pnut Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 You can engrave a d design in a plate and heat the stock you want to make the touchmark out of and give it a sharp blow at a high heat and then HT it. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Nice thing about etching is it can be done anytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 I’m going to attempt to make one first Pnut but if I fail I’ll be sure to take you up on the offer! I have some basic letter and number stamps but I want something a little fancier. I might try the engraving and heat thing too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Etching exposed a delam. To the scrap pile it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 WHAT!? What's wrong with grinding that little thing out? Don't you know nuthin? Bladesmiths don't make mistakes they make smaller blades! New guys. <SHEESH!> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 I was thinkin' the same thing, Frosty. Change the shape of the blade to compensate. Years before I started custom furniture building for a living, an old furniture maker told me that the way to tell a good wood worker wasn't to count the mistakes he made.................it was how well he covered them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 I’ve already done lots of that! It’s barely mote than 1/16” spine. Pretty sizable delam in the very center of the blade. im not really a bladesmith so I guess I don’t make smaller blades. It’s already Really small. Just a side project so I’m not too bummed it’s also etching weirdly. Unevenly and there’s weird lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Hey, send it to me and I'll make some wood carving blades out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) I’m Thinking i will break it to test the grain. edit. Never mind. I bent it with a pipe and could barely get it to bend and it sprung back to straight. I than hit with a hammer and proceeded to do nothing to it. I guess it had a good heat treat Edited April 5, 2020 by GuardedDig2 Failed break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 7 hours ago, GuardedDig2 said: I’ve already done lots of that! It’s barely mote than 1/16” spine. Pretty sizable delam in the very center of the blade. Look up a sloyd knife. They have like a two inch blade. Looks like there's plenty of meat left for one of those. They're good to have too. Especially if you like carving. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 No-no-no, pnut, don't give him any suggestions for how to salvage it. I want him to send it to me to see if I can cut some wood carving knife blades out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 You were thinking the same thing as I was. Some little wood carving sloyd type knives. I love a little 2in. blade for carving. Yes indeed. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 A wood carving knife might be possible I suppose. It etched weird though. Not sure what the parallel lines are all about. I cleaned it well and polished it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Indeed! Get crackin'. I bet there are some good small blades in that piece. Maybe for a small friction folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Here's a wood carving blade I had lying around made from 1/16 inch stock. How many do you think you could make out of your blade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 I could probably cut a few out From the spine at that size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 OTOH, "flawed" blades are the ones I stick a plain handle and then abuse them as a "camp knife" and see how the do---splitting wood pounding on the spine with another chunk of wood, etc. I've noticed that they do seem to work very well and last forever and I've regretted the plain handle a couple of times. All my perfect blades belong to somebody else; but I still have all my mistakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, GuardedDig2 said: I could probably cut a few out From the spine at that size! Dangit, you're catching on! "Always turn lemons into lemonade" as my Dad used to say.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Thomas I can’t exactly just stick a handle on it and use it considering the massive crack in the very center of where the edge would end up. It’s also visible in the Spine so I’m pretty sure a whole layer didn’t weld well. that’s on what would be the cutting edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Shift the grind to one side. In the way back some scrupulous Early smiths used to sell case hardened blades to the American indigenous tribes people.. They soon figured out to only sharpen the blade on one side only to keep the carbon steel intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 I may be crazy but are railroad spikes getting longer? Or is it just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 Attempted Another bottle opener. I definitely need practice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awrksmokey Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 that kind of bottle opener would look great in wrought iron. I still think it looks better then you're giving it credit for anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 That's a nice bottle opener Digs, a little refinement and they'd be darned marketable. Perhaps locate your mark so initials wouldn't look out of place for custom orders? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Topp Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Very true Smokey. Might have to try in WI working on my mark! Thanks frosty new project just started any guesses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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