1095 & Ironwood

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noseoil

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Theme & variation on my first pattern from last year. Hard to believe it's just been a year already since I started working on blades, time flies! This is my first one done with 1095 at HRC of about 60 (Bos HT), with a locally grown Ironwood set of scales. LOA is about 9", stainless hardware & gray liner glued with G-Flex epoxy so the grip is about 5/8" thick with 1/4" radius cuts at the edges. Really enjoy the look & feel of Ironwood, but don't enjoy the smell. It's just sanded & buffed out afterwards, with a coat of wax to bring up the color a bit.

This is the first blade I've worked on the grinder after HT, so I was pretty slow & very careful not to heat the blade. Usually I hand-sand, but with the non-stainless blade, it was too thick to leave for an edge to sharpen. Never hot enough to be too hot to the touch with bare hands, so the temper wasn't affected. I was concerned about the tip, since it's pretty thin. BTE it's about 0.022, so it's a fairly beefy blade. Thanks for looking & as always, comments are appreciated.

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I like the overall shape of the knife kind of reminds me of a mule. Looks like it would be very comfortable to hold for extended periods of time. I think this knife would look killer with a mirror polish.
 
Nice work - and I'm no longer a fan of mirror finish except for a wall hanger. What grit did you last grind at? Full Flat Grind? I really like the Ironwood handle - never used Ironwood, but do like the looks.
 
noob, yes, it was loosely patterned after a mule, but lengthened a bit & changed in the grip. Nice & comfortable, which is why I decided to use this style, that, & my wife likes the shape, heft & overall appearance. Good eye.

As to a mirror finish, no thanks, too time consuming & as Ken said it looks nice but it's just not functional. At this point, it's finished with a 3M trizact belt in 400 grit, which is smooth enough. I thought about a hand finish for this one, but it takes a lot of time. Yes, it's a FFG.
 
BOS (Buck Knives) heat treat? When did they start doing non-stainless ?

Nice looking blade by the way.
 
Not sure, but it was done by Paul Farner. He said he likes the SS blades better (plate quench easier to keep straight) since it's a smoother process in general for him. They did a beautiful job for me on this batch. Thanks for the kind comment, tim
 
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