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Title: Summer project before and after
Post by: Msturm on February 14, 2015, 05:11:00 PM

Old File

(http://i.imgur.com/qPyZydr.jpg)

Cut to shape

(http://i.imgur.com/ltDR8xC.jpg)

Paduk Handle aluminum pins after polishing

(http://i.imgur.com/p1V1oCG.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/yR81ycr.jpg)

After a couple months in Hawaii and skinning/gutting/boning a couple goats.

(http://i.imgur.com/tMzkBUQ.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/DUTgPK6.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/dYxwRrO.jpg)

Sheath is colored with teak oil and olive oil.

One of the goats
(http://i.imgur.com/gTiC8Yn.jpg)

Question. there is a hairline crack across the top of the blade spine. Any ideas why?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Summer project before and after
Post by: knockedup on February 14, 2015, 05:57:00 PM

What did you quench it in?

Title: Re: Summer project before and after
Post by: Msturm on February 14, 2015, 08:30:00 PM

old motor oil

Title: Re: Summer project before and after
Post by: Doug Campbell on February 14, 2015, 11:57:00 PM

Nice, looks like it performed as planned.

Did you temper it after the heat treat?

Title: Re: Summer project before and after
Post by: Msturm on February 15, 2015, 12:41:00 AM

I did temper it. But I did all the heating in a fire pit in the back yard. It was a big spruce fire. It got plenty hot. My father guided me by color. He has done this a time or two, but we are both wondering about the hairline crack.

It was my first go at knife making

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