Just pix of knives

[Arathol]

 

[Corto_Malt]

 

[Zulus]

 

[Corto_Malt]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[ironclad816]

 

[91bravo]

 

[D-weaver]

A simple small 4" test blade of XHP heated in open atmosphere and quenched in oil. Distal taper about .09" at the thickest near the tang.

(XHP is a steel that is surprisingly tolerant of being heated quickly and then quenched in oil, but less tolerant of being heated to a high temperature and then lingering there in open atmosphere).

I'm not a knife maker, just starting to experiment with knives. Takes and holds a hard fine edge well, even if toughness may suffer a little from not being commercially heat treated.

 

[Dcdavis]

 

[Zulus]

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So now you got Reeve's Tanto :^D

 

[Dcdavis]

So now you got Reeve's Tanto :^D

Haha. It started as a tanto....

 

[FullMetalJackass]

 

[FullMetalJackass]

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that hurts just looking at it!!!

 

[Dcdavis]

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that hurts just looking at it!!!

You’re telling me
Gonna have it turned into a razel. Only way I can see salvaging that blade

 

[Zulus]

Haha. It started as a tanto....

But it was modernized US tanto
now it's real Tanto :^)))
Not bad for me
I can take it from you, save your big existential pains

 

[Dcdavis]

But it was modernized US tanto
now it's real Tanto :^)))
Not bad for me
I can take it from you, save your big existential pains

Haha. I’m gonna have it made into a razel. I had arced it a few years back and left a good little weld mark on it. It snapped right at that spot. From what I’ve gathered it may have very well weakened the steel when that happened

 

[lzeplin]

 

[3L3M3NT]

Absolutely amazing photo!

Before hardware and scale swap.

After hardware and scale swap

 

[Corto_Malt]

 

[lzeplin]

Thank you!

Absolutely amazing photo!

Before hardware and scale swap.

After hardware and scale swap