Small warncliffe

ArielSalaverria · Nov 2, 2004

A new knife I finished yesterday for a local customer.

3.75" blade in diferentially hardened and etched D2.
Handle in Itin wood (a wood from Northern Argentina), with guard in nickel silver and copper.

Regards,

Ariel

paintfool · Nov 2, 2004

I love the way the guard looks, cool little design!

severtecher · Nov 2, 2004

Looks great. You could call it a South american puuko.

IronKnuckles · Nov 2, 2004

That looks great, and it looks like it'd be really comfortable to use as well.

clint c · Nov 9, 2004

Nice looking knife ofr sure, but one question. How do you differentially harden D-2, as it is an air hardening tool steel? Or is that a trade secret? The hardened zone is quite apparent, and so is the grain. I know Thomas Haslinger has accomplished this with S30V and other air hardening steels, but he's not talking! Just curious.

Clint Chisan

www.chisanknives.com

ArielSalaverria · Nov 10, 2004

Clint,

You can also use oil for D2, that's what I use

And it's no trade secret, I use a torch to heat the part to harden and then quench it on oil at 70C.

Then I heat the entire piece at about 250C and quench it on oil at 70C again to release tensions.

This way I get a hardened sector at 61RC with a spine at RC55.

Very nice looking knives on your website!

Regards,

Ariel

F. Allin Kahrl · Nov 15, 2004

Ariel-

Do you submerge the whole blade during the first quench or just the hot edge?

And how did you finish it to bring out the hamon so vividly?

It's a beautiful piece of work.

-Allin

ArielSalaverria · Nov 15, 2004

Allin,

I submerge the blade entirely, not just the hot edge.

As for the finish and hamon line, I clean the blade and place it on a container with iron perchloride, and the steel get that way due to the high carbon content of the D2.

Regards,

Ariel