Justin Carnecchia Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Hi I finished this one up a few days ago. Blade is 10.75" 16" overall. W-2 quenched in water, with mesquite burl handle and heat blued damascus guard and spacer. Thanks for looking, criticisms are welcome and appreciated. -Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Sweet knife. That's a beautiful piece of work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccustomknives Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Nice knife. Love the hammon. Does quenching in water make for a more defined hammon. I've been oil quenchin 1095 and getting a nice line but it's not as bold as yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Long for my taste but well made. It has a pleasing profile and the furniture appears well fitted. How's the balance? Do you like working with W2? I'm not a knife guy but I do occasionally make a blade for whatever. I usually use 5160 or 1080-1085 salvaged from RR rail. A good friend of mine quenches 5160 in water but I've had some darned brittle results when I experimented, as in small shards in the bucket, brittle. Rail really prefers oil. Really nice steel. Anyway, I've never forged W series steel and am interested in how it behaves under the hammer as a byte to add to my mental tool kit. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhartironwerks Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 That's a beauty! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRobb Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Beautiful knife! Nothing to criticize. Well done & well made. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Tim215 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Stunning! Lovely hammon - oil or water, clay or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Real Nice Justin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Carnecchia Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Thanks guys, your comments are appreciated :D . JMC- I don't think that water creates a more defined hamon, when I quenched in oil the definition was fine. What I found was that oil, at least canola, wasn't fast enough. The hamons I made didn't have any real activity. Water has helped with that a lot, but on the down side I crack a fair number of blades. I know a lot of smiths are getting real nice results with the Parks 50. Manganese content can have a big effect too. 1095 can vary greatly in its content, some will work great, some not so great. Frosty- I use the W-2 mainly because I do hamons. Aside from that though, it is capable of a very fine grain and makes a tough knife that hold a great edge. Honestly I think with the thicknesses we deal with in knives most all steels are better quenched in oil. I have pretty good luck with water, but will likely give Parks 50 a try when I can afford it. W-2 forges much like 1095 and 1084. Other than scrap those are the only other steels I have used, so I can't say much about comparison. Tim- The blade was clayed with Satanite and quenched in water. Thanks again for all your kind words, -Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Smith Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Stunning! Lovely hammon - oil or water, clay or not? There's a way to produce a hamon without clay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Overall appearance is great ,,one of the fine examples off attention to detail and fit and finish,,thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Wow, what a beaut... That's it, next knife is w2 for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Yeah me too! I just realized that I must be using inferior steels... cause none of my knives is as nice as that one! Thanks for sharing your secret Justin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Carnecchia Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes you can produce a hamon without clay. In a low hardening steel if the spine is thick it won't want to harden anyway. Playing around with the time, temp, blade geometry, carbon/alloy content, etc you can get some control over it. What the clay does is give us some control on where the hamon appears and what form it takes. If you are intersted look up Nick Wheeler, he does some really nice work and a lot of his recent hamons have been without using clay. He's been doing some really cool stuff. -Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 gorgeous!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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