Hand Engraving by Sarah Ladd - Fine art engraving, pure gold inlay, diamond setting

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Beautiful work. Should I ever have the need, I will be sure to look you up.
 
SarahLadd said:
Are you a Minnesotan too? This place needs all the help it can get with its image. *shifts eyes*
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Rochester, the one county in Minnesota with zero of our 10,000 natural lakes. You must not be a native, though, all the women here are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. Everyone tells me so.
 
madcap_magician said:
Rochester, the one county in Minnesota with zero of our 10,000 natural lakes. You must not be a native, though, all the women here are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. Everyone tells me so.
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I am not. I was raised in Mason City Iowa. I will never go back. It is a terrible place. :)
 
Oh no. :( I think this knife isn't what I bought. Product inside does not match label on box. I ordered a steel knife, but this is resisting my cutting tools like titanium. I think these scales are titanium scales. Drat. :( I guess I get to shelf Cleopatra and find another knife to put her on.
 
SarahLadd said:
Oh no. :( I think this knife isn't what I bought. Product inside does not match label on box. I ordered a steel knife, but this is resisting my cutting tools like titanium. I think these scales are titanium scales. Drat. :( I guess I get to shelf Cleopatra and find another knife to put her on.
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A magnet can confirm your suspicions.
 
SarahLadd said:
It's magnetic. I wonder why it cuts like butt.
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Titanium is ruled out. If it is steel and is attracted to a magnet, it exhibits Ferromagnetism. If it picks up carpet tacks, it’s magnetic. If a file won’t touch it, it might be hardened. If it is hardened, it can be annealed to soften it.
If it is a 300 series stainless steel (with added Nickel), it cannot be annealed, although 300 series stainless is not very strongly attracted to a magnet.
A testing liquid of Copper Sulfate crystals dissolved in a 6% Sulfuric acid and water solution will differentiate steel from stainless. The steel will turn Copper colored, the SS will not.
 
madcap_magician said:
Rochester, the one county in Minnesota with zero of our 10,000 natural lakes. You must not be a native, though, all the women here are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. Everyone tells me so.
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Love the lake wobegone reference!
 
SarahLadd said:
Oh no. :( I think this knife isn't what I bought. Product inside does not match label on box. I ordered a steel knife, but this is resisting my cutting tools like titanium. I think these scales are titanium scales. Drat. :( I guess I get to shelf Cleopatra and find another knife to put her on.
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I'm very excited for when you get to the point of engraving titanium successfully, though.
 
madcap_magician said:
I'm very excited for when you get to the point of engraving titanium successfully, though.
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I am going to resist this like a 4 year old resisting peas.
tiguy7 said:
Titanium is ruled out. If it is steel and is attracted to a magnet, it exhibits Ferromagnetism. If it picks up carpet tacks, it’s magnetic. If a file won’t touch it, it might be hardened. If it is hardened, it can be annealed to soften it.
If it is a 300 series stainless steel (with added Nickel), it cannot be annealed, although 300 series stainless is not very strongly attracted to a magnet.
A testing liquid of Copper Sulfate crystals dissolved in a 6% Sulfuric acid and water solution will differentiate steel from stainless. The steel will turn Copper colored, the SS will not.
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I bought it from Boker. Is there anything on this page that would tell me more without skipping straight to science? Not that I don't like science. This sounds like fun. Also very informative. Thanks!
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Lancer 42 Steel

In its two-handed version, the popular Boker Plus Lancer has a stonewash D2 blade that opens with a nail nick and is secured with a sturdy framelock . The design by Ukrainian knifemaker Serge Panchenko is compact and very...
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SarahLadd said:
I am going to resist this like a 4 year old resisting peas.
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COME TO THE DARK SIDE, SARAH. ALL THE COOL KIDS HAVE TITANIUM KNIVES. I NEED YOU TO TAKE A WHACK AT A SEBENZA.

That should be stainless steel handles, but I mean, who knows what they did with it in terms of it being hardened or annealed or what kind of stainless it is.
 
madcap_magician said:
COME TO THE DARK SIDE, SARAH. ALL THE COOL KIDS HAVE TITANIUM KNIVES. I NEED YOU TO TAKE A WHACK AT A SEBENZA.

That should be stainless steel handles, but I mean, who knows what they did with it in terms of it being hardened or annealed or what kind of stainless it is.
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GRUMBLE

Yeah I duno what it is but I hate it so I'm throwin' it.
 
SarahLadd said:
I am going to resist this like a 4 year old resisting peas.

I bought it from Boker. Is there anything on this page that would tell me more without skipping straight to science? Not that I don't like science. This sounds like fun. Also very informative. Thanks!
www.bokerusa.com

Lancer 42 Steel

In its two-handed version, the popular Boker Plus Lancer has a stonewash D2 blade that opens with a nail nick and is secured with a sturdy framelock . The design by Ukrainian knifemaker Serge Panchenko is compact and very...
www.bokerusa.com www.bokerusa.com
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The spec sheet says the handle is SS. It is probably a low 400 series like 410 which is low Carbon but has about 12% Chrome. The Chrome is probably the culprit that is adding wear resistance. The low Carbon, about 0.10%, means it can’t be heat treated to a meaningful hardness. So annealing won’t help.
 
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woodysone said:
Are you going to put some of these for sale as a placeholder for the real thing. You had me at pixie dust.🥰
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I figured they would be nice hand-outs at the knife shows. If you'd like one I can arrange that. I won't receive these until after Atlanta blade show though. I will hopefully have them in two weeks from today.
 
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