Adam Michael Knives Amber Stag Heat Blue

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Here is another one. Last Minute again.

George Werth Damascus heat blued by Jerry Rados. Anodized Ti and copper spacers, Mamoth tooth and amber stag handle. This is a take apart knife. The end stud unsrews via Jerry Rados design.

What do you think?

Michael

I added some knives to the gallery on my web site. Checl them out if you have a chance.

www.AdamMichaelKnives.com
 
Dang man those are some really nice knives you have been posting. I hope you are going to have some left on your table by the time I get to the Badger show on Saturday.

Again, very nice work.
 
Laredo7mm said:
Dang man those are some really nice knives you have been posting. I hope you are going to have some left on your table by the time I get to the Badger show on Saturday.

Again, very nice work.
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Which ones do you want? Ill save them for you.;) :D

Michael
 
I've got a question about the heat blueing of the blade. I know you can take a torch and put a spring temper on the spine once a blade has been hardened and it gets a blue color. Is the blueing from enough heat to give it a spring temper and make it too soft? Just curious because it is gorgeous and just wondering about the functionality. Thanks and sorry for the 'newbie' question.
 
I hope the show is going well! That's a beautiful knife, and I like the take down aspect - really requires close tolerances, unlike the Fill-It-With-Epoxy method I employ. :D

I'm with FlaMtnBkr in asking about the temper on heat blued knives - doesn't it take about 600 degrees to get blue? This is something I've always wanted to know, because I've heat blued fittings and my wedding ring, and dig the color. But since there's the off chance the knife might actually get used at some point I've hesitated heat bluing the blade.

This one is absolutely beautiful and anyone who'd risk that finish is a nimrod. But there's a world full of nimrods out there!

Best of luck to you this weekend Michael. Looking forward to your report. ;)
 
Very handsome piece!
About the heat bluing, I am no expert on all steels, but there is an option in some of the stainless steels where you can temper in the 450 degree range or temper in the 900 degree plus range. So if the damascus used for this knife was to have been tempered in the 900 range, heat coloring in the 600 degree range shouldn't have affected the temper/heat treat hardness much.
I know, theory is fine, we really want to know what Michael knows about reality more than I need to chatter on with theory. :D
 
I think we should invest in a cheap laptop for Michael so he can stay in contact while he's at shows... :D Thanks for the note about heat bluing John, I wouldn't have made that connection.
 
I saw his latest knives in person on Saturday at the Badger Show. Man they are nicer in person than they look in the pictures.

Michael is a great guy also, It was nice to get to meet him.
 
Wow, that's stunning! Mine Mine Mine I want it!
But just spent $1000 on a mill and related tooling...
Oh well.
 
blgoode said:
Michael,
What is or where did you get the pommel nut?
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I made that out of mild steel and it was hot blued by Jerry Rados along with the blade, guard and end cap. This knife has no epoxy anywhere on it. If you unscrew the nut with the tool that i havent made yet, the knife can be disassembled. Make sure you put the spacers back in the correct order though. There is 2 titainium spacers anodized gold, 1 ti spacer anodized blue and 2 copper spacers. There is also 7 brick red fibre spacers. the alignment of all of them is done with four .09375 pins.

To answer a previous question obout heat bluing, this should have been called hot blueing as it was done in a dip tank at around 292 degrees. It should be no problem as far as the blade temper goes.

Thanks everyone for all the comments on this knife.

I will be posting this in the FOR Sale section later tonight. It will be priced to sell due to a family emergency that has come up.

Thanks for all the compliments, they mean more to me than you will ever know.

Michael

www.AdamMichaelKnives.com
 
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