Torture testing My latest W2

So I torture tested this knife.
That was the plan all along. It was tough to do because I had to turn down a guy who wanted to buy it. I have to see what my knives are made of. This little guy stayed strong til the end.

There are videos of the testing on my Instagram if you're interested.

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I chopped up this wood with it

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Then this old 2x4

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It still cut paper, no chipping, a little bit of rolling of the edge

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I shaved some random steel I found laying around

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The edge stayed strong, no chipping

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This final test was the blades undoing...

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This was a fun test even though I messed up my knife. I'd love to hear any feedback, comments, and criticism.

See the full tests on my Instagram.
 
I hate to see such a fine knife 'ruined' but I'm sure you learned a lot as did we on the performance of you knives....very well done my friend.
 
john april said:
serrated edge :D you could grind those out and still have a knife. have you tried the brass rod test ?
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I was at work and didn't have brass rod, I thought about that.
I shaved some mild steel with it and it stayed strong. I'm going to regrind it and give it away.
I'm kind of surprised the nail broke it though.
 
Next time try leaving off the strip of clay off the spine and just do the "ashi"(?) At 3/16 with W2, you may already be behind the curve as far as fully hardeninging the interior of the thickest part of the spine anyway. What oil are you using? At 400-425F temper, that sucker should be very hard.like at least 62Rc? I tend to do mine at 425-450F to keep them over 60 minimum except for kitchen knives which I run as low as 375F which leaves them as hard as woodpecker lips.
 
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jdm61 said:
Next time try leaving off the strip of clay off the spine and just do the "ashi"(?) At 3/16 with W2, you may already be behind the curve as far as fully hardeninging the interior of the thickest part of the spine anyway. What oil are you using? At 400-425F temper, that sucker should be very hard.like at least 62Rc? I tend to do mine at 425-450F to keep them over 60 minimum except for kitchen knives which I run as low as 375F which leaves them as hard as woodpecker lips.
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I thought about leaving the clay off. Next time I'll just do some clay fingers to see what happens maybe. Oil is parks 50. The edge was thin so I guess I get that it wouldn't bust through the nail. Maybe if I had more mass behind the edge.
 
Josh fine job on the knife It looks like it would have stood up to nearly anything most knife people would have ever done with it.
On a side note do you mind filling us in on where you scored that banana micarta? I really like it.
 
v8r said:
Josh fine job on the knife It looks like it would have stood up to nearly anything most knife people would have ever done with it.
On a side note do you mind filling us in on where you scored that banana micarta? I really like it.
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Thank you!
The banana micarta was from a guy that worked for international paper company who made it. I bought a sheet of it that he had sitting in his barn for the past decade and he was using some of it for a workbench topper. It was supposedly sitting around at his company for years before that. He didn't know how old it was.
The cool part of it is the outside of it looks dark like this pic:

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It was dubbed ripe banana by Ben Tendick and that's about as great of a description as I've heard.
 
Josh Rider said:
Thank you!
The banana micarta was from a guy that worked for international paper company who made it. I bought a sheet of it that he had sitting in his barn for the past decade and he was using some of it for a workbench topper. It was supposedly sitting around at his company for years before that. He didn't know how old it was.
The cool part of it is the outside of it looks dark like this pic:



It was dubbed ripe banana by Ben Tendick and that's about as great of a description as I've heard.[/QUOTE

Well, it is definitely unique and very cool.
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Nice work man :thumbsup: . I'd say you'd learn the same amount about your heat treat and geometry by simply wrapping the handle with some paracord and taking the blade to 400 grit, while saving time on polishing, but especially saving that nice banana micarta for the "keepers" ;) .

~Paul
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coldsteelburns said:
Nice work man :thumbsup: . I'd say you'd learn the same amount about your heat treat and geometry by simply wrapping the handle with some paracord and taking the blade to 400 grit, while saving time on polishing, but especially saving that nice banana micarta for the "keepers" ;) .

~Paul
My YT Channel
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... (It's been a few years since my last upload)
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Thanks for the feedback Paul.
Heat treat was definitely the main reason for the torture testing. I also tried my first attempt at a lower grit "working hamon" which came out way faster than any of the other ones I've done.
As far as the banana micarta goes, I agree with you that I should have saved it. I'll admit I used it because I was impatient and wanted to see it on a knife since I had not used it before.
I saw it on a piece that Matthew Gregory made and got excited to try it myself.
 
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