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SBuzek said:
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They put one of mine on the cover. Very happy.
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Very cool congratulations brother, much deserved 🙏👏👏
 
Update.(two weeks ago) I’ve made a hypothetical “functioning” wooden model prototype. It works in theory. Just need to make it out of steel.

Update today. Found some steel at a scrap yard. M42 tool steel. 15x5x2 blocks.
heavy stuff!! Going to try to shape it into the prototype.

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Anyone have any idea what these monster blocks were used for? Guessing industrial cutting. Says “GT”? On the side.
 
Jack of All Blades said:
Update.(two weeks ago) I’ve made a hypothetical “functioning” wooden model prototype. It works in theory. Just need to make it out of steel.

Update today. Found some steel at a scrap yard. M42 tool steel. 15x5x2 blocks.
heavy stuff!! Going to try to shape it into the prototype.


Anyone have any idea what these monster blocks were used for? Guessing industrial cutting. Says “GT”? On the side.
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That might be a special find, I'm not sure if i would cut it up! Super high cobalt HSS, I have never even heard of it but it sounds exotic. If those are flat they might be of use as quench plates too but that might be a bad idea too... just saying that is a potentially cool find! It is likely going to be very difficult to work with, maybe try drilling in an inconspicuous spot to see if you even can.

EDIT ---> here you go https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/12...ed-steels-maxamet-rex-121-and-more-explained/
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
That might be a special find, I'm not sure if i would cut it up! Super high cobalt HSS, I have never even heard of it but it sounds exotic. If those are flat they might be of use as quench plates too but that might be a bad idea too... just saying that is a potentially cool find! It is likely going to be very difficult to work with, maybe try drilling in an inconspicuous spot to see if you even can.

EDIT ---> here you go https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/12...ed-steels-maxamet-rex-121-and-more-explained/
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The more I read up on it, the more I’m hesitant to cut it. I tested a small portion and it’s able to be cut (not easily but it’s doable)

The prototype calls for a slab of steel that’s 14x5x2. Could be any steel, just my luck that the only thing that fit the bill was something this interesting.

I’m not even sure if it would be good steel for the project given it’s already hardened.. I’m worried the hardness would prove brittle when formed into a spiked axe head.. what do you think? Would it be worth annealing or should I find another softer piece to work with?
 
"Update.(two weeks ago) I’ve made a hypothetical “functioning” wooden model prototype. It works in theory. Just need to make it out of steel.
Update today. Found some steel at a scrap yard. M42 tool steel. 15x5x2 blocks.
heavy stuff!! Going to try to shape it into the prototype....."



Without special equipment you can't anneal M42.
You would need annealed steel to shape an axe from a block of steel.
A block of most any simple carbon steel would be better for an axe head. even 4140 would work.
Huge project - have fun.
 
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Jack of All Blades said:
The more I read up on it, the more I’m hesitant to cut it. I tested a small portion and it’s able to be cut (not easily but it’s doable)

The prototype calls for a slab of steel that’s 14x5x2. Could be any steel, just my luck that the only thing that fit the bill was something this interesting.

I’m not even sure if it would be good steel for the project given it’s already hardened.. I’m worried the hardness would prove brittle when formed into a spiked axe head.. what do you think? Would it be worth annealing or should I find another softer piece to work with?
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I'd get some other steel... that's kind of always the answer and I was really trying to think of a way around it. It's not going to be fragile but it will be more fragile than it should be by far and just awful to work with. If you really want to use it for something smaller high hardness edc style blades would be better.

2" thick? Is it an art piece or recreation of something? 2" is really thick. I just made some war hammers that are 3/8" and lean... almost too much for the average user weight wise.

This sounds cool!
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
I'd get some other steel... that's kind of always the answer and I was really trying to think of a way around it. It's not going to be fragile but it will be more fragile than it should be by far and just awful to work with. If you really want to use it for something smaller high hardness edc style blades would be better.

2" thick? Is it an art piece or recreation of something? 2" is really thick. I just made some war hammers that are 3/8" and lean... almost too much for the average user weight wise.

This sounds cool!
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An original piece, need a working prototype. But I have no forging equipment. No torch. Can’t melt it to pour into a mold. Also no mold..

That’s why it calls for such thickness. So I can just “carve it out” with an angle grinder, die grinder and drill.
(Where there’s a WILL there’s a WAY!!)

Ive found some forklift forks that fit the bill. Likely to be 4140 steel too.
 
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