HEAP of JEEP Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Working on my second knife. I got both pattern welded billets done, and laminated a piece of leaf spring between them for the cutting edge. Got it forged to the general shape, but I didn't leave enough for the tang, so decided to forge weld on a piece of mild steel to give me another couple of inches to play with. That seems to have worked ok. So after finishing at the forge, thinking all was good, I refined the shape a little with some files, and then to the belt grinder to start a rough grind, and that's when I noticed the spine is not perfectly straight. So tomorrow I've got to fire up the forge again just to get a little bend out, or maybe just heat it with the torch, but either way, its one more added step to a knfe that has already taken me twice as long to make as I was figuring. After such a decent first knife, I was really hoping this one would come together without as much difficulty, but it seems like this one just wants to fight me at every turn. Here's a quick picture of where it is now. The bend is very slight and I couldn't get it to show up on the camera no matter what angle I took it from, but its definitely there and needs to be taken care of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayakersteve Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 If its only your second knife, don't worry about time it takes to make. You need to focus more on good techniques IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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