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Off topic- but I see Joe hunts and there are a lot of bucks chasing does this week. good luck
 
The first A2 Wakizashi I did, I was shocked when my dead straight spine came out of the PLATE quench with sori.
My 3V tantos and Wakizashi do the same thing. Plate quench is actually pretty quick. I believe the geometry of the deep fuller on my blades also is a factor.
The shorter the blade the less it occurs on 3V I have found.

The kicked back handle is something I have started doing more and more on my Tantos. It makes for one heck of a slasher.
 
VicS said:
Off topic- but I see Joe hunts and there are a lot of bucks chasing does this week. good luck
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I know :(

Like I mentioned middle daughters team won VB championship last week and today I'm at an all day long regionals tournament

I'm happy to be here :)

I am thinking of the Bucks I have on camera right now thou :(

I have Wednesday and Thursday of this coming week blocked off so we shall see

Good luck to you too
 
BenR.T. said:
The first A2 Wakizashi I did, I was shocked when my dead straight spine came out of the PLATE quench with sori.
My 3V tantos and Wakizashi do the same thing. Plate quench is actually pretty quick. I believe the geometry of the deep fuller on my blades also is a factor.
The shorter the blade the less it occurs on 3V I have found.

The kicked back handle is something I have started doing more and more on my Tantos. It makes for one heck of a slasher.
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This is great stuff

Ben post a pic of one please
 
Joe made me do it..........
I'm totally building this.

 
This it that first A2 waki Joe.

 
VicS said:
Family first, always more bucks to hunt. And thanks.
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VicS

You hunt ?

How is your year so far ?

I have been seeing some good bucks and you are right they are starting to chase here also

Where are you near ?

This was last years archery buck


 
Ben, that's thoroughly messed up. Never seen that with air hardening steels. Plates are fast, but oil isn't fast enough to get that effect, can't see plates being the cause... Do you do any stress relief thermal cycles prior to austenitizing?

Drawing looks clutch, btw.
 
I think it's a combo of my deep fullers and the fact that the plates only touch the flats on the back of the blade. It happens on every Waki I do. And most tantos. It's probably noticeable because the spines start out dead flat. So I can spot the curve easier. I have talked another maker that has seen the same thing.

I hold at 1550 for a half hour then go up to 2050f for 3V. Plate quench to room temp then straight into LN cryo.

Are you oil quenching the A2?
 
Plate. Midpoint austenitizing, soak for 30, plates, directly into cryo.

Unless I did some pretty serious horking on it, I skip the preheat with A2. 3v seems to get a bit squirrelly on me if I don't stress relieve...




Needs resin, but here's the knife with wrap and turk's head knot:

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5.25" blade, 3/16" stock, 4.25" handle, wasp-waisted grip with the last bit of awesome matte charcoal grey rayskin I had. Zero ground and buffed edge. Icky sharp.

Hate working on these knives, as I like sharpening a blade when it's DONE, not partway through the process! Cut myself twice with this damn thing...
 
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Pretty sweet Matt. Baptized in blood😈
 
Joe, nice buck I am about 25 miles north of Honesdale, Pleasant MT very small town if you could call it that by the NY border. No luck yet hoping to take time off next week. I got a 8 pt last year in gun season.
 
All done. Pretty pleased with with how everything came out....
I hard stamped my mark, for that old school PH kinda look. The sheath is suede lined, bison wrapped aluminum.
The steel is .210" Cpm 3v.





 
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