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Salvage of my star pattern welded billet


BeaverNZ

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I have salvaged my failure from when I tried to make a cleaver with a nine star pattern welded billet the same as what Alex steel did a while ago. I was a bit miffed that the cleaver didnt turn out as I had some welds come apart when i was drawing out the billet but this makes all the work worth it again. The blade in these pictures was only roughly ground as I was very keen to see how the patern had changed I am prepared to exept failures as I am pushing my skills and the learning curve is steep. There was almost no hammer work done by hand it was done under the massey 2CWT Cheers Beaver PS this is made from large band saw blade and crane rail track which is 1080 steel

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Im doing the worst part of blade making and thats the sanding etc I am thinking of doing a clear perspex handle since there is a star pattern going up the handle as well does any body have any experiance of this, the sander is just on a beer cooled part of the process. Its almost time to take a deep breath and heat treat the blade

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I have got my blade heat treated and etched Im very pleased with how it has come up. I may of left it in the feric chloride abit long and it may be too strong but its all good I am thinking of using jarah for the handle but I keep changing my mind

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