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Decided to do a little WIP for the design contest knife. I'm not going to go into to much detail, but this should at least give everyone a basic understanding of how the knives are made.
Here is the winning design. Have you thought about any names for it yet Christian?

First step is to profile the blade

Filing in the sharpening notch


Scribing the edge

This is about how thin I want to go before heat treat

Starting up the grinder

Bevels have been rough ground and then cleaned up to 120 before heat treat (hard to tell)


Next I mark where I want to drill my holes

Holes have been marked and punched

Holes are drilled and then chamfered


Marked where I wanted the jimping

I decided to go with a finer jimping pattern than the drawing. It still serves it's purpose and I can be much more precise with a checkering file



Decided to make 2! Blades are dipped in turco before heat treat

Into the evenheat they go

Oven coming up to temp

After the blades have soaked in the oven at temp it is time to quench between the aluminum plates.
The blades go from 1900+ degrees to being able to handle them in a matter of seconds

Here they are after hardening

After quenching the blades go into my secondary oven for 2 tempering cycles

That's all for now.
Here is the winning design. Have you thought about any names for it yet Christian?

First step is to profile the blade

Filing in the sharpening notch


Scribing the edge

This is about how thin I want to go before heat treat

Starting up the grinder

Bevels have been rough ground and then cleaned up to 120 before heat treat (hard to tell)


Next I mark where I want to drill my holes

Holes have been marked and punched

Holes are drilled and then chamfered


Marked where I wanted the jimping

I decided to go with a finer jimping pattern than the drawing. It still serves it's purpose and I can be much more precise with a checkering file



Decided to make 2! Blades are dipped in turco before heat treat

Into the evenheat they go

Oven coming up to temp

After the blades have soaked in the oven at temp it is time to quench between the aluminum plates.
The blades go from 1900+ degrees to being able to handle them in a matter of seconds

Here they are after hardening

After quenching the blades go into my secondary oven for 2 tempering cycles

That's all for now.
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