November 5, 200817 yr 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.
November 6, 200817 yr 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.
November 6, 200817 yr Author we hardened them in motor oil and then put them in the oven for 2 cycles at 425
November 6, 200817 yr 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
November 6, 200817 yr 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 :^)
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