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I finished these over the weekend. The small one is a little paring knife I made for a guy. It is 1095, full flat grind, very sharp little cutter. It is a hidden tang style with cherry wood handle and a buffalo horn spacer and a red vulcanized spacer. It was clay coated and differentially hardened. Not a whole lot of activity on the hamon, but I am still learning how to get it to look like I want. The larger one is a stock removal project I did out of a file. It is a larger slicer or boning knife. It is fitted with buffalo horn scales, burnt orange liner and attached with 3/16 brass pins. I left the file marks in the flats and the ricasso area. It turned out pretty neat looking. I annealled the file before I ground it out. I have heard of people tempering it down to the desired hardness and grinding the blade out without having to heat treat and temper again. Just using the heat treat that is already in the file. Most files are in the 63 to 64 range. If you temper it down to the desired hardness, you can just go ahead and grind your blade as long as you don't get it too hot. Tough on your belts though.
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Looks good! I like that style of knife! I love antler handled knives! I like the quench line too!
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Thanks! Glad to share it!
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Thank You! The customer did too! It had a real good feel to it
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A couple of pics of unfinished blades
Taylor Made replied to gearhartironwerks's topic in Knife Making
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I will get it up when I finish it. Thanks!
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Thank You!
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Looks good! Nice clean looking blade. Good fit and finish. I have used the dark walnut stain on a few whitetail antlers on some knives. The sheds I find sometimes are a little sun bleached. The stain works great, but I find it wears off after a while.
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Thanks!
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Thanks You!
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Thanks! NW, near Fayettville
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Looks like a lot of fun! I love cable damascus, it has a different look than anything out there
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Forged this blade this morning. It is a full hidden tang made from 1095. It has a 3/4 full flat grind on it. Nice distal taper. Blade is approximately 5" long and 1 1/4 wide and about 3/16 thick. Gonna be fitted with a brass guard and whitetail antler. Going to texture the guard with a ball peen hammer. Let me know what you guys think!
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Thanks Scott! Yeah I know what you mean about working all the time. I used to work about 90 to 100 hrs a week a few years ago and man it about killed me. I did it for 6 months straight without a day off! I am sure it took a toll on me! Hard to find time for family and anything else for that matter when you work all the time. Life is too short to spend all your tiime on the clock. Hope you get some time off!
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Thank You! I have a lot of work in the finish on that knife.
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Thank You!
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Thank You!
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If I remember, I think I got it from either USA knifemaker or Jantz. I really can't remember. It wasn't stabilized, I had to do it myself.
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Looks great! Love the handle and the hamon looks awesome! I haven't had any luck with getting one to look that good yet. But I am still trying.
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Those patterns are amazing. I really like the complex, tight patterns
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Looks great! I love antler handled blades! They just scream handmade don't they. Good fit and finish and beautiful job on the Damascus!
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Turned out great! I made one using the same bandsaw blade and strapping a while back. It turned out pretty cool too! Mine was a 42 layer count, gives it a nice random pattern when you keep the layer count low. Good job on the forge weld! It is very satisfying when everything works out!
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Not bad for your first one. Files are a good way to cut your teeth at knife making. They can be found at about any yard sale or flea market and they don't cost much.
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Looks like you got it going your way! I love damascus! Lots of work but definitely worth it when you see that pattern the first time!
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Thought I would share a few pics of the latest blade I finished. It is hand forged 5160 steel. It is 11 1/2" total length. Blade is 6" long and 2" wide. About 5/32 thick. Handle is 5 1/2" long. Knife was done all by hand. Forged, draw filed, hand sanded up to 2500 grit. I left a few forging marks in the blade to give it a little character. It has a convex cutting edge that cuts really good. Handle is stabilized bone scales pinned with 3/32 304 SS pins. It has black vulcanized liners. Bone scales hand rubbed down to 1000 grit for a real smooth finish. Sheath is 6/7 oz leather. Pouch style sheath, hand sewn. Full welt that his been burnished and finished with Fiebing brown edge coat. Sheath is natural veg tan finished with neatsfoot oil and a top coat of mink oil. No dye or tooling on this one. I really like the way this knife turned out. I hope you guys like it too!