Is my 5160 blade to hard?

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TRAVIS R HENNINGER

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I have a knife I just made with a 3.5 inch blade. It is made of 5160 and the handle is lignum vitae. This is only the 3rd blade I have made. Is 64rc to hard for the blade? The handle is 35rc. I am new to the forum and blade making, so be gentile..

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I tried searching for the answer, but I am still trying to learn the site.
 
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Yes. It appears that the conversion was wrong. It is 62. This is a duplicate post also. I posted in the wrong area and it was moved here after I made a second post. Thanks for your input.
 
A hilt you say, that's the smallest sword i have ever seen, do you mean tang? the wood looks like Verawood to me. Real lignum vitae is known for a nice olive color and is in fact banned. Its very hard to get and when you can find it in the good olive color its very expensive. 64rc is quite hard for 5160, normaly its tempered to around the 58-60rc range.
 
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The wording is from the met lab. The wood was olive but I put gun oil on it. I was not sure whay would bring out the olive color. I may be able to get a few more small pieces. It is leftovers from long ago where I work. Thank you everyone for the input!
 
There are two woods known as lignum vitae
Argentine lignum vitae which is somewhat available, and real lignum vitae which is boarderline unobtainium, and priced alongside the most expensive Rosewoods and ebony when you find it.

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Ignore the knife, it's not relevant. But the backdrop is the real lignum vitae, only picture of it I currently have
 
TRAVIS R HENNINGER said:
Here is all I have as of now. Working on getting more.
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Geoff Flato said:
It looks a bit stripier than I'd expect, could be wrong though. Could be one of several things, not sure that it's lignum though.
Greenberg Woods Greenberg Woods any thoughts?
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Thats not real lignium.
2 woods are COMMONLY sold as lignium vitae, but in the same way every dense dark wood is called ironwood by someone (Australian ironwood, brazillian ironwood, african ironwood, asian ironwood", every workable orange/ tan wood is called mahogany "Phillipino mahogany, African Mahogany, sapela mahogany"

a lot of heavy, greenish brown woods are called lignium.
 
I had a feeling. Good to know my wood ID hasn't started slipping

Regardless of that though it looks nice. Just don't pay lignum ($150 per bf) prices
 
Can't argue with that! I'd be all over it.
It's clearly one of the various lignum substitutes then if it was used for bearings. Some of them such as Tubi are damn near the equal of lignum.
 
I was looking for a picture of my big block of It to show off but I can't find it. Guess I will have to go take another picture.
 
I've got a couple more 2x12s like I use for my photography background. It's one of my favorite woods
 
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