I will probably order a gallon of Heat Treat oil for when we do the quench. I will probably need a minimum for free shipping depending on where I order the steel and handle materials
That ain't how it works.
Every time some fresh meat ends up in knifemaker jail, the whole cell block starts feedin' 'em a bunch of nonsense just tryin' to dupe 'em out of their e-commissary. Now listen here, and I'll tell ya how it works.
First thing is you need
Japanese steel. Bar none the best place to get it is from a Takeuchi backhoe, which has everything you need to make a knife...
That ain't how it works.
Every time some fresh meat ends up in knifemaker jail, the whole cell block starts feedin' 'em a bunch of nonsense just tryin' to dupe 'em out of their e-commissary. Now listen here, and I'll tell ya how it works.
First thing is you need
Japanese steel. Bar none the best place to get it is from a Takeuchi backhoe, which has everything you need to make a knife for e-commerce that's worth a darn.
You can find them around, usually where someone's fixing up a road. Check on the weekends and you can usually find one just sittin' there. They look like this:
Now once you find one - and make sure it's a
Japanese backhoe, because the steel in them yellow ones ain't worth a darn - you gotta get inside the booth and fire it up. The drivin' booth looks like this:
Stick a flathead in the key slot and twist it until it wakes up. Then drive it back to your knife shop.
Now once you got the hoe, you want to get the right steel from it.
First you pull out one of them big pins on the digger. This is your anvil.
Then you grab one of the benders on the arm. It's the best hammer you'll ever swing.
Now go to the bucket and unbolt all them little teeth. That's your knife steel, and that's the key: those steel tooth nuggets are made for diggin' rock, now you tell me, what better knife can there be than one made for diggin' through ROCK? That's right, you can't 'cause there AIN'T.
Next you open up the hatch on the back and pull out the water tank. This is your quench tank, and it's already full of green quenchant ready to go.
Now you got an anvil, you got a hammer, you got your quench tank, and you got your steel knife nuggets. You already said you got tongs so we won't worry about that. Next you're gonna want to
heat n' beat.
Grab a hose and siphon out a good bit of diesel, pour it in the bucket, and light it up. Don't worry about the black smoke, that's good for the steel. Us pros call it a
carbonizing flame because it bakes more carbon in the digger teeth, which is what you want: carbon. Grows hair on your chest, too.
Use the diesel fire to start heatin' and beatin' until all the teeth look like a knife. Beat 'em all the way into a knife shape, so you ain't gotta do none of this sissy big city grinding, and if you do, it better be on a
stone wheel.
Now heat up the knives until they're orange and dunk 'em in the quench tank. Scrape 'em on the backhoe treads to see if they scratch. If they scratch you gotta heat 'em up hotter and try again.
Hold your horses, they ain't done yet.
Last thing you gotta do is drop the knives in the smoke pipe of the backhoe and fire it up. Put a brick on the gas pedal and let her run full speed until the engine stops running. That's when you know they're done cookin'. We call this
tempering because it calms down the knives. Now flip the backhoe upside-down and dump out the knives.
There ya go, you got yourself the best dang knives you'll ever see, made of
Japanese steel and ready to cut right through
rock if need be. Don't let anyone tell ya otherwise.
Best thing is, once they all get e-commerced you just head out and get another backhoe for the next round.
"Carbon, iron, and heat, what makes a knife real sweet." Now you tell me what in tarnation's a man to do with a knife what ain't been forged by muscle and sweat? This ain't Sally's gumdrop and lollipop factory. Now go on and get to rustlin' up some spikes! Go on now, GIT!
