JROSE Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Hello everyone. This is my first post on the forum. These are my first three knives. The materials include an old file, a piece of a hayrake tooth,and a bushhog blade. The two bone handles are from a deer I took last year with buffalo horn caps. The wooden handle is ironwood. The blades range from 4" to about 5" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julian Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 looking good JROSE, i like to see a maker put the best handles he can on knives. Have you started heat treating them yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JROSE Posted May 2, 2007 Author Share Posted May 2, 2007 Yes I edge quenched and then heat treated them in the oven. Have read of so many different ways to treat that I did each a little different but it seems that 3 times for an hour @<400>degrees brought the blades to a yellowish brown (I assume thats straw color?) then cleaned them up and and sharpened. They seem to hold an edge pretty well and I even used the top one to dress out a deer this past season and it was still fairly sharp when I finished. Don't know if 3 treatments is overkill or not but I read about it and gave it a try and it seemed to work pretty good. Thanks for the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty7 Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 You done good, son, keep up the good work. smitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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