 

[J-siah]

I thought this thread was long gone

Thank you very much Frank :thumbup: :thumbup:

I'll let Joanna know you mentioned her work !




Thanks Josiah, for the compliment on my knife, and for your thoughts on my background and text color choice. Could you please elaborate on "messes my eyes up"
I'm not trying to be a wise a**. I'm trying to figure out how I could make it better for you. I specifically chose the colors thinking the contrast would make it easy to read ..............
I'll be the first to admit that my sight isn't what it used to be :grumpy:

It is just a little hard to read, with that color mix IMO, both the background and the text are rather dark colors. I would have made the text maby a tan color, again just my opinion.