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This is the first knife I've completed from A to Z, from design to finish. Here are the specs:
- XC75 steel : Thank you Fabien for giving me the steel!
- 6.5" OAL
- 2" cutting edge
- almost flat ground, or convex with a big radius
- zebu horn scales
- black fiber
- aluminium pins
The tools I've used are a hacksaw, two flat files, one semi-round file, a hammer for the pins, sandpaper, an electric handdrill, a propane torch + sunflower oil
for quenching, the kitchen oven for tempering, Dremel + felt wheel for polishing the blade. It was fun. You won't belive it, but the most tricky part was properly fixing the rather conic horn in the vise to cut the scales. The finish is not as good as I would like it to be but I can't go any further without a propper buffer. The best source of information was this forum, thank you all!
Sorry for the small unclear picture but it's the best I could get with a camecoder.
- XC75 steel : Thank you Fabien for giving me the steel!
- 6.5" OAL
- 2" cutting edge
- almost flat ground, or convex with a big radius
- zebu horn scales
- black fiber
- aluminium pins
The tools I've used are a hacksaw, two flat files, one semi-round file, a hammer for the pins, sandpaper, an electric handdrill, a propane torch + sunflower oil
for quenching, the kitchen oven for tempering, Dremel + felt wheel for polishing the blade. It was fun. You won't belive it, but the most tricky part was properly fixing the rather conic horn in the vise to cut the scales. The finish is not as good as I would like it to be but I can't go any further without a propper buffer. The best source of information was this forum, thank you all!Sorry for the small unclear picture but it's the best I could get with a camecoder.
