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Title: Latest knife
Post by: Steve Nuckels on May 17, 2009, 09:19:00 PM

Made from an old file, first try at file work!
Laminated stained birch. 8" OAL

 (http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Tillerboy_bucket/Knife5004.jpg)


 (http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Tillerboy_bucket/Knife5003.jpg)

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Title: Re: Latest knife
Post by: Kevin Evans on May 17, 2009, 10:22:00 PM

Good Job!!  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Latest knife
Post by: LONGBOWKID on May 18, 2009, 12:16:00 AM

Bout time Steve!  :biglaugh:  

I'm impressed! Looks great. Clean lines.Nice job on the filework too!

Kid

Title: Re: Latest knife
Post by: OconeeDan on May 18, 2009, 04:56:00 AM

Some nice looking file work there.  (nice knife too).  Dan

Title: Re: Latest knife
Post by: skullworks on May 18, 2009, 07:17:00 AM

Awesome!

Title: Re: Latest knife
Post by: Phoenix 1967 on May 18, 2009, 09:36:00 AM

That turned out really nice Steve! nice even hand on the filework too!

Title: Re: Latest knife
Post by: DANA HOLMAN on May 18, 2009, 09:51:00 AM

Steve that is very nice, file work look great
dana  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Latest knife
Post by: tippit on May 18, 2009, 01:09:00 PM

Steve, That looks real good...but just wait   :thumbsup:  Doc

Title: Re: Latest knife
Post by: drewsbow on May 18, 2009, 06:27:00 PM

very nice Steve , love the file work ya done great  :thumbsup:    :clapper:

Title: Re: Latest knife
Post by: Steve Nuckels on May 18, 2009, 09:42:00 PM

Thanks for the positive comments!

Dana, Tippet, Karl & Lins post on grain refinement was timely for me for future knowledge!  This knife fails from that standpoint.  I "Clay" coated the spine on this knife for heat treat/quench to "protect it" and try to create a "Hamon" because of two small pits or air pockets on the blade that I thought went through the blade from one side to the other.  I heated to just past non-magnetic and quenched in heated vegie oil. I don't think I tempered it at a high enough temp or long enough, if I recall I did 375 deg. two times for one hour.  After the tempering cycles and final finish and etching while sharpening the knife the edge crumbled as I sharpened.  If you look closely at the first pic you can see the edge is ragged!

I'm assuming that is where I made my mistake!

The good news is I learned a bunch from my failure.  This was to be a knife for one of my nephew's as a birthday gift. the next will be better!

This is a great resource fo me as a newbie in this endeavor!  Thank you one and all for shareing your knowledge freely.

Steve

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