Finished up large Custom Blade

RyanW

RyanW

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I have been working on this for a while now. I ran into a few snags along the way, luckily I was able to reach out to a few great makers here for some direction. Thanks Mike Q. and Mike T.!

This is #1 of 2 that are on order for this customer. I will attach the start of the other blade which will have matching handle materials.

Craine Camp Whittler (His name for it)
Steel: 3/16" W2
OAL: 14"
Blade: 8"
Handle: OD & Black G10
Misc: Tapered Tang, Hamon, Jimping

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Knife #2 Craine Camp Chef
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I will update this thread as I finished up the Camp Chef. Comments and constructive criticism welcomed and encouraged!
... Ryan
 
Man, that is way cool, How did you do that wicked finish? It looks like a very well done multi coat hamon, one of the best I have seen!
 
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Nice and clean work!

The hamons have me puzzled trying to figure out your clay layout and the overall process. Interesting ghost lines.
 
Ryan,

That first one is just hot. The flow, the blade design, and the hamon. Great job all around. Lydia says the same and that is saying something, because she can be a brutal critic.
 
f*ck that 'whittler' is OFF THE HOOK AND ON THE MONEY!
That pattern is a winner son.
You oughta post this one up in the green place.
 
Thanks Everyone for the great comments, just a little history on the challenges I ran into on this blade. In the past I had been using my Propane forge for HT-ing my blades. due to the challenge of a stable soak the forge presented I moved up to a 24" Evenheat Oven. After a bunch of HT's I thought I had Aldo's W2 HT process in my oven Nailed. 3 blades (Re-Profiled and Re-Ground) and 15 Heat Treat attempts on this design later, this was the result. Mike Quesenberry and Mike Turner were a huge help in getting things right.

Unfortunately Stuart I don't have any photos of the Clay treatment that created this Hamon and as you say "Ghost lines". It was similar to the photo below, but much thinner. I was going for only the edge and lightly into the clay reaching critical during the entire soak. I think Grain refinement played a big role in the Ghost lines. Either way I like it and hopefully will be able to replicate it down the road.
 
Beautiful work, as always. Thanks for putting up the clay photo. If you don't mind me asking, is there a particular type of clay that you tend to prefer? I had all kinds of evidently wrong ideas about how the clay tempering worked.
 
crimsonfalcon07 said:
Beautiful work, as always. Thanks for putting up the clay photo. If you don't mind me asking, is there a particular type of clay that you tend to prefer? I had all kinds of evidently wrong ideas about how the clay tempering worked.
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Crimson thanks for the Kind words!

I am not an authority on clay differential hardening, you used the word "Tempering" which is actually a different process. I use Satanite, but have used good ole furnace cement found at the hardware store with good success.
 
See, even in asking about it I manage to demonstrate my lack of knowledge. Thanks for the information. I'll have to do more research so's I can ask more edumacated questions :D

The top hamon sure came out looking great!
 
Ryan

real nice work :thumbup::thumbup:

your knives are improving by leaps and bounds , and that is great to see !

Bill
 
crimson no problem, didn't mean you were wrong just trying to keep things straight in my own head.. haha

Thanks Bill, Really appreciate that!

I got Blade #2 Finished up (Craine Camp Chef)

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The Sheaths: (Customer also wanted Kydex so that is next)
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Mike Quesenberry said:
Both great designs but that first one is all sorts of wicked looking:thumbup:. Great job on the hamons.
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Thanks Mike, I really appreciate the help during this build... Small Steps

Burton said:
Agreed both nice but the pointy one really grabs my attention. Nice work Ryan you have been busy.
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Really Appreciate that Burton, this one has been in the works for a while. Just trying to keep up!
 
Ryan,
I agree with everyone else--that first one is sweet. Both are nice but the first one has the look.

Tad
 
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