My knifemaking seems to be cursed- Updated

Even filing introduces stress into the steel,when you file one side the other tries to pull that way and then you file the other side and the reverse happen.Also you do not know the stress introduced into the steel at rolling in the mill.
Stress relief or normalizing is alway a good thing.
I'm still betting on overheating and a small stress riser caused by the grooves.
Stan
 
Hello everyone. I thought that I should update this. I decided that this knife was at least worth handling and sharpening. I did a quick and very dirty full convex, slapped some file finish micarta scales on it, and finished drilling through it with a carbide drill bit.
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I also made my first Kydex sheath. And it turned out pretty dang good if I do say so myself. ;)
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Also, I apologise for my tone of typing on here earlier. I was being defensive when I should not have been.

I plan on making another one of these soon, but in 3/16" stock, with a saber grind, and with a false edge running halfway up the spine.

As always, Thanks for looking! :D
 
You've actually been pretty polite as far as new makers your age sometimes are... online, anyway. I could see you've done some reading, using 1084 and quenching in real quench oil. Your knife looks good too, why not use it until it snaps, if it does. That will be a good field test of a cracked blade!

Nice work in the kydex, too. Keep it up.
 
Salem Straub said:
You've actually been pretty polite as far as new makers your age sometimes are... online, anyway. I could see you've done some reading, using 1084 and quenching in real quench oil. Your knife looks good too, why not use it until it snaps, if it does. That will be a good field test of a cracked blade!

Nice work in the kydex, too. Keep it up.
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Thank you! I read everything I could find about knifemaking for close to a year before I ever even picked up a file. Using it until it snaps is actually my plan. :thumbup: I was well chuffed with the way the sheath came out. ;)
 
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SBuzek said:
Even filing introduces stress into the steel,when you file one side the other tries to pull that way and then you file the other side and the reverse happen.Also you do not know the stress introduced into the steel at rolling in the mill.
Stress relief or normalizing is alway a good thing.
I'm still betting on overheating and a small stress riser caused by the grooves.
Stan
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Thank you for the advice Mr. Buzek. I guess I shouldn't speak in absolutes so much.:o I want to do a stress relieve/normalizing cycle on the next one. How would you suggest that I do it? I am currently using a borrowed oxy/acetylene torch for heat treat.:o Do I heat it up to critical and set it on a heatsink? Or do I heat it up to just barely nonmagnetic? You are probably right. I'm still learning to judge temperatures.
 
After being used, abused, and used with outright stupidity; it has held up. It has also stayed sharp with only occasional light stropping, excepting a few light chips in the edge. I have also found that it is a good design but could us a few tweaks in the handle contour.

 
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