January 17, 200818 yr Forged down from a 6 inch peice of 1095, 1 1/2 inch wide 3/8ths thick. A good bit of taper, I cleaned up the outline only on the grinder, all the bevels ans taper were forged in.
January 17, 200818 yr Nice... any chance that 1095 is from Aldo?... wondering how it forged out... thanks...
January 17, 200818 yr Author Nice... any chance that 1095 is from Aldo?... wondering how it forged out... thanks... The very same steel. It forges GREAT!
January 17, 200818 yr The very same steel. It forges GREAT! That's great!... Let us know how the heat treat goes and what you plan or decide on the process.... Thanks!
January 21, 200818 yr Author Thanks Man, you should see the actual pros though, they could pretty much polish the blade after heat treating all from a rough forged condition! I hav ground this one, i'll have some pictures up tonight.
January 22, 200818 yr Your lines are getting better with time - that would be a great blade to carry into a dark alley at night.
January 22, 200818 yr ha, what are you planning Hwooldridge? Shhhhh...I've said too much already. Hee-hee-hee...:-)
January 22, 200818 yr Author HW, it got alot lighter and thinner than in the picture. Here it is all cleaned up ready for HT.
January 24, 200818 yr Author HT went OK, the whole blade was hard to heat up evenly, the hamon dips off the edge at the tip:(. That and the grind lines got a bit messed up.
January 24, 200818 yr I have the same problem with heating the whole blade evenly. Mine developed a small crack, that i didn't find until one of the later stages of polishing, near the area where the blade got hottest during heat treat. I got to get me a gas powered heating setup... Clean that thing up so we can have a look see! Lt
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