Stormcrow Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 It's been a very busy last several months, and while I have produced a good number of blades, I haven't been as active online to post them. So here's most of them from recent months. Everything is 80CrV2 steel, with various combinations of paracord and hemp wrapped handles, and Boltaron sheaths except for the two retina-searing colors, which are Kydex. In vague order from November to February: This chopper was forged very close to the final shape. Minimal stock removal on the bevels. A rare foldover sheath: My eyes! Not the same tan tanto as above. A very rare kiridashi. O tanto with a 13 1/2" blade and wakizashi with a 15 3/4" blade. The waki was a commission from a Green Beret. This 9" recurve was finished just in time to be a Christmas gift. Did a number of ginuntings, have more in the future. My eyes! Hey, look, a midtech Little Rok with CNC machined bevels! Slowly making progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thad Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 AMAZING!! Love the way you finish those handle wraps! If I can ask, what are you tempering the larger 80crv blades at and do you use the same time/temp for the smaller blades? Thanks for sharing, great work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 That's a wild street of blades ....distinctive in style and aggression....nice! the CNC-bevels look quite good.... how much is left on the edge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Thank y'all! Thad - On smaller blades I temper at 425 Fahrenheit, on larger ones, 450. I have a whole HT schedule from Ed Braun I'll send anyone interested if they'll send me an e-mail at helmforge at gmail with the subject line "80CrV2 HT". Templehound - The milled bevels are a smidge thicker than I'd like, but we're going to be adding a smoothing pass that'll shave it down a bit thinner. I want to heat treat at the point that they're ready to be sharpened. These were done with a 5 degree tapered end mill, but future ones will have a 3 degree mill, so the bevel will come higher up the blade and be thinner. We broke our 3 degree end mill on the second pass due to a mistake on our part and swapped to the 5 degree to finish out testing our proof-of-concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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