Quentin Posted November 5, 2008 Posted November 5, 2008 these are the two knives that i made so far. i am working on finishing up a third one on friday. for right now i am not going to do anything with the handles until i learn a little more about how to do it properly. they were both made out of leaf springs. both of the knives were hardened and tempered. feel free to criticize them. Quote
tompdw Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 Hello, five alarm. I use a lot of leaf springs also. How did you harden and temper them. Did you have a specific blade shape/purpose in mind or did you let the steel decide what shap it was going to be? for now you could cord wrap them. Quote
Quentin Posted November 6, 2008 Author Posted November 6, 2008 we hardened them in motor oil and then put them in the oven for 2 cycles at 425 Quote
JPH Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 Hello: If it were me, Id' just round off those sparp corners and wrap wet rawhide around it nice and tioght and then let it dry and shellac over it and call them done.. That way you'd be "preserving" the overall "feel" of what you already have...and it would look "right" too... Hope this helps.. JPH Quote
tompdw Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 I have a bucket of used motor oil and a toaster oven. Works great. Quote
hotanvil Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 I use vegetable oil or olive oil when I quench blades. Its a good light weight oil and smells better than motor oil. Have to keep the other half happy you know :^) Quote
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