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[Cushing H.]

Are you using a pull-through style sharpener? That receding edge with the heel sticking out makes me sad. I would think you would end up with a lot of unfinished accordion style cuts. The new one looks beautiful!

Thank you Michael. That knife is so old (30 years or so) it has been sharpened in many different ways (steel, stone, ceramic pull through, 400 grit grinder belt, etc). Any way you sharpen will make the edge move back and produce that “heel” (I consider that a design defect present in almost all western knives). Some day I will get around to grinding that heel back. Then again, I have some four other knives that need the same treatment...

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

Experimenting with manganese phosphate (Parkerizing) solution...

 

[FredyCro]

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Does it hold up better than normal FC etch? Looks good, I like the profile a lot. Did you mix the solutiom yourself?

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

Yes it hold up real well, it's a lot more finicky to get right than FC though...I mixed it up from some stuff my dad had for a million years...

 

[Natlek]

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Like it !
On mine screen this is 6 foot long knife

 

[Scaniaman]

Fedex just stopped by. Feels good to have cryo possibility in the shop now.

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

Cut this profile out of CPM 154 this morning!

 

[Lorien]

Fedex just stopped by. Feels good to have cryo possibility in the shop now.

now you can really do 'er!

 

[Richard338]

now you can really do 'er!

Ouch! Actually not a bad pun, but I'm on to you now...

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

I'm going to cut this one out of 0.94" 1095. Blade is 7 in Long by 4 in high. I've also got this one posted over in the kitchen knife forum hoping for some criticism before I go and cut it out!

 

[FredyCro]

I'm going to cut this one out of 0.94" 1095. Blade is 7 in Long by 4 in high. I've also got this one posted over in the kitchen knife forum hoping for some criticism before I go and cut it out!View attachment 1618458

I gues it is 0.094"? I like it. I would give it a very slight belly from the middle toward the tip and lose the hole on the blade. You could also give it a slight raise toward the heel. Keep the material on the handle so it balances better (no cut out). Probably won't need or be able to raise the bevel higher than 2" with such a thin stock, so no need for a plunge.

 

[Lorien]

this hammer is now a, (hopefully) monolithic structure;

 

[PEU]

Last days I've been hardening a lot of knives, around 100, here is one of them

Pablo

 

[WValtakis]

Been meaning to try out this finish for a while, and what better platform than another titanium Funny Folder Blue to gold fade acid dip...came out pretty damn cool

 

[REK Knives]

Fedex just stopped by. Feels good to have cryo possibility in the shop now.

Nice! What size in liters is that one?

Edit: nvm lol, it's probably 20 love that wide mouth though

 

[Lorien]

Last days I've been hardening a lot of knives, around 100, here is one of them

Pablo

I like your set up

Been meaning to try out this finish for a while, and what better platform than another titanium Funny Folder Blue to gold fade acid dip...came out pretty damn cool

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that looks really nice, like billowing clouds of...

 

[Alex Topfer]

I'm going to cut this one out of 0.94" 1095. Blade is 7 in Long by 4 in high. I've also got this one posted over in the kitchen knife forum hoping for some criticism before I go and cut it out!

0.94 or 0.094 inch? both seem strange for a cleaver
otherwise i second FredyCro 's advice

 

[CDHumiston]

Been working on my plunge lines and taking advice from the forum. J-Flex belt tracking slightly over the edge of the platen...

 

[Nick-D]

Something a little different. Paddle strop for a friend for his birthday. Made from a lovely piece of unidentified hardwood his Grandad had as left overs from some of his projects before he passed. Just need to get some dye to finish a leather lanyard

 

[Scaniaman]

Nice! What size in liters is that one?

Edit: nvm lol, it's probably 20 love that wide mouth though

Correct, it's 20 L
Yes the 80 mm mouth seems about right. It was that or 50 mm they had available. Well, also 125 and 215 but that's just too big and the evaporation rate goes up significantly.