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Chopper just finished
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Beautiful. Looks somewhat like a short Falcata. The blued flats/patina'ed bevels just bring it together. Never thought of using two different finished on one blade.
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what do you find is the best HT range for an 01 Chopper? Beautiful blade by the way
To be honest with you man I haven't got enough experience to say but this is what I did.
I did the heat treating in my coal forge. Because of the long soak time it needs I used a crap load if flux to prevent scale. Did my normalizing cycles and then hardened it in canola oil. I tempered at 450 for three, two hour cycles. It warped a bit after everything was done so I tried using the dowel/vice trick and it would just spring. It's still got a slight warp but now that the handle is on you can't see it. I then took the oxy acetylene torch and drew the temper to a blue down the spine, just to prevent it from cracking.
Time will tell if it will work well. I'm sure it will, before my friend gets it I want to chop up some 2x4's.
Thanks for all the nice complements everybody. It really means a lot to me!
I did the heat treating in my coal forge. Because of the long soak time it needs I used a crap load if flux to prevent scale. Did my normalizing cycles and then hardened it in canola oil. I tempered at 450 for three, two hour cycles. It warped a bit after everything was done so I tried using the dowel/vice trick and it would just spring. It's still got a slight warp but now that the handle is on you can't see it. I then took the oxy acetylene torch and drew the temper to a blue down the spine, just to prevent it from cracking.
Time will tell if it will work well. I'm sure it will, before my friend gets it I want to chop up some 2x4's.
Thanks for all the nice complements everybody. It really means a lot to me!
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Wow that is an awesome looking package. Love the file work on the spine!
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Nice work thanks for the response!
No problem man! Thanks for the compliments!
Well I got it to a hair popping razor last night and started the tests. I chopped up some paper, brass rods, annealed 01 and chopped up a 2x4. The edge had no chips or nicks in it and after I cleaned it off on my pants it still shaved
it's very comfortable to hold and swings very well. I would have to say that this was a successful heat treatment. I showed it to my friend (the guy buying it) and he fell in love. He chopped up another 2x4 and couldn't stop smiling
Well I got it to a hair popping razor last night and started the tests. I chopped up some paper, brass rods, annealed 01 and chopped up a 2x4. The edge had no chips or nicks in it and after I cleaned it off on my pants it still shaved
it's very comfortable to hold and swings very well. I would have to say that this was a successful heat treatment. I showed it to my friend (the guy buying it) and he fell in love. He chopped up another 2x4 and couldn't stop smiling
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Very nice work. That thing looks awesome, and the sheath is really nice too. Man I love choppers!!