My second knife - fixed blade

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ezramoro

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So, this is my second knife, and I just wanted to share. I hope this is the right place.

The handle is black walnut with red G10 spacer, three coats of stain with a sanding of 2,000 when dried followed by 2 coats of satin clear. The handle was buffed with a cotton wheel.

Blade steel is 01. I heat treated and tempered the blade myself. Afterwards, I had it tested three times for HRC and the readings all fell between 48 and 52.

The bevel was cut by hand with a file, and a home made guide. I made sure to draw file, as well. Also sanded the lower portion of the blade up to 2,000 grit, starting at 150. Plus buffing on a wheel after I finished sanding.

I used a home made metal sanding block. I think I'll try to find a small block of aluminium because the metal fatigues the fingers quickly

The larger surface of the blade was run on a belt sander at 400 grit. In retrospect I'm not sure that was a good choice on my part as the finish isn't uniform.

Blade has a 25 degree cutting angle on it and is a length of 4.75 inches.

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great looking second knife! keep up the good work, it looks like you have the patience to do it right.
 
Nice looking piece, especially for a #2 ,but pity about the HT ...O1 @ 48 HRC is nothing to write home about,even with the scandi grind...that's something you need to work on ,as a blade without proper HT is not much more than a pretty paperweight...next time stop and re-do the HT if needed before going any further ;)
 
Looks like a nice piece overall. Quite a useful shape and a nicely contoured handle. Keep an eye on grinding the handle pins flush so they don't get too hot and scorch the wood.
 
TRfromMT said:
Looks like a nice piece overall. Quite a useful shape and a nicely contoured handle. Keep an eye on grinding the handle pins flush so they don't get too hot and scorch the wood.
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Thanks much! And yes, I also had some tear out when I was drilling the scales. I should've had a backing piece of wood to prevent that.
 
bccustomknives said:
Nice looking piece, especially for a #2 ,but pity about the HT ...O1 @ 48 HRC is nothing to write home about,even with the scandi grind...that's something you need to work on ,as a blade without proper HT is not much more than a pretty paperweight...next time stop and re-do the HT if needed before going any further ;)
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Hey thanks for the advice!
 
R APPLEBY said:
Great job on knife #2, wish my #2 would have looked like that.
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That's high praise coming from you. I took a look at your website. Those are gorgeous pieces. I can only hope that I get to that point, some time. I think I have to work on making the blade harder though.
 
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