Aluminum Can Full of Water Test!!!!

L6steel

L6steel

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Never do the aluminum can full of water chopping test on the hood of your car!!!!!!! I now have a nice little nick in mine. The knife sure cut that can off nice and clean though!! Take care! Michael

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"
 
It's the empty aluminum can trick that amazes me. Sorry about your car. The important question is how did your edge hold up?

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Paul Davidson

Them:"What's that clipped to your pocket, a beeper?"
Me:"Uuh....yeah, something like that."


 
It will still curl paper, but it does have one tiny little nick in the edge. Not sure if it was the can or the car that did that. I'll try it without the water. Take care!! Michael

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"
 
I buffed the nick right out, no problem. Musta been the car hood that did it becuase all the rest of the chops did no harm what so ever to the blade's edge. I tried chopping two empty cans with no luck. If you guys can do it, I sure would like to see it. Are ya supposed to glue the can down??? Lol!! I got part way through one, and smashed the second one. Maybe I'm not doin it right. Everytime I try, I hit low on the can even though I aimed towards the top.
I don't have any rope to cut free hanging, so I took a piece of heavy orange extension cord, about 1/2" diameter. I held it with about 2 feet hanging down and chopped it in the middle. The blade went right through it with a real clean cut. No nicks or loss of sharpness at all. Next I took a piece of parachute cord and layed the blade on my desk, edge up. I smacked the cord across the edge, and it popped right off.
Heres the knife.
<img src=http://members.aol.com/it14/ebay/bazonga.jpg>

If anyone ever does chop a free standing empty aluminum can, lemme know how you sharpen your blades!!!!This one is so sharp, you can't even feel it cut the hairs off your arm.

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"


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It takes a relatively thin blade and a lot of technique to chop the empty cans. I can't do it.
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There are people out there that can do it though. That's a nice looking knife BTW L6.

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Paul Davidson

Them:"What's that clipped to your pocket, a beeper?"
Me:"Uuh....yeah, something like that."


 
in a recent article, Steve Schwarzer said it had become too easy for the bladesmiths to cut cans with water so they went to empty cans. Very few can do it and even fewer can do it and have the bottom half of the can stay put.

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lifter
Phil. 4:13

Dave
Wharton,NJ


 
Thanks Paul!! This is the first knife I've finished in a couple months. It really feel good in the hand and the blade was heat treated by Rob Simonich, so it should be a real tough blade. It's the first flat ground blade I've finished. The only thing wrong with it is if you hold it pointing away from you and tilt it just right, you can see some blemishes in the steel. This is the third blade in a row with the blemishes. I don't know if it's in the steel to start with, or if it's something I'm doing. Either way, it makes for an unsellable knife.

Thanks Dave!! YEAHHHH!! I'm not the only maker who can't chop an empty can!!
Take care everyone and have a great day with your families!!!!! They're what this day is all about!!

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"
 
Hey L6STEEL, If you can't sell that knife why don't you send it to Mike Turber for use in one of his tests? Just an idea. You could gain some good information and get some exposure. If the blemishes are only cosmetic, a lot of people don't mind if it's going to be a user.

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Paul Davidson

Them:"What's that clipped to your pocket, a beeper?"
Me:"Uuh....yeah, something like that."


 
r the blemishes just slight discolorations? if they are just put a 320 hand rubbed finish on it, it will hide them. just say it's a work knife, plus work knives get scratched much less at 320grt, than mirrored finish. what type of steel was it?
 
Very nice knife.
Had the same problem with an emty can.I could smash it clean accross the room but hardly put a nick in the thing.I think you have to have the knife moving aa lot faster than I can move it.(Like the speed of light?)
Happy thanksgiving to you and yours.
TJ Smith
 
L6,
I'm looking forward to it.

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Paul Davidson

Them:"What's that clipped to your pocket, a beeper?"
Me:"Uuh....yeah, something like that."


 
Lmao, Tj!!!!! Thats what I think I was affraid of. If I swung the blade fast enough to cut the empty can, the knife would end up flying across the room!!!!!! Do you guys think this blade would look good glass bead blasted??? I'm thinkng of doing that after I get it back from Mike. Maybe then it would look good enough to sell.
 
it's the angle at which you cut the can that keeps it on the table and cuts it clean through. try cutting through the top near the edge, and cut down to the bottom edge, don't cut through the thicker part of the can though, you'll chip your edge. i sharpen my blades on an old fashioned arkansas stone, coarse, med. and fine. then i touch it up on the buffer, buffing downward on the blade, never buff with the edge up! i do plan on changing this though, i'm gonna try DMT diamond bench stones in coase and fine, then a surgical black arkansas bench stone. then touch it up with a leather belt on the belt sander, charged with white rouge.

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