Lauri Leuku 175 Carbon steel blade blank

[old4570]

Lauri Leuku 175 Carbon steel blade blank

Carbon Steel - 80 CrV2
60/55HRC ( 60HRC file bites / 55HRC files skates )
175 mm long and 36 mm wide
about 3.2 mm thick
Price $55Aus with free shipping from Nordic Edge .

This is my second blade from NE , the first being the Brisa Trapper in Elmax . ( The blade was a little disappointing due to the edge having micro chips - Im not going to sharpen them out as they only affect paper slicing )

Anyways , this is my 2nd DIY blade .
Plan was to PARA chord wrap the handle .
To this end I glued on some wood grip panels , shaped them & did a para chord wrap .
The knife turned out a little larger than expected ..
But , I kind of like it anyways .
I was thinking of doing a scandi edge , but @ around 11 degrees ? Is it too tight ? I think so ..
I'll just have wet stone grind a fresh edge onto it ..

 

[Rich S]

I really like Lauri blades esp. the PT (progression tempered). Have used a couple dozen of them for puukko and leuku. Also the Polar blades are very nice.

 

[old4570]

A 450 roll ... on the rope .

Was it a rolled edge or was it a bur ?
Either way , stopped the paper slicing @ 450 ..
A quick and dirty wood strop had the knife slicing paper again .

Knife is a good cutter , but trying to work the spine ( ferro or wood stripping ) is a PITA ..
The spine is twisted all over the place ( out of the mould ? ) .
Anyways , even after grinding the spine the knife is poor on the ferro . ( Cos the spine is just that FUBAR )

 

[dogstar]

The spine of the Lauri blades don't seem to be hardened, can only strike Ferro rods with the back of the tip. Thems the breaks.

 

[Rich S]

That may be the way the blades are tempered; hard edge/soft back -less prone to breakage.