I picked up an abused 110 folder two dot knife last weekend at a garage sale for a couple of bucks. The blade was broken off about 3/4" and the edge was sharpened with a grinder. It had been used as a hammer and garden shovel. Pretty hideous, I dont know why I bought it. During the week I thought of taking some 0-1 tool steel that I had and making a new blade for the ol' 110.
What started out as mostly an experiment turned out to be a very rewarding project.
Yesterday was spent grinding, shaping and fitting of the new blade. All day! Alot of file work to get the lock notch in the blade perfect and to get the open and closing action just right.
After early church this morning I fired up my forge and began the heat treating process. This also took all day. How? Well first you need to normalize your steel, then you have to get your oil ready for quench. After that comes the quench and every thing has to be exactly right for that.
I then cleaned up the now blackened blade just a little. The triple temper. The final temper was a beautiful straw gold temper across the whole blade. Each temper cycle took an hour and half.
Finally assymbly, cleaning, polishing and a new edge.
Take a look.
If I was paid my normal wages during this little project I could have over a dozen 110's, maybe a couple of customs.
Oh well, this is one of kind also.
CJ, you'll never have to worry about me competeing with you. You guys put alot of work into those knives.
Joe
What started out as mostly an experiment turned out to be a very rewarding project.
Yesterday was spent grinding, shaping and fitting of the new blade. All day! Alot of file work to get the lock notch in the blade perfect and to get the open and closing action just right.
After early church this morning I fired up my forge and began the heat treating process. This also took all day. How? Well first you need to normalize your steel, then you have to get your oil ready for quench. After that comes the quench and every thing has to be exactly right for that.
I then cleaned up the now blackened blade just a little. The triple temper. The final temper was a beautiful straw gold temper across the whole blade. Each temper cycle took an hour and half.
Finally assymbly, cleaning, polishing and a new edge.
Take a look.
If I was paid my normal wages during this little project I could have over a dozen 110's, maybe a couple of customs.
Oh well, this is one of kind also.
CJ, you'll never have to worry about me competeing with you. You guys put alot of work into those knives.
Joe
What an improvment in the ol'110. Your
