first knife with own heattreat.

P.K.Hansen

P.K.Hansen

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I just finished this little knife, that I heattreated myself. Not my first knife, but my first heattreatment.
I'll make a sheath tomorrow, and then it'll have to prove itself this huntingseason .
It's no big knife, but many danish hunters prefer small knives.
Scales are camel bone, steel is UHB17VA carbon steel. nickelsilver pins.
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first knife!,wow i think its wonderful,very simple,very elegant-perfect!,what type of heat treat?,clay coat?
 
Thanks.
Yes, I claycoated it with furnace-cement, and quenched in sunfloweroil. Etched in lemonjuice and rubbed with OO-steelwool with brasso.
It's not the first knife I've made, but the first I've heattreated myself. Should have been more clear about that - sorry.
I've made a handfull of blades in ATS-34 and 12C27 before this.
 
Between this thread and the one by Hengelo_77, it looks like the Europeans are really throwing down the gauntlet in term of craftsmanship for new makers. Congrats to both of you on some great debut work.

rmd
 
That is a REALLY nice knife, even if it is dwarfed by your monstrous European paws :p

I only hope my first knife (yeah, yeah, not your real first knife, but I'll be lucky if I EVER get to make a knife, at this rate) turns out that well!
 
Not quite the first - I've changed the intro to avoid people believing that :(
As said I've made a few in stainless before this one.
Thanks anyway ;)
 
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