MRRJF Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Hey folks it has been a while since I posted. Here is a other hard use field knife. 5160 nessmuk, in my rough around the edges style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(M) Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Looks like a real beater! Can you post a closeup of the blade and tang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.bro Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 This is a blade shape I really long to get into making I haven't gotten around to making it yet. Honestly I haven't found many people that make the nessmuk or at least that show them. My grandfather used a Damascus nessmuk with a bleached bone handle as a skinning knife when I was growing up and it disappeared after he died and I've been wanting to try to recreate it. Great job on this one. It looks very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 My first two knives were nessmuks: The one on top had a piece of the edge crack off in the hardening, and I later ground the hump out of the spine and reshaped the edge to give it better lines: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.bro Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Those are beautiful jhcc it's on my to do list but I've only made 4 knives so far and nessmuk hasn't been what they wanted to become I'm still working on learning how to forge different tip shapes but mostly I let the steel decide the shape of the knife mostly for now. I do forge in the tips though I guess that's saying a lot since I haven't had the fish lip problem yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 These were all stock-removal; the only forge work was flattening the lawnmower blades they came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.bro Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 I'm working on a cleaver from a lawn mower blade actually but I am trying to forge to shape haven't figured out if I should use water or oil for the quench yet though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 A lot of mower blades are a boron alloy now, and take a very specialized heat treating. Try water first on a test piece, and also play with temperatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.bro Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 35 minutes ago, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: A lot of mower blades are a boron alloy now, and take a very specialized heat treating. Okay I know the brand is atomic blade. I looked up the numbers on it and can't find any alloy info on it but I had planned on trying some test pieces in different quench mediums. Honestly as far as mower parts go I'd rather use the shaft that sticks out of the bottom that the blade attaches to over the blade. Only if the mower was trashed anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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