Rmartin2 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 My first forged knife. I made it from a lawn mower blade. The blade heat treated nicely and withstood being batoned into seasoned hickory. I know it's a small skinner but I had to make sure the heat treat and Temper was good. The oak scales are from a barn constructed in the 1930's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCROB Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneck carp's-tongue Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Wow, pretty good! It's quite rustic in appearance, and it kind of reminds me of an axe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmartin2 Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Thank you both. As as far as the rustic appearance goes, I think keeping the forging marks gives character to a knife. This one might be a little rough, but like I said its my first one. Well it's the first one that actually made if far enough to call a knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedCustoms Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Nice looking Nesmuk! Good job, keep the pictures coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpencerDirks Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I love the rustic look. Good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prevenge Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I wouldn't say it's that rough at all ... looks like you didnt have to grind much off for the blade which means you forged it very close to final shape right? Well done indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Great! I never thought a mower blade would make good stock for a knife. Could you give a little detail about how you riveted the handle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Although I have heard of mower blades that were not good steel... IME they are usually 1095 steel or something very similar! Which is definitely decent blade stock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmartin2 Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 On May 19, 2016 at 9:10 PM, TwistedCustoms said: Nice looking Nesmuk! Good job, keep the pictures coming. Thanks. I did another one from the other half of the stock I cut it from and will post it when it's finished On May 26, 2016 at 3:09 PM, SpencerDirks said: I love the rustic look. Good work! Thanks. I was going for rustic. On May 26, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Prevenge said: I wouldn't say it's that rough at all ... looks like you didnt have to grind much off for the blade which means you forged it very close to final shape right? Well done indeed! Thanks. You are correct. The only grinding was smoothing out the edges and puting a bevel on the blade. On May 26, 2016 at 5:45 PM, ausfire said: Great! I never thought a mower blade would make good stock for a knife. Could you give a little detail about how you riveted the handle? Im not sure if all mower blades are created equal. My brother in law gave me the blades and I don't know type of mower they came from. The blades I got were excellent stock. I wouldn't call them rivets as I didn't peen them. It's just 1/8 brass rod from Lowes. I laid the blade on one scale and marked the holes and drilled. Then I used the drilled scale for the template to drill the other one. I do a test fit of everything before I epoxy. I started using 60 min epoxy On May 27, 2016 at 7:28 PM, bigfootnampa said: Although I have heard of mower blades that were not good steel... IME they are usually 1095 steel or something very similar! Which is definitely decent blade stock! I have heard mower blades were good and bad. I guess it depends on the blade. These blades heat treated very nicely. Very tough after temper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEAP of JEEP Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 On 5/27/2016 at 8:28 PM, bigfootnampa said: Although I have heard of mower blades that were not good steel... IME they are usually 1095 steel or something very similar! Which is definitely decent blade stock! I've played around with more mower blades than I care to think about. With the stock pile I collected from random blades picked up at the scrap yard, it has been hit or miss on whether they would harden at all. Some worked well, some were ok, and about half of my collection wouldn't harden at all, even in water. If you get a mower blade, its best to nip a small piece off and play around with heat treating it to see if its even worth your time to forge a blade or if it would be better used for a different project. For a first knife, I think you did really well. Better than my early attempts. Love the reclaimed oak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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