Ernest Delannoy, Bladesmith - my work

Valken

Valken

La Forge du Vieux Monde
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Hello !
I'm Ernest, Bladesmith at La Forge du Vieux Monde in countryside France here !
I make knives and tools,
I love nordic designs and most of my knives are puukkos or have puukkos in them.


Anyway, here are a few exemples of my work, hope you'll like it !

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Steven65 said:
Beautiful work. Please tell us about the steels you use.......... :)
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Thank you !

Short answer : mainly 80CrV2 and 52100.

Long answer : a whole lot of different carbon and tool steel grades.
When I do fire welded edge or san mai I use C100S.
I use C45-60-70 for tools like axes in mono.
I like Tungsten steel, love 115W8. Use also 130WCrV5 and 105WCr6...
On the other hand I love very tough grade like 8670 and 51CrV4...
And I really love 115CRV3 (Silversteel) - might be my favorit grade, but I don't use it that much anymore, oddly enough...

I really admire when a maker uses only one grade, or maybe 2. But I can't and I spend so much time doing heat treat tests and crash tests...
 
Interpretation of a Merovingian knife based on pieces exhibited at the Saint-Germain Museum in Auxerre. Old iron and a forge-welded XC100 steel edge for the blade, and multi-century-old oak for the handle.


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I present to you the Sparrow Hawk

After refining the manufacturing process, I’m pleased to introduce this first hatchet model.

• Head weighing approximately 250–300 g, made of homogeneous C70 steel
• Straight hickory handle
• Compact, versatile, and easy-to-carry format
• Ideal for bushcraft

The name Sparrow Hawk was not chosen at random:
“Tomahawk” comes from a Powhatan word, and it is often shortened to hawk.” The sparrow hawk is a small falcon. An obvious choice for a compact, lightweight, and efficient hatchet.


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Valken said:
I present to you the Sparrow Hawk

After refining the manufacturing process, I’m pleased to introduce this first hatchet model.

• Head weighing approximately 250–300 g, made of homogeneous C70 steel
• Straight hickory handle
• Compact, versatile, and easy-to-carry format
• Ideal for bushcraft

The name Sparrow Hawk was not chosen at random:
“Tomahawk” comes from a Powhatan word, and it is often shortened to hawk.” The sparrow hawk is a small falcon. An obvious choice for a compact, lightweight, and efficient hatchet.


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Nice job👍
 
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