Rebirth of a Comet

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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Had a tooth pulled around 3 weeks ago. While waiting for the pain killer to start working knives became part of the conversation. I happend to mention leaf springs. To make a long story short he said he was rebuilding a 1964 Mecury Comet and that he had replaced the leaf springs and if I wanted them I could have them. I went and picked them up yesterday and took one rack appart and got a couple leaves straightend and annealed. This morning I cut off an 8" chunk and then cut it in half and had two 1 1/4" X 8" pieces. After about an hour and a half of hand forging I had the blade forged. Its got 10" of blade and its 15 1/2" tip to end of tang. The piece of steel below the blade is exactly the same size as what the blade was forged out of.

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You and I think too much alike, Raymond!
I just did this the other day out of a piece just like the one shown.
Oh, well!
 
You might want to take the finished knife by the dentist, and maybe make a knife collector of him...
Looking good so far, and I'm sure it will be a nice one, as usual!
 
Ray I can see the both now :thumbup:
show it when you get it finished also:)

That looks like it's very close to dimension and straight, not a lot of grinding on that baby to do, Nice job..:thumbup:
ah a Comet I owned one $50.00 when I was a pup..
 
howiesatwork said:
You might want to take the finished knife by the dentist, and maybe make a knife collector of him...
Looking good so far, and I'm sure it will be a nice one, as usual!
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Howie, You don't think I try to make everyone I meet a knife collector. I may have found away to get the rest of my teeth pulled and maybe a new set if it comes down to it.

Dan, After I get done forging there's not much grinding to do on most of my knives. I'd rather beat it than push it. I'll go back into the forge the way it is now and just true it up then normalize and heat treat it the way it is.

Here's a big brother to the first one that I just got done banging on.

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Raymond Richard said:
Dan, After I get done forging there's not much grinding to do on most of my knives. I'd rather beat it than push it. I'll go back into the forge the way it is now and just true it up then normalize and heat treat it the way it is.
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C@@l Ray :) I've heard that somewhere before Coolray:cool: :)

so you finish grind after you H/T , is that right?
if so, that would give a less chance of a warp-tee-do-dump it..:D
 
Dan Gray said:
C@@l Ray :) I've heard that somewhere before Coolray:cool: :)

so you finish grind after you H/T , is that right?
if so, that would give a less chance of a warp-tee-do-dump it..:D
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Exactly. Since I've been heat treating first and then grinding the warpasoas don't visit to often. The cerramic belts don't care if the steel is hard or not.
 
At first i thought you were doing a meteorite blade, Moran style :)
Thats going to be a sweet one Ray,inspiring as usual.I still have alot of ruining to do before i can forge that close to shape.I look at it this way i have 25 more years before i can retire and go full time :eek:
I cant wait to see it finished.
 
valimas said:
At first i thought you were doing a meteorite blade, Moran style :)
Thats going to be a sweet one Ray,inspiring as usual.I still have alot of ruining to do before i can forge that close to shape.I look at it this way i have 25 more years before i can retire and go full time :eek:
I cant wait to see it finished.
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Joe, If you don't wreck the blades to bad put them in a bucket marked "Try again later". You'd be surprized that once you get the forging down most of the blades you thought you wrecked can be resurrected. Depending on how much you are forging you may want to replace the bucket with a 50 gallon barrel. :D
 
Raymond Richard said:
Exactly. Since I've been heat treating first and then grinding the warpasoas don't visit to often. The cerramic belts don't care if the steel is hard or not.
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I need to break down a try some of those some time..:)
 
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