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G L Drew

G L Drew

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Sometimes when I am at my forge I pay attention to the voices in my head and come up with a knife that is a little different from my usual work.

Forged from 1/4 inch 5160 steel heat treated and tempered to 58-60 Rc
Flat grind with a Scotch Bright finish
Forge texture on the flats
The guard was forged from an old wagon tire and etched to bring out the grain of the wrought iron
Stabilized and dyed curly ash handle
Overall length: 16 inches
Blade: 10 3/4 inches
Weight: 1 pound, 2 oz.
Leather sheath (no belt loop-this style was traditionally worn under a belt or sash. I could make a frog if someone would like a belt loop)

$240 delivered to the US or Canada. My PayPal account and email address is gldrewknives@gmail.com Please contact me for other payment methods or overseas shipping costs.


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Rockwell 50 to 60, Lots of hardness differential in that space, is this a misprint or what?? 50 is back spring steel hardness you can drill thru it easy. 56 to 57 would be ok for a heavy chopping bowie, an 58 to 60 would be better if a blade is not hollow ground to thin. this is a great knife at good price. Would like explanation on 50 to 60 RC .
 
Thanks for catching that, Joe. The hardness is 58-60. That might sound like a typo too but any knife will vary that much with the Rockwell tester...I've always questioned why a knife will show two or three readings if tested along the blade. Does the steel vary or is it that the machine is not very accurate. Maybe I will start a thread to ask the experts.
 
Looks like a nice blade at a very reasonable price. How wide is the blade at guard? Thanks.
 
Mr. Drew , Im no expert , But from my limited experience with my Wilson Rockwell tester I've had for around 15 years now, I have to make sure my steel is sanded smooth an clean on both sides or even surface ground plus some hand sanding to a finer grit where the tester diamond point will test it. Then it has to be a flat ( even ) surface to test properly an get the right reading almost each time. If you test say on the edge of a blade an its angled down to the edge because of flat sanding or hollow sanding, I never seem to get a real or true reading. That is where you can have 3 or more different readings an all be different. if you buy a used Rockwell tester ,you need to have it calibrated for a true reading an have the test piece of round steel given to you so as to test your Rockwell Tester every so often to see if it is still getting the same reading with your test steel that the Calibration man gave you when he was done testing your machine. Its not cheap to have a Pro come an test your machine, you could buy say a 60 hardness test piece an see what your machine hardness reading is. This way you know where you stand with your machine on the hardness level. Joe
 
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