New knife test video!

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Brian.Evans

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Hey guys, I recently sent a new pattern I've been developing down to Darrin Sanders for heat treating.

Well, I had ground it a little bit too thin prior to heat treat, so we weren't sure how the heat treat was going to come out. I also messed up the bevels while grinding, accidentally my center line a bit too far towards one side, making the bevels asymmetrical.

Basically, I should have just thrown the blade away, but I figured I could at least test the pattern itself, even if it wasn't saleable. Even if it failed, I would have learned something.

I sharpened it real quick on my small 750 grit diamond stone at a pretty acute angle, right around 15 dps. I would never carry a knife only sharpened to 750, I just didn't want to drag out the other stones that night with everything else going on.

The steel is 3/32" 52100 hardened to 62 rhc. I didn't even clean the heat treat scale off before I beat on it.

I'm no Nick Wheeler when it comes to making videos! For some reason, I couldn't get the high definition version to load to YouTube, but the standard def did. Hope you guys will spend a few minutes watching and give me some feedback.



https://youtu.be/J1R32MAW5R4
 
I posted this up in General but with over 125 views and no replies, maybe I'll get some interest here. I actually forgot this sub forum was here!

Hey guys, I recently sent a new pattern I've been developing down to Darrin Sanders for heat treating.

Well, I had ground it a little bit too thin prior to heat treat, so we weren't sure how the heat treat was going to come out. I also messed up the bevels while grinding, accidentally grinding my center line a bit too far towards one side, making the bevels asymmetrical.

Basically, I should have just thrown the blade away, but I figured I could at least test the pattern itself, even if it wasn't saleable. Even if it failed, I would have learned something.

I sharpened it real quick on my small 750 grit diamond stone at a pretty acute angle, right around 15 dps. I would never carry a knife only sharpened to 750, I just didn't want to drag out the other stones that night with everything else going on.

The steel is 3/32" 52100 hardened to 62 rhc. I didn't even clean the heat treat scale off before I beat on it.

I'm no Nick Wheeler when it comes to making videos! For some reason, I couldn't get the high definition version to load to YouTube, but the standard def did. Hope you guys will spend a few minutes watching and give me some feedback.

I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has. Thanks for watching!


https://youtu.be/J1R32MAW5R4
 
Well done- i do the same, destruct testing with "rejects". Maybe whittling more rather than just the batoning, cutting cardboard, twine, some of the other lighter work. Then maybe soem abusive prying?, see how much lateral stress it can take at that hardness. Good on you for using your product.
 
It is always hard to beat on something I've spent so much time on, but I want my customers to have the best experience possible with my knives, and there is only one way to do that; I have to beat on them harder than a customer would.

I was pretty impressed with how this little knife held up. So many people are roped into thinking that you need a 1/4" knife to cut anything more than string or open an envelope. It's just not true. A good knife can take a great deal of stress. Thin cuts a lot better too.

Hopefully this educates someone on how makers become better and how makers continually strive for improvement in their products.
 
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