First forged blade finally done

Scott Fulford · Mar 7, 2002

Well,actually it`s my second,the first was supposed to be like this but it cracked as I was cleaning the scale off after the quench.I normalized this one 3 times after forging and it came through fine,It`s 1095 I used curly maple for the handle and edge quenched it,and hand sanded it to bring out the temperline.

The picture doesnt do it justice,I`ve got to get a better digital camera.Whatcha think?
Thanks for the help on this one,you guys really did help me after the first one cracked,I`m starting to have dreams of damascus already.
Scott Fulford

krept · Mar 7, 2002

That's a great looking knife!

Bruce Evans · Mar 7, 2002

Looking Really good..Way to go..
Whats next..
Bruce

RHINOKNIVES · Mar 7, 2002

the blade flows into the handle very well.

Will52100 · Mar 8, 2002

Nice work, everything has a flow to it and the maple handle looks great.

Bruce Bump · Mar 8, 2002

Nice knife! good temper line. The maple is beautiful.

Mike Hull · Mar 8, 2002

Looks real good.

ddavelarsen · Mar 8, 2002

Nice job Scott! Great finish, and I've always heard it's very difficult to get the temper line to show in O1. Now I'm going to have to try it too. You deserve to feel good about this one, thanks for sharing.

Dave