First stock removal blade

jskit · Oct 26, 2012

Alrighty, I've got my O1, my files, my saw blades, clamps, and thanks to Hurricane Sandy I'll have time this weekend to start working on my 1st handmade blade. I think it's time to put all that reading and youtube video watching to work.

Here's the design i've laid out. It's going to be about 6" overall length using 1/8" o1. Planning on leaving it naked or wrapping it in hollowed paracord.

If i can get these to turn out decent i have a slab of 1/4" that I'm going to use for this big boy:

Hope it's as easy to make IRL as it was in photoshop

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What do guys think?

DCL Knives · Oct 26, 2012

I think it looks great! I think you got mixed up in the last part, making it in photoshop is the hard part

don't forget pics when you finish!

jskit · Oct 29, 2012

Ok, I'm not sure what I've done, but I love the look. After getting my blades to shape, hardening them, and tempering them, I tried sharpening, but the blade was still way to hard. I decided to temper the blades for a 2nd time (1hr @450) and got this bright blue blade with red and straw colors.

Any idea what I've done here? It's O1 steel.

LX_Emergency · Oct 30, 2012

Looks like you overheated just a little bit. Nothing that won't sand out though.

jskit · Oct 30, 2012

LX_Emergency said:
Looks like you overheated just a little bit. Nothing that won't sand out though.

I honestly dont mind the blue, it looks pretty cool. It's already starting to wear off on the handle though.

LX_Emergency · Oct 30, 2012

I'm not talking about the blue.

jskit · Oct 30, 2012

Ah, You're talking about the little dimples i reckon.

jskit · Oct 31, 2012

Here's what I've got. I plan on leaving them with the rough blue look. The one on the counter top will shave hair off your arm, but the other one needs a bit more work on the bevel; it's too steep as it is. These 2 were pretty experimental so I figure out the process. How'd I do?

The next one I make I'm going to take my time and make sure it comes out clean.