D2 and micarta

jdm61 said:
dang!!!! You guys have all missed the REALLY impressive part (other than the absolute lunacy of forging D2...lol) This is a full tang knife and the guard appears "slip" fitted from the tang side like a stick tang knife instead of bolstered or slipped on from the blade end AND it has a finger groove and yet the fit is beyond amazing. The joint between the guard and tang is so fineand the curved transistion is so smooth that it could almost pass for an integral. That is a neat trick.:thumbup:
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If nobody has been watching, Phillip's knives have had an extremely high quality of finish for the last year or so. It really improved in 2005-2006. Philip doesn't have to take his hat off to very many in the maker's world as far as construction quality goes.:thumbup:
 
Keith Montgomery said:
Phillip, I sent you an email. Let me know if you got it.
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Just emailed you, Keith.

To everyone else who posted in this thread, Thanks! I had a busy weekend, so I'm kind of behind in my correspondence, and I want to get some work done this morning while it's cool, so I'll reply to you all later. :)
 
Andros said:
This is a great looking knife! You mention that the steel is “forged D2”. I didn’t know that D2 can be forged. Did you use multiple quenches for it?
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I forgot to say, I didn't use multiple quenches. The only time I do, is when I don't get it right the first time. ;)


Slaytanic and squiggi305, I'll email you.



drducati said:
Phillip,
You took your 4.5" recurve utility blade and made a fighter out of it. Very Nice!
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Actually, this one preceded the utility design by about 3 months. In fact, this knife is a slightly reworked version of the very first knife I sold here on the forums.
BTW, you're the sixth person to buy from me here at BF, and the second person to buy a utility knife from me. :)


dang!!!! You guys have all missed the REALLY impressive part (other than the absolute lunacy of forging D2...lol) This is a full tang knife and the guard appears "slip" fitted from the tang side like a stick tang knife instead of bolstered or slipped on from the blade end AND it has a finger groove and yet the fit is beyond amazing. The joint between the guard and tang is so fineand the curved transistion is so smooth that it could almost pass for an integral. That is a neat trick.:thumbup:


Well, the fit isn't quite as good as it looks in the photo, but it's still passable, I think. I learn new tricks each time I make one of these. Hopefully the next one will be perfect. :)
The first time I made a full tang knife with a double guard, it took me 3 hours to slot and fit the guard. This one took me less than 1 hour.

Andros said:
Thank you for your reply. There is a reson for the old adage "the older you get, the more you learn...";). I remember that many years ago Sean McWilliams used to forge 440V and I don't know if he is still around or not. Have you contacted any comparison tests between the cutting ability of a blade made out of say, forged D2 (or forged M4) vs. stock removal D2 (or stock removal M4). BTW, how much would a knife like this go for?
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I think I heard that Sean McWilliams got sick from the vanadium that's in 440V. Don't quote me on that though.
I haven't done any side by side cutting tests, but I think if the heat treat is good, you shouldn't notice any difference between the two.
I'll email you about the price.


drducati said:
If nobody has been watching, Phillip's knives have had an extremely high quality of finish for the last year or so. It really improved in 2005-2006. Philip doesn't have to take his hat off to very many in the maker's world as far as construction quality goes.:thumbup:
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Well thank you sir! You ought to know, since you have some of my first ones sold. :)


Thanks everyone else for the kind comments!
 
Here's a picture of the pattern in the steel:

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