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Ok this is the 2nd knife ive ever made, and here are the details.
I started with a 4 foot peace of 1084 from NJ steel Baron
The blade is about 5 1\2 and the handle is 4 1\2, blade is 2 inches wide
Walnut scales finished with low gloss tung oil.
I started with the idea of making a mini condor hudson bay, because i love that style of knife.
Grind is in between a flat and convex (its the first time ive ever used a belt sander for knife making) my 1st knife i made with only files
i heat treated the blade in my charcoal grill, with a hair dryer as a blower, it worked great untill it over heated and stopped working so it was a now or never and quenched it, (i quickly tested it with a magnet and could not feel it pulling at all so i think im good) I know what your thinking, not the most accurate way of heating a blade, but i digress lol.
I tempered it in the oven for 2 hours at 425,
The thing i need the most work on is putting the final edge on it with the belt sander, i made a huge relief and it looks pretty bad, but ill get better with time, again i never used a belt sander before this project.
But I finished it on my stone, and now its pretty dang sharp, and have been testing a little bit, and im going camping this weekend where i hope to give it a work out.
P.S.
I know i have some pretty funny things in the back of the picture (i hope you guys can see them, if not please comment)
http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/Jeffrey_Simeone/library/?view=recent&page=1
I started with a 4 foot peace of 1084 from NJ steel Baron
The blade is about 5 1\2 and the handle is 4 1\2, blade is 2 inches wide
Walnut scales finished with low gloss tung oil.
I started with the idea of making a mini condor hudson bay, because i love that style of knife.
Grind is in between a flat and convex (its the first time ive ever used a belt sander for knife making) my 1st knife i made with only files
i heat treated the blade in my charcoal grill, with a hair dryer as a blower, it worked great untill it over heated and stopped working so it was a now or never and quenched it, (i quickly tested it with a magnet and could not feel it pulling at all so i think im good) I know what your thinking, not the most accurate way of heating a blade, but i digress lol.
I tempered it in the oven for 2 hours at 425,
The thing i need the most work on is putting the final edge on it with the belt sander, i made a huge relief and it looks pretty bad, but ill get better with time, again i never used a belt sander before this project.
But I finished it on my stone, and now its pretty dang sharp, and have been testing a little bit, and im going camping this weekend where i hope to give it a work out.
P.S.
I know i have some pretty funny things in the back of the picture (i hope you guys can see them, if not please comment)
http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/Jeffrey_Simeone/library/?view=recent&page=1