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have a client wanting a western style cleaver.
Ive had 2 failures. First broke at the ricaaso. (Cold shut) the second developed a mystery crack during grinding. I'm worried I'm trying to move the metal too much. Or perhaps using the wrong metal. My starting piece is 4.5" x 2.5" x 0.75" of O1. The ending cshape is about 5.5" blade about 4.25" wide and a 5.5" tang that's tapered from 0.325 to about .18"
Can't seem to find an image hoster that works. Have a pic of the grain. It looks satin like as far as I can tell. No large grains. It is preheat-treatment tho too.
Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions. They would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time
Chris
Ive had 2 failures. First broke at the ricaaso. (Cold shut) the second developed a mystery crack during grinding. I'm worried I'm trying to move the metal too much. Or perhaps using the wrong metal. My starting piece is 4.5" x 2.5" x 0.75" of O1. The ending cshape is about 5.5" blade about 4.25" wide and a 5.5" tang that's tapered from 0.325 to about .18"
Can't seem to find an image hoster that works. Have a pic of the grain. It looks satin like as far as I can tell. No large grains. It is preheat-treatment tho too.
Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions. They would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time
Chris
