Hellcats

52100 deserves and needs better HT than done with a torch !!!
Skeletonizing is better with a few large holes rather than many small ones ! Just leave 1/8" between holes and hole to edge.
 
I own one of these Hellcats and they are Absolutely Perfect
Best knife for price I`ve seen in quite awhile.
Definately going to buy another
 
mete said:
52100 deserves and needs better HT than done with a torch !!!
Skeletonizing is better with a few large holes rather than many small ones ! Just leave 1/8" between holes and hole to edge.
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From his description and pictures, I'm pretty sure he is referring to drawing back the temper on the handle with a torch.

Daado said:
Some more pictures...
After tempering in electric oven, i clean the blades with sandpaper to see temper colors, and do final tempering with torch while part of the blade is dipped in water.

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Today, after first sharpening, i did some blade testing and all went well.
Made a short video (part of testing)

[video=youtube;Egpz6C6oRAM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egpz6C6oRAM[/video]

Thanks for watching.
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i4Marc said:
Cool. You can tell customers that you make knives with "balls". :D
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I thought about that... :D Thanks!

alex451 said:
I own one of these Hellcats and they are Absolutely Perfect
Best knife for price I`ve seen in quite awhile.
Definately going to buy another
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Thank You! Glad You like it.

AlaskanHunter said:
From his description and pictures, I'm pretty sure he is referring to drawing back the temper on the handle with a torch.
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You're right. I use torch after HT, to additionally heat knife tang. I don't use it for heat treatment itself.
 
I am Still looking forward to getting my hands on one of your knives.
I need to sell a knife or two of mine to have the spare cash.
 
NJBillK said:
I am Still looking forward to getting my hands on one of your knives.
I need to sell a knife or two of mine to have the spare cash.
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Thank You. No worries, i make them all the time :)

One of those three is finished. Walnut burl with horizontal carry.

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I don't post a whole lot, but I had to log in to say; this is absolutely awesome. The story that goes with it makes these some really great pieces. Good job!

Jason
 
Kingsize said:
I don't post a whole lot, but I had to log in to say; this is absolutely awesome. The story that goes with it makes these some really great pieces. Good job!

Jason
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Thank You Jason.
 
Daado awesome, I love your ball bearing blades!
 
So cool! I will stay tuned to keep seeing you use piece of that tank! Be careful out there.
 
Thanks guys, much appreciated.


New batch, cleaned and rough profiled.

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Somehow no one has the biggest question of this thread; where the heck in all of God's creation did you find that tank! Wish I lived where you do.....
 
How can one buy one of these knives? I have a friend that was armor and would probably be interested in a knife that ties to his tank days in combat.
 
bootzon said:
How can one buy one of these knives? I have a friend that was armor and would probably be interested in a knife that ties to his tank days in combat.
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Just shoot Dalibor (That's his name) an email or visitors message with your email or contact info, please keep in mind that he lives in Croatia and his clock is 6 hours ahead of ours.

That being said, he is a Great guy to work with and does Everything in his power to accommodate your requests and is Very easy to communicate with.
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Just to make it easier on all parties involved, I send my measurements in "mm" as opposed to inches. Just use an online conversion calculator to ease translation of dimensions.
 
No problem. I am having a knife built by Dalibor as we speak. Just waiting to decide on liner color.
 
I have one of his non " Hellcat" blades of the same style. Very nice useful knife.
 
JakeMakes said:
Somehow no one has the biggest question of this thread; where the heck in all of God's creation did you find that tank! Wish I lived where you do.....
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It's the benefit of living in strange places... You never know what you'll find tomorrow :)

Thanks for kind comments guys. Much appreciated
 
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