Helle Laminated Stainless Blade Blank

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Yeah , that's not a blade blank anymore !
It came , I saw ... I 3D printed , sawed / drilled & glued !
And here we are ..

Lots & lots of sanding to look forward to .
Looks like I snagged the last Helle blade Nordic had .. Prices are going up !
But when you take a finished knife into consideration , a bit of DIY can save you some $ .
 
Oh dear ! Finished gripping the Helle .. Unfortunately just in time for sunset ! No pix ...
Oh well . pictures on the morrow !
 
Very nice. What is the steel in that laminate? I understand from posts here on BF that the middle layer is 13c26 (or something close). Do you know what the outer layers are?
 
Sorry , only know it's laminated sandvik ( I think ) ..
So maybe 14c28n core ? or H3LS Laminated steel .. These look to be the two laminates ( Stainless steel ) ..

What is H3LS steel?
The laminate steel used in our knives has been continuously developed by Helle in cooperation with close partners since the 1960s. It is now made proprietary for Helle and we have given it the name H3LS for the stainless version and H3LC for the carbon version.

That didn't tell us anything ! ( So I guess I got mystery steel )
 

I suspect this blade to be a factory 2nd .......... Or not good enough for a factory knife so sold off as a DIY blade ..
I think so because one side is perfectly polished / finished .......... While the other side still has the grinding groves running all the way to the edge .. Polished , but the groves are still there .
And one of those groves running to the edge , might be responsible for the FAIL !
 
Re Sharpening !

Ok , so one side of the scandi edge is really good !
The other side is a little FUBAR .. ( Did I say this blade might have been a factory 2nd ? )
Those groves , under a 5000 grit stone , the edge feels like a saw !
Also right where the belly curves to the tip .. Is a classic scandi fubar ! The edge thickens up , call it a lump !
So all my re sharpening effort was spent removing the hump or lump from the edge . ( Did I say the other side was pretty much perfect ? )
So right where the hump was ( or lump ) , the edge is very nice and no grinding groves remain ..
Some of those groves are very deeply engraved , so might take years of use ( decades for me ) to sharpen away . ( Straight part of the belly )
 
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