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rotor

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I made this the other day it was half of a bearing race I treated it as if were 52100 I forged this at lower temp than I usually do. this after reading the thread by Ed fowler annealed it in vermculite 3x normalized 3x temper at 350 deg and spring tempered the spine. I tested the edge by chopping a 2x4 in ½ and still having a hair popping edge no chips or nicks the knife was slightly larger I broke the tip trying to straighten the blade it warped slightly during heat treat I think I might of got the tip to hot is there a better temper temp to use. The kife is 6 ¾ “ oal 1”wide 1/8 thick.It aint real pretty but its like the enigizer bunny it keeps going. What do you think.

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Looks great. Call me weird but I like the looks of a rough handforged knife better than one with all the screws, holes, ti, talonite, G10 etc. etc. you can throw at it. But then again I like real muzzle loaders better than AR15's.
 
I don't know if there is a better temperature to use or not, but I know I really like the knife. Like you said, it may not be very pretty, but it looks like it will do what's asked of it.
 
thanks for the kind words i keep this one in my boot for emergancies that may arise and it open mail rather nicely.thanks again Russ
 
If you work with one steel allthe time you get to know it's ins and outs, exacly what to do to make everything come out right.

on the other hand if you are playing with salvage and you are flying by the seat of your pants because you don't realy know what you have, Well sometimes things happen:p :( :rolleyes: :mad: :barf:

well inspite of everything it looks great.

I too like that hand forged look:D
 
Rotor,
That's a nice blacksmith's knife. I like the clip, and the way that the blade sweeps upwards in the Southwestern style. If it were me, about the only thing I would change is the large choil area.

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I would try pulling the choil/heel straight down to give more cutting area and follow the spine and general flow, more or less like this:

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Of course this is just my opinion. Obviously I do like your knife. Otherwise I wouldn't have spent so much time studying it and thinking about what I would have done with it.

Good job.
 
Looks GREAT......But I will have to agree with Terry.I believe that would have really defined the cutting edge a little better.
Bruce
 
How you did that Terry? :eek: One minute the choil was there. Then next minute it was just gone! You one of those software wizards? By the way Russ, that's a cool blacksmith's knife. How did you like working with 52100? Tough stuff huh? Have you tried it in any damascus yet? If you do, be sure and post your results.

P.S. How do you like my cool avatar? Phil did it for me just becuase he's a nice guy. Well, actually I think he was making fun of me but it turned out so cool he let me have a look. He he. Phil, you rascal!
 
Hey Max. Yes, the case of the vanishing choil is fine example of the miracles of modern technology. :D

I was going to comment on your avatar even if you hadn't asked. That's just about the neatest avatar I've ever seen. Mr. Phil is one talented fellow.
 
the 52100 is little harder to move undera 3lb hammer but it moves pretty good when i put my six pounder into action. i did pound eight 3/4" ball bearing together to a billet but i screwed it up when i was grinding it out. i welded to gether really well im going to beat some of race material together with some file material soon.and again thanks all Russ
 
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