Will W. Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Hello everyone. Despite the numerous problems that occured throughout the process, this blade turned out successful. The customer loved it. Blade is 7 inches long, 11-1/2 inches overall. ~72 layers of O1 and 15N20 with "toxic green" kirinite scales, polished to 2000 grit. Epoxied on and pinned with two 3/16" and two 1/8" 303 stainless pins. The portion of the blade directly in front of the handle did not etch properly. I beleive this to be a heat treat issue (that part may have been colder than the rest of the blade during the quench.) The learning curve hit hard in this particular area. I am disappointed about it, but all in all, i am satisfied with the knife overall. Comments and critique are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 "that's where the fingers will pinch the blade and so would mess up the etch". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadara Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Очень хороший нож, очень аккуратно! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 After some contacts with stews, roast beef and acid containing vegetables the etch will not matter anymore...whats left that matters is the blade geometry. And this geometry looks just fine....very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Thank you gentleman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jclonts82 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Later, and if done on purpose, having that line match up with a ricasso could be a kinda neat feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 On 10/15/2017 at 8:14 PM, ThomasPowers said: "that's where the fingers will pinch the blade and so would mess up the etch". It's a feature, not a bug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 13 hours ago, Jclonts82 said: Later, and if done on purpose, having that line match up with a ricasso could be a kinda neat feature? That would definitely be interesting, but the knife is already finished and out of my hands, so no changing it now. 7 hours ago, JHCC said: It's a feature, not a bug! Yeah, sure. Lets go with that. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jspool Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Will, As a maker (hobbiest) I know that that kind of result is frustrating as hell. Especially after the handle is on. I've had a couple billets have bad spots on them that wouldn't etch out until I either resanded the entire blade down or in one case annealed it and requenched it. I tend to do a lot of in progress etching every step of the way. Otherwise its quite a nice blade and well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 On 10/19/2017 at 5:11 PM, Jspool said: Will, As a maker (hobbiest) I know that that kind of result is frustrating as hell. Especially after the handle is on. I've had a couple billets have bad spots on them that wouldn't etch out until I either resanded the entire blade down or in one case annealed it and requenched it. I tend to do a lot of in progress etching every step of the way. Otherwise its quite a nice blade and well done. Frustrating, indeed. But i suppose mistakes keep me going, keep me aspiring to, one day, make a perfect knife with 0 flaws (unlikely to ever happen lol!) Thank you for your kind words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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