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KirbyKnives · May 5, 2020

I have a pair of edge quenched skinning / EDC knives for sale today.
Each blade is made from 1095 high carbon steel and edge quenched in parks 50 quench oil
then tempered with a target of 61-62 HRC
OAL of 8.5 inch
spine thickness is .123"
cutting edge of ~ 4 1/8 inch
both handles have tapered tangs and are glued with blade bond and use loveless style fasteners for a mechanical bond
they were hand sanded to 400 grit, etched in ferric chloride multiple times with 1000 grit polishing between etches to bring out the "hamon" or quench lines.
The pictures unfortunately don't show the quench lines the best.

Your choice $130 each including delivery to CONUS, $10 extra for international shipping.
payment can be sent via PayPal to kirbys65@hotmail.com

I now have made kydex sheaths which will be included

Option #1 has stabilized redwood burl scales

Option # 2 has stabilized black palm scales

Scifidelity · May 5, 2020

Edge quenched as in you heated only the edge and quenched the whole blade, or you heated the entire thing and only quenched the edge?

KirbyKnives · May 5, 2020

Scifidelity said:
Edge quenched as in you heated only the edge and quenched the whole blade, or you heated the entire thing and only quenched the edge?

heated the entire blade in my evenheat oven and quenched just the edge for ~5-10 seconds before plunging the rest of the blade in. whole blade is "hard" but spine and tang not as hard as edge. Mostly wanted the "hamon" effect

Scifidelity · May 5, 2020

Oh gotcha. I thought everyone did that

. Nice little blade! I like the profile. Have you tried furnace cement and ferric chloride for hamons?

KirbyKnives · May 5, 2020

Scifidelity said:
Oh gotcha. I thought everyone did that . Nice little blade! I like the profile. Have you tried furnace cement and ferric chloride for hamons?

I have done a couple with furnace cement, one is actually listed in the kitchen knives section. I had never done edge quench before and thought I'd give it a try and was happy with the results. There is more going on with the hamons than the pictures show.

Scifidelity · May 5, 2020

I’ll go check out the kitchen knife now! Sounds very interesting. That would be tricky to keep flat!

lacticacid · May 6, 2020

nice looking knives from someone close to home. will be very interested once you start making sheaths for you blades. keep up the good work.

KirbyKnives · May 11, 2020

lacticacid said:
nice looking knives from someone close to home. will be very interested once you start making sheaths for you blades. keep up the good work.

First of all thank you for the kind words. Also, I did make kydex sheaths for each which will now be included.