It's a Wrap!

jhiggins

jhiggins

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Howdy y'all. There's a been a lot of talk about plate-quenching and air-hardening steels, and all that. I figured I'd take a few minutes to show those interested how a blade should look when it comes out of a good wrap job. If it don't look like this, or close, you aren't wrapping it tight enough.The tip - as always - is the most-vulnerable, and will grey out quicker than the rest. I don't like to press the folds of the tip side of the wrap too close. I'm always scared it will bugger up the tip somehow. I'd rather spend the few extra minutes cleaning off the oxidation, than risk a bent or burnt tip.

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Any discoloration at all is still a form of oxidation due to the wrap not being tight enough against the blade. As you can see, there is some pretty colors where the residual O2 in the wrap got to the sides where the wrap couldn't seal up against.

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Clean as a whistle! Such a joy to keep things clean. Hehe, you guys KNOW I like to keep things clean...

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Buy QUALITY tool wrap, and you'll be a happy camper. I say this, because there is some cheesy wraps out there. You can't go wrong with Ticronic. Be sure to get the high-temp kind.

Next blade I do, I'll take pics of how I make the wrap, and seal the folds. I hope this helps a lot of you with the questions.
 
That's interesting, thanks.

I'd love to see the rest of the construction of that knife. I know it would be a pain to take the pics but I'd still love to see it if you ever had the time to take em.

Thanks for sharing the info.

Sean
 
Sean O'Hare said:
That's interesting, thanks.

I'd love to see the rest of the construction of that knife. I know it would be a pain to take the pics but I'd still love to see it if you ever had the time to take em.

Thanks for sharing the info.

Sean
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Maybe after New Years I'll have time to make a mini-walkthrough of it.
 
wow thats way cleaner then my blades
i got to get some quench plates as right now i cut the foil and do an oil quench
i have to leave some space to cut and get the tongs in there to grab the blade :barf:
 
jhiggins said:
Haha! Your nose is growing on THAT comment, Tracy! ;)
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Seconded! :D

Dang Jeff, what's with the folders! Tired of easy work already?

I'd like to see the seal job too, and where do you get Ticronic, and how much do you buy? I'm about to make that investment so I sure welcome your advice.

Someone said recently, "A stupid person won't learn from his mistakes, a smart person will learn from his mistakes and a wise person will learn from the mistakes of others." I think that's what this forum is all about, a bunch of wise a$$es... :D
 
ddavelarsen said:
Seconded! :D

Dang Jeff, what's with the folders! Tired of easy work already?

I'd like to see the seal job too, and where do you get Ticronic, and how much do you buy? I'm about to make that investment so I sure welcome your advice.

Someone said recently, "A stupid person won't learn from his mistakes, a smart person will learn from his mistakes and a wise person will learn from the mistakes of others." I think that's what this forum is all about, a bunch of wise a$$es... :D
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Hi Dave! Good to see ya!

I can't remember now where I bought the Ticronic. I got the big roll, since I am almost always doing folders now. I think it was like $230 or somethink like that... MSC maybe?
 
Thanks Higgy, that makes me feel good. I'll check em out to see what I can find. I believe the big roll is the way to go, I just haven't gotten over the sticker shock yet. But that's cheap compared to the price of the small bits you can get from the suppliers.

Brian, it's Jeff's choice for high quality foil wrap to protect your fine blades when you HT them in your new Evenheat. ;)
 
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