Geoff Keyes Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 First of 3 (I hope) for Eugene, a mono-steel rustic bowie. It's got a hammer forged NS guard and butt cap with a stag handle. Everything has been hammer textured or acid washed. OL 14 1/4" BL 9" Handle Stag Guard forged NS Spacer copper and NS Butt cap textured NS Cap nut turned mild steel Blade steel 1084 It's interesting, if I don't think about it, this 9-10 inch blade is my default size. It just seems to fit my eye when I'm forging. If I want bigger or smaller, I have to force myself to think about it. Thanks for looking Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 That's a brute.....did you cold forge the NS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Yes I did! It started as a chunk 3/4 x 1/2 x 4. I took a heat to anneal it and then hammered until it started to stiffen up, took another heat, and so on. It takes a while. I was going to polish it out, but I liked the look of the butt cap and so in the end, I left it. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Beautiful! I'm a big fan of the rustic look. How do you anneal NS? Same as copper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 I heat it until it blushes, and then quench, which is what I do with copper. NS is a Cu/Ni alloy, so it acts a lot like copper. I've never worked with pure Ni, but I think it works pretty much the same. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Nice knife, Geoff! But I would never expect less from you! Looking forward to late May :) Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Smith Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I Like it. Very well done. Take care TJ Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camero68 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Awesome knife! Like the rustic look, the beautiful handle is perfect with the sharp blade. Excellent job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Pure nickel is probably extremely HARD! I have worked Monel which is about 2/3 nickel... it's REALLY HARD TO MOVE!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Pn is comparitively soft and easy to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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