5160, wrought iron, and sambar stag

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

Joined
Jun 17, 2001
Messages
5,705
Here's a knife I just finished up tonight. Its got a 7 1/4" 5160 blade, wrought iron fittings, and sambar stag for the handle. Overall its just over 12".

IMG_1181.JPG

IMG_1182.JPG
 
Looks real nice Ray. Whats your method for getting the nice temper lines on the 5160 like that?

Bob
 
Your work is amazing Raymond. Are you coming to Blade this year?
 
Looks nice Ray. I sure like that stag. You should get some sambar deer and raise them on your place. Antlers every year that way.
 
kevin adams said:
ray, the only thing that would be better than seeing your knives would be to own one!
Click to expand...

Kevin, I agree with you. Come on people, everyone needs to own 2 or 3 of my knives. :D

Bob, Basically what your looking at was done with a torch except I'll bring the blade up to temp in the forge. I remove the blade form the forge and at the same time I will light up the torch. As soon as the edge starts to cool off I'll start bringing the edge back up to temp. As soon as I can get the edge an even color I'll quench the whole blade. It takes a little less torch time to do it that way.

Bruce, If I were to try raising sambar stag I'd have to come up with away to keep them from rusting.
 
Its really great to hear that method to get a temper line on 5160. i cant wait to give it a shot! thanks! this is a beaut, as usual. always love your work.
-Lou
 
Raymond Richard said:
Kevin, I agree with you. Come on people, everyone needs to own 2 or 3 of my knives. :D

Bob, Basically what your looking at was done with a torch except I'll bring the blade up to temp in the forge. I remove the blade form the forge and at the same time I will light up the torch. As soon as the edge starts to cool off I'll start bringing the edge back up to temp. As soon as I can get the edge an even color I'll quench the whole blade. It takes a little less torch time to do it that way.

Bruce, If I were to try raising sambar stag I'd have to come up with away to keep them from rusting.
Click to expand...

Cool thanks Ray.:thumbup:

Bob
 
Here's the second finished knife from the batch of three 5160 blades that I just did. This one has a 6 5/8" blade, wrought iron fitting and a died zebrawood handle. Right around 11 1/2" overall.

IMG_1188.JPG

IMG_1189.JPG
 
Beautiful work Ray. I love the way you're blades FLOW. You have a real eye for simple elegance. Thanks for sharing!

Ed
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top