Hi Everyone,
I am new to the forums and really just began to develop an interest in knife making. I have been watching many videos and reading many forum posts but have several questions. Any help or recommendations would be appreciated. Let me first describe my plan.
Plan:
I am planning on making a dagger (6 inch blade, 3 inch tang) out of 5160 spring steel. I am planning on buying a flat bar of 5160 (1 inch width, 1/8 inch thick and 9 inches long), cutting out the design and then beveling the piece. I will probably do this in a machine shop with power tools; however, I am very tempted to do this by hand (if someone has done this, advice on how long this may take would be helpful). After, I plan on quenching it in oil and then tempering in my toaster oven.
My question is, do you bevel the blade close to the final design, perform the heat treatments and then finish it off to get it sharp or can the blade be sharpened before heat treatment? Of the youtube videos that I've watched, they have never really been too specific on when to do which. I did however, watch videos where they talked about cracking or warping if the blade is too sharp during the quench.
Is anyone familiar with this?
Also, if this is successful, I plan on doing the same for a longsword next year. Could I follow the same steps or would it have to be slightly modified to account for the longer length of the blade?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
I want it to look similar to this: http://roleplay.wikia.com/wiki/Dagger
I am new to the forums and really just began to develop an interest in knife making. I have been watching many videos and reading many forum posts but have several questions. Any help or recommendations would be appreciated. Let me first describe my plan.
Plan:
I am planning on making a dagger (6 inch blade, 3 inch tang) out of 5160 spring steel. I am planning on buying a flat bar of 5160 (1 inch width, 1/8 inch thick and 9 inches long), cutting out the design and then beveling the piece. I will probably do this in a machine shop with power tools; however, I am very tempted to do this by hand (if someone has done this, advice on how long this may take would be helpful). After, I plan on quenching it in oil and then tempering in my toaster oven.
My question is, do you bevel the blade close to the final design, perform the heat treatments and then finish it off to get it sharp or can the blade be sharpened before heat treatment? Of the youtube videos that I've watched, they have never really been too specific on when to do which. I did however, watch videos where they talked about cracking or warping if the blade is too sharp during the quench.
Is anyone familiar with this?
Also, if this is successful, I plan on doing the same for a longsword next year. Could I follow the same steps or would it have to be slightly modified to account for the longer length of the blade?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
I want it to look similar to this: http://roleplay.wikia.com/wiki/Dagger
