Ax from krupp rails 1883.

[makandr]

 

[Dawkind]

Wonderful! Exceptionally clean....[emoji106]


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[Mecha]

Oh wow very nice, Makandr!

 

[mete]

Yes clean lines make for a wonderful l ax ! Have you tested for composition ?

 

[JParanee]

Very nice

 

[i4Marc]

So nice!

 

[islandblacksmith]

beautiful, my kind of steel!

 

[Storm Crow]

Came out beautiful! Those are some graceful lines.

 

[makandr]

Thank you, colleagues!

 

[R APPLEBY]

Very Nice

 

[makandr]

From the rail of Joint Putilov factories.

 

[jdm61]

Very cool. Do you know what the carbon content of those rails are and did you forge weld aging carbon bit into the axes?

 

[makandr]

I do not know, unfortunately, but it is forge to 60 Rc, carbon enough in itself rail.
St. Petersburg, RF.

 

[makandr]

From Krupp's rail. Pattern similar to the ball (bloom) iron.

 

[braillediver]

You've got a great eye for design and you skills are phenomenal.

 

[makandr]

Thanks.

 

[Lapedog]

How did you get that Bulat steel pattern on the knife?

 

[Craig Daniel]

Very nice.

 

[makandr]

How did you get that Bulat steel pattern on the knife?

After forging zone hardening and etch blade.