DuEulear Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 So i made myself a chefs knife out of o-6 tool steel being lazy i did not want to drag out the forge just to heat treat one knife so i grabbed my torch and went with a simple diffrential heattreat not expecting anything other than function.... this is what i got. Once i realized i had a hamon... my first all be it boring as no clay was involved i had to go all out on the fittings. I went with solid copper scales soldered to the tang then hammered and polished the blade was etched in my vinigar picle bath i use for removing scale 10 min then rubbed with silk then 10 min soak anout 6 cycles Tell me what ya think du Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 The main question is, how does it perform? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuEulear Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 I don’t know yet as i havent out tge finish edge on her to see what edge retendion is like but i was experimenting with 0-6 as i heard edge retendion is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozenforge Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 As a famous artist used to say “There are no mistakes, just happy accidents” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 As noted elsewhere, knifemakers don't make mistakes; they just make smaller knives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuEulear Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 Funny this knife did loose an inch to a stress fracture in the tip that was not visable untill i had it at a 300 grit finish ( i dont remember dropping it) lol soni had to regrind and undo all that pretty polish work grrrr. chopped up a bunch of veggies for dinner the other day and she still shaves like a straight razor better than my commertial vg 10 chefs knife can do ^.^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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