First Harpoon tip WIP

stephanfowler

stephanfowler

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Starting off we have a lovely bar of Aldo's 1084 that I've heated up to a toasty 1800 F and bashed with a hammer until pointy

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This is my first ever harpoon clip so I thought I would start there

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Start working down the edge bevels.

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Kinda lookin like a knife now

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A quick grind on the flats to see how we did

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The bevels came out NICE and STRAIGHT

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not bad for my FIRST hollow grind knife ehhh

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I'll be running the hollow grinds significantly deeper, this was just a start to get everything lined up.

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All heat treated and brought up to a 600G Belt polish......

dandy

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Just so you know, getting the hamon to turn back like this and line up just right is freaking hard. I was dancing around the shop when I saw how well it turned out..

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Captain Ahab would be proud.:thumbup:

Nice piece Stephen!
 
thanks for all the comments guys

I didn't have much time to work on it this weekend but I will be back at it tonight

I'm going to do a blackwood handle and SS double guard.
 
Sorry,

my little brother gets married next weekend and all my life has been topsy turvy.....


here's a quick pick

I'll take fancy shots when I get home later

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