Matthew D Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 My son helped on this kitchen knife project. He is pretty proud of it. Hand Forged Hidden tang Steel: Chipper (like D2) reclaimed from industrial wood chipper machine Handle: rose wood Keeps an edge: You bet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 If I was your son, I sure would be proud of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhitee93 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 D2 is a bugger to forge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew D Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 3 hours ago, rhitee93 said: D2 is a bugger to forge! Amen to that. It is dang tough. My best experience is to heat it up to a bright red and let it soak in the fire for 15 minutes or more. Then heat it up to yellow and start smashing. This Chipper steel I have was all free and makes a great knife, so I have used it quite a bit. I reclaimed the steel from a logging outfit in Anchor Point, Alaska. below are some links about Chipper. Although I don't have the ability to heat treat and temper it according to the data sheet, I have found that for a knife, the steel is pretty forgiving for a steel smasher like me. My father and I have made many many hunting knives from it just forging it on a coal fire. The new owners love them and the knives have skinned all sorts of Alaskan beasts over the last 15 years.. http://uddeholm.com/products/cold-work-tool-steel/uddeholm-chipper http://www.bucanada.ca/viking_chipper_c.htm this has a data sheet on it. This one says Viking/Chipper so I assume the data sheet is for both? Anyhow, if you live in an area where there are logging operations, they have lots of chipper blades which are just discarded. Just ask. Make something for them and ask for more. That usually does the trick and its always great to return the favor. I made a knife for a friend who was the supply manager and he loved the knife. He gave me all the old chipper blades I could haul off. He told me he used it for two hunting seasons in a row and skinned his moose and friends. He never sharpened it for two seasons or more. He actually complained it was TOO sharp. Kept cutting holes in the hide. Oh well. Wish I would have hauled it all off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Looking at the info you posted , it is not D2. What shape blades do you start with. The chipper blades I used to sharpen for a customer were about .5" thick, and 3"x5" or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew D Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 It isn't D2, but it is similar. It is called Chipper. The blades are about 1/4 inch thick and 2x10 inches. They have a cross section that looks like a zigzag and they are sharp on both edges. They have to be forged flat to do anything with. I'll post a picture later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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