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The main reason why I HT rectangular piece of steel is because I want to know what I have inside before I start grinding knife .
Japan 52100 steel from ball bearing , quenched in brine ....................it can t be better then this :)

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SwissHeritageCo said:
I've been attempting to mirror the quality of the swiss saddlers of old using the same techniques/materials.

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In my opinion the mark of quality in leather stitching is when the pricking iron is manufactured at a slight angle and you get that lovely slightly diagonal stitch as you pull through from one end of the diagonal to the other, almost a 3d effect. Your work definitely has it, far more appealing than the "drilled hole" approach which appears to be gaining more and more purchase.
 
Way-Barney said:
In my opinion the mark of quality in leather stitching is when the pricking iron is manufactured at a slight angle and you get that lovely slightly diagonal stitch as you pull through from one end of the diagonal to the other, almost a 3d effect. Your work definitely has it, far more appealing than the "drilled hole" approach which appears to be gaining more and more purchase.
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I very much agree about the aesthetic vs drilled holes, athough I understand why people do it because it saves a lot of time. The stitching prongs have a diamond shape which allows "stacking of the stitch" when done properly but the holes have to be transferred through all three layers of leather seperately.

I too think it's worth it, and thank you!

Hengelo_77 Hengelo_77 check your pm's :)
 
DustinY said:
Bit of a hiatus - work, life, building the shop, losing the shop here shortly, one big circle. But we keep on keepin' on.

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Been obsessing over some traditional stuff lately, and doing a bunch of reading. Decided to get my ideas down into C.A.D for some prototyping.

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3D printing sure does make lightning work of prototyping and tweaking things without investing countless hours to get it materialized. Final design - intent is to tweak it based off actually producing the first few.

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A2 came impressively quick from AKS - love that some things never change, like how fast they get you your steel. Now to see if I can convince @Gilbert M to HT it for me :D Was bummed to see that JT stopped offering small batch stuff. If anyone has any resources to read on getting that super sweet carbon banding to show on A2, and the etch process, let me know :)
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In my experience to get banding to show. You want to take the steel to the highest polish you can pull off before etching. Then do quick etches. Like 20 seconds or so. I had the best results using very high grit sandpaper between cycles. You can also use fine loose abrasive between cycles if you have it. But just experiment with that part.
 
“A2 came impressively quick from AKS - love that some things never change”.
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Hello all. It's been a while (over a year now) since I've had a chance to work on knives, instead spending my time building a metal shop and new forge for Past Lives Makerspace. Last week I got back into it and I just need to glue up this crushed-w's chefs knife up for my brother. Hopefully this won't be a one-off and I can get back into regular damascus.
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Some time ago, I ordered a bunch of 1075 from a place I haven't ordered from in a while (I don't think I can say the name now). Couldn't heat treat it right in the forge, so I shelved it. Now that I have an oven, I've been playing around with it to see if I can get a good heat treat on it.

I don't know what to make of this grain structure. Under a light, I don't really see any grain, but at certain angles, I do see these ripples/hills. Not sure if that's giant grain, or just how it fractured.

It seems to harden just fine, 64RC+, going by the testing chisels (not the best measure, but better than the files, I've found).

Thought I'd share my results here to see what you guys think.

I set the oven to 1500f, let it sit for a while, put the knife in, let it get back to 1500 then timed another 2 minutes, and into parks 50.

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