D3 chopper

[stew]

What weight is it at Farid?

 

[TriviaMonster]

I would say an ice cold beer would be more deserved. Man that thing is a beast. So is this for chopping steel I-beams or? Or did you lose a bet and have to compete in BladeSoprts with it?

 

[farid.]

I would say an ice cold beer would be more deserved. Man that thing is a beast. So is this for chopping steel I-beams or? Or did you lose a bet and have to compete in BladeSoprts with it?

With a little luck I will have this ready to use in Atlanta.

 

[TheSharpStuff]

How much does it weigh?????

 

[Toddles]

Essentially, this thing is going to be epic.

 

[Steel130]

That blade is insane! You will look like Arnold after using that beast .

 

[Leatherface]

that is a sexy beast

 

[Schuey2002]

25.6mm = 1 inch thick!! Holy crap!

 

[TwinStick]

farid---do you have a website ??? I REALLY love your work. Thanks

 

[Camber]

Hi Farid,

Got your email! Will respond later today. Thank you very much!

The new pictures look sick too. That had to be a bear to grind, but it looks really neat.

Hi Collin, emailed you today buddy,
I will grind the final cutting edge On a slack belt.
take care

 

[farid.]

farid---do you have a website ??? I REALLY love your work. Thanks

sorry no, my work is mostly special projects and they are all different, limited runs.

 

[idaho]

This was not easy to grind, I taper tanged the other side, here it is after 6 hours of grinding the bevels.


I think a cup of tea is well deserved.

that thing is crazy insane glorious

 

[Pristerognathus]

Some custom makers just love making their knives thicker than everyone else don't they? Thickness is cool tough. I bet it makes them darn expensive though.

 

[nsm]

Farid,
We are looking forward to meeting you and seeing your work in person this week.

 

[TriviaMonster]

Haha, Farid you may have just started a war with Busse. I can those guys over there, "no one makes a thicker knife than we do, get 'em!".

You may just be the coolest knife maker out there. And I mean out there. Haha. How thick/thin is it behind the edge bevel?

Someone was asking about D3, well here it is...stats look good to me, Carbon anybody?

C. 2.20%
V. 1.00%
Cr. 12.00%

I also found an alternate comp. that I did not list, but this is AISI spec D3.

 

[farid.]

I appreciate everyone’s support in my special projects.
D3 is a good tool steel, performance comes from a good heat-treating. Anyway, ground to finished size and took the edge to 0.35 before sharpening, here is the finished knife all sharp with a mirror polished edge.
This reminded me of when I made the CPM REX 121 choppers, a few more grey hairs.
Thank you all.
Time for another cup of tea,

 

[Chris Pierce]

Wow. That's some nice work. And a very unique knife as well.
I was just about to post a thread about a nice thin slicer.....

 

[Grease]

How thick is the spine now? It looks like you've thinned it out a bit...

 

[Minibear464]

WOW. You could have made a knife from the edge thickness............ so, how does it chop?