kevin (the professor) Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Hello Everyone, I am posting a photo of a knife I made as part of a trade for materials. I am sending this back to the person who gave me a few lengths of cable as a show of grattitude. It has 5" blade 4.5" handle. walnut handle, brass bolster and butt cap, leather spacers. I hope he likes it. Advice, comments, etc. are welcomed. thanks for looking, Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_white Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Are you going to make him a sheet? It's a pretty nice knife the_white :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin (the professor) Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 I am terrible at sheaths, and I don't really like to make them. He could probably make a better one himself. Of course, he could probably make a better knife himself, too, but... Its about reciprocity. Knife karma... kc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBuzek Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I like it ,but Im a softy for cable. Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 It looks very nice, I am sure he will like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 dang nice, you got nothing to be ashamed with there! Chad J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911a1forlife Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 yeah it looks really nice to me!! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savageknives Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 ive been practicing my cable damascus the past few days and was wondering what your HT process is. all i have is about 8 inches of welded cable so im a long way from a finished blade but i would like to know how someone who has done it goes about treating. if i need to repost this let me know. thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Hey Kevin I am glad that you speak Canuk. I thought The_White was asking if you were going to make him some bedding :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Looks good Kevin!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin (the professor) Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) ive been practicing my cable damascus the past few days and was wondering what your HT process is. all i have is about 8 inches of welded cable so im a long way from a finished blade but i would like to know how someone who has done it goes about treating. if i need to repost this let me know. thanks guys. Hey, thanks guys. heat treat - I took a small bit first and verified that it would harden in oil. just cool oil. It depends on the diameter of the original cable - Wayne Goddard has a discussion of the relationship between decarb and overall cable diameter in one of his books. If you have a fairly large cable to start (around 1" dia), and you flux and control forge atmosphere and grind away decarb... then oil should work. Any less diameter, and you will likely need warm water or even brine. I just ground last of decarb off, normalized 3x, and heated just past critical and quenced in light canola oil. Then, 3x temper at 390 F. I left it a little lower temper than monosteel since there would be bands of iron around bands of steel due to decar and since it is only a 5" blade. thanks for asking. I am no expert, but it came out well for me. This is the 4th knife from the same big bit of cable, so I had time to practice on this specific steel. Kevin Edited August 31, 2009 by kevin (the professor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenMan Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Very nice looking. I got some cable I'd give you if you could make me a knife like that! :-) Wish I could do that. Ah well, more welding practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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