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That's a good point about the stress risers. I'd say the most work this knife will get is disembowelling letters though. I'll keep it in mind though for future knives :)

thanks a lot for the compliments guys BIGGUNDOCTOR, no I have never tested completely to destruction. So far I have tested my knives by cutting paper, cardboard and wood and seeing if it will still shave my arm. Also I jam the tip into a piece of wood and jiggle it around to see if it will curl or chip. If not them I'm pretty happy. All the knives I have made so far are pretty small, so I haven't done any chopping tests with them. I'm working on a knife at the moment using a piece of coil spring. I'm not sure exactly what type of steel it is, but I'm planning on giving it a good hard test (cutting, chopping, bending) after I heat treat it to see what it can do, and to see (as you say) if I heat treated it properly. Hopefully I'll get some good results :)

Hello there, I'm new to the forum and still quite new to the world of bladesmithing (this is my 6th knife). Just thought I'd post up this knife as a way of saying hi. It's one I made for my Dad as a birthday present. The blade is made from O1 tool steel, the bolster is mild steel. Not too sure what type of wood the handle is. Looks nice though It has a hidden tang with a bras pin to hold it in place. In terms of heat treating, I normalized it three times and then annealed it before filing and sanding. Then I quenched it in cooking oil and differential tempered three times with a small blow torch. Going for light blue along the spine bleeding into straw along the edge and purple for the tip. The tang was tempered all the way to a grey colour. Let me know what you guys think ;)

hey there mrkiddi, just joined the forum and this is my first post. i'm quite new to bladesmithing myself and wanted to complement you on a great looking knife. looks way better than my first one. well done sir :)