Shear steel knife....

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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This is a spin off of number 3 last week except much bigger with a 6 1/4" blade, wrought iron fittings and a blackwood handle and just over 11" in length. After finishing number 3 I was getting a glimps of a pattern in the steel that I didn't think the mustard had produced. I did this one and held the mustard this time. The rusty old saw steel I was using turns out to be shear steel. The picture of the blade you can see some of the pattern in the steel. Its very simular to wootz and JD's hammer steel. A very pleasent surprize....
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That is really nice work Ray. If you're making all your own fittings and such, you really have a great talent.

Roger
 
Dang Ray,That is just to Elegant!!!!!
Man you just keep getting better and better all the time with these old styles.Love the Wrought Iron,Guess I should check some of the old saw blades I have around to see if any have that type of pattern in the steel.
Again Very Classy and Beautiful.
Bruce
 
Very nice. And not to belittle the past ones in this series(is that the right word?) But These pictures seem a lot better too.

I really like the pattern in that thing though. I've never worked with Wootz or anything. is that just as ground/HT'd or did you do a regular plain etch(ie vinegar or FC) to bring that out? (I did see part where you didn't use mustard this time, but thought you might still have done an etch).

Really like the blackwood too. Helps confirm my plans to go pick some up tomorrow.
 
Thanks for all the great comments! The fittings were made from an old wagon wheel and I did do an etch in FC but without the mustard this time. You can see a little faint pattern in the rubbed out steel but really need the etch to enhance it. The pattern is the greatest inbetween the hardened edge and the soft back. Neat steel, I would have never guessed I could even get a decent blade out of it let alone it being shear steel. The outward appearence of that chunk of saw steel just looked like trash. I took the pictures inside this time like I used to.
 
OK, figured it was jsut an FC etch, as doesn't have same patterns as mustard(not that that's any specific pattern, but it's a different look) but guessed you had done some etch.

It came out beautiful, even more so nkowing you recycled a saw blade and an old wheel. great work andthanks for sharing. :)
 
Yeah Raymond, I'll second all those compliments, this is a beautiful knife! Once in a while there's one that really moves me, makes me remember why we're doing this, and your knife is one of them. Wow, thanks for sharing. That is awesome.

Dave
 
Ray, I really like that one, too! I can imagine your surprise when you saw what that steel turned out to be. Of course, it took a real knifemaker to bring it out, guy. Thumbs up to you, Ray.
 
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