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Been messing around with coupons for different steels. One of them was to get higher hrc 52100 worked out.



I actually might put it in the temper again at 25 degrees higher to get it down to 66, or so.

I'll see how it acts before i do though.

 

[Lorien]

 

[N.W. Gean]

Doing some more testing on grain structure with that 1075. Austenitized at 1465, the grain structure somehow got worse. No loss of hardness (so the 1480 sample probably just had more decarb), but doesn't mean much.

Last week, I also tried normalizing at 1600, 1500, and 1400 at 10 minutes each before hardening at 1480, to the more or less the same structure as my 1500 without normalizing run.

I think I'll stick with 8670, just hurts that I have a pile of unusable steel.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Enjoying the Outer Banks a lot. I actually had to use a 2# forging hammer to pound some nails in on the steps to the villa. Doesn't everyone carry a forging hammer in the car boot?

I kayaked the Alligator River Wildlife refuge yesterday and it was great. While the name implies lots of alligators they are rarely seen. I came across this 6-foot one and got some great shots. The water was so smooth and the sun directly overhead that I got a perfect mirror image shot from about 10 feet with my new F2.8/300mm lens. The turtle was about 20 feet away. She was about 20" long.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Axe throwing (If one of you youngsters can imbed this video for me I'd appreciate it).

 

[weo]

I was able to finish the blade for my brother. Boy, do I need to get back into doing these. Over a year off had me fumbling around the handle like I didn't know what I was doing....

And here's the new forge in operation:

https://imgur.com/NK5fybP

 

[Daniel W]

I’d like to thank ashwinearl for giving me the idea to use micarta for templates.

They work great I have two I’m playing with right now. One is titanium and the other will be natural canvas micarta.

 

[navman]

Glued up two handles today...the Blue linen with natural linen micarta liners reminds me of jeans and a belt...going to look cool when done.

 

[ashwinearl]

Work in progress. 8670 carbon steel, stainless bolsters, liners, shield, bronze washers, with ironwood covers. The pattern is a classic Sheffield. I used my Gravograph pantograph in manual mode with a diamond scratch bit over a resist, then used electroetch machine to darken and etch. That process is still in refinement and I need to get some real resist like asphaltium to make it more consistent.

 

[Tony Mont]

Pro tip, do not sneeze while grinding. Been a while since the last time I screwed up so badly while grinding but one sneeze and my plunge went too far towards the ricasso and shot the spine as well, good times.
Since the blade was scrapped, I broke the tip to check the grain. The grain is perfect, so I got the going for me, which is nice.
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[Hengelo_77]

"do not sneeze while grinding"

You should have a sign with those words in your workshop

 

[Scott Hanson]

Pro tip, do not sneeze while grinding. Been a while since the last time I screwed up so badly while grinding but one sneeze and my plunge went too far towards the ricasso and shot the spine as well, good times.
Since the blade was scrapped, I broke the tip to check the grain. The grain is perfect, so I got the going for me, which is nice.
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Those scrap blades make great shop knives, I have plenty of them in my shop.lol

 

[Tony Mont]

You should have a sign with those words in your workshop

That's a really good idea, I'm actually going to make one.

Those scrap blades make great shop knives, I have plenty of them in my shop.lol

Indeed they do but I have a box full of them accumulated over the years, my box of shame is getting out of hand.

 

[Scaniaman]

This had been sitting on the bench for over a year. A little bit of a quick and dirty thing. But works very well. Short machete for one of my boys. Full convex AEB-L.

 

[DustinY]

This had been sitting on the bench for over a year. A little bit of a quick and dirty thing. But works very well. Short machete for one of my boys. Full convex AEB-L.

Simple and executed well, sucker for this kind of stuff.

 

[Bühlmann]

Here’s one I finally got around to working on. It’s kind of a prototype replacement for the AMTAC Northman that I’ve edc’d for years but don’t really like :



I like the size & blade shape, but the 3-fingered handle is not my flavor at all, so coffin shape it will be because I think coffin handles are badass. Going to try my first brass bolster, too. Thinking about some flame kissed osage orange for the scales.

 

[Scaniaman]

Pro tip, do not sneeze while grinding. Been a while since the last time I screwed up so badly while grinding but one sneeze and my plunge went too far towards the ricasso and shot the spine as well, good times.
Since the blade was scrapped, I broke the tip to check the grain. The grain is perfect, so I got the going for me, which is nice.
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Get yourself a carbide faced sneeze-guide!

 

[Richard338]

A bit of progress, ready for the blade.

 

[ashwinearl]

2nd lambsfoot in progress micarta shadow pattern

 

[Scaniaman]

A small spirit level on the file guide to give you a little bit more info on what's going on. Let's try it and see.