MonkeyForge Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Well I wanted to try this shape and I did. It is too thin and small to be a seax, I started with 3.5 millimetre thickness (5 X 6 CM around) and started forging. Just like me to do this the hard way :). All in all I wanted a plain knife which I succeeded at. final Spine thickness is about 2.5 mm. Blade is O2 tool steel, handle is hickory from an old (30 years) sledge hammer handle. (the head is currently servicing as my anvil). All in all I managed to get an edge on it, it cuts and is quite flexible. For heat treatment I normalized twice (cool down with the forge), heated to non magnetic and quenched in peanut oil. Tempered in oven at 220 Celsius 2 times. (1 hour cycles) The good: Learned to take a small piece of stock and forging it to desired shape First time hidden tang First time bolster Recycling old stuff The Bad: I need to make stuff flatter I need to fit the fittings tighter Need to forge cleaner (most of the pits after polish are scale) Need to leave a bit more meat on before quenching (slight warp) Any comments are welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benton Frisse Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Nice clean work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyForge Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Thanks guys, that means a lot. I'll work on my photography next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossdawg Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I certainly would be proud of this knife. Looks good......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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