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My new knife project
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Well This knife is 99% complete. All that remains now is the cutting edge. I will post pics tommorrow... :thumbsup: Used the most beautiful hardwood for the handles. Mopanie. I am very very proud of my work although there is a few flaws, but still, it was my very first attempt at a knife. :wink:
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Looks great Titus, looking forward to seeing the finished product. :thumbsup:
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Looks great, nice job. :thumbsup:
50cal.cliff
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Titus that is great! You ought to be proud!
I like the design! I must admit when I seen the blank I didn't see it finishing up looking like it is. Really like the finished product though! :thumbsup:
I like the design! I must admit when I seen the blank I didn't see it finishing up looking like it is. Really like the finished product though! :thumbsup:
Thanks RickD. The cutting edge was done last night and it cuts like a razor. Should hold its edge very good thanks to its extremely hard steel. Started with the sheath last night. Biggest learning curve I have had so far. Should maybe invest in some leather tools too... :redface: :rotf:
Titus,
Although I am a big knife fan,for what ever
reason I dislike S/S,even in my kitchen.
In the kitchen,I prefer carbon knives.My absolute
favorite knife would be damascus steel.Damascus
has a personality of its own.
Although all knives,show the personality of the
craftsman that created it.IMO
Damascus steel is a form of creation in
itself.Not so much the knife created,but the steel
that created the knife.
snake-eyes :hmm:
Although I am a big knife fan,for what ever
reason I dislike S/S,even in my kitchen.
In the kitchen,I prefer carbon knives.My absolute
favorite knife would be damascus steel.Damascus
has a personality of its own.
Although all knives,show the personality of the
craftsman that created it.IMO
Damascus steel is a form of creation in
itself.Not so much the knife created,but the steel
that created the knife.
snake-eyes :hmm:
Snake-eyes, I agree with you as far as factory made knives goes. A proper stainless however, in my opinion, has a different look and feel to it. Steels like D2 and 12C27.
Chris showed me something that opened my eyes to factory/mass produced knives. we took a carbon steel blade and a blade made with the exact same steel as mine (12C27) and the same hardness and compared them in a durability test. The test was to see which one of them can be hammered through a brass coin like a guilotine, by hitting on the spine of the blade, with the cutting edge resting on the coin. The carbon steel lost its edge after the first stroke, where the 12C27 cut it in half after three stokes with the hammer and it was still surprisingly sharp. Then we did a memory test and hit the side of the blade with a hammer whilst about and inch of blade tip was resting on an anvil. The carbon steel bent, and stayed bent where the other flexed and returned to its original perfect straightness. Sounds like total unnessesary punishment, but it comes down to edge retention and the durability of the blade under abnormal conditions. Heinrich can vouch for that, breaking a factory knife in half inside a gemsbuck's neck. :shake: :rotf:
Chris showed me something that opened my eyes to factory/mass produced knives. we took a carbon steel blade and a blade made with the exact same steel as mine (12C27) and the same hardness and compared them in a durability test. The test was to see which one of them can be hammered through a brass coin like a guilotine, by hitting on the spine of the blade, with the cutting edge resting on the coin. The carbon steel lost its edge after the first stroke, where the 12C27 cut it in half after three stokes with the hammer and it was still surprisingly sharp. Then we did a memory test and hit the side of the blade with a hammer whilst about and inch of blade tip was resting on an anvil. The carbon steel bent, and stayed bent where the other flexed and returned to its original perfect straightness. Sounds like total unnessesary punishment, but it comes down to edge retention and the durability of the blade under abnormal conditions. Heinrich can vouch for that, breaking a factory knife in half inside a gemsbuck's neck. :shake: :rotf:
Oh, the other proper stainless steel I almost forgot about, which makes beautiful knives, is N690. Thats what Heinrich's TNS is made of.
Iffn you dont like the shine on stainless steel, there is a way to make it look a bit more rustic and old... :wink: This happens during the hardening process. Before a knife goes into the oven at 1080degC, the profile is wrapped in a special foil (which I dont know how to spell.. :redface: :haha: ). This protects the annealed surface of the knife. If you dont do that, you get very very fine pitting in the steel. That looks great if you want something more antique. I am still looking at doing that with a knife which will be more PC. :grin:
Iffn you dont like the shine on stainless steel, there is a way to make it look a bit more rustic and old... :wink: This happens during the hardening process. Before a knife goes into the oven at 1080degC, the profile is wrapped in a special foil (which I dont know how to spell.. :redface: :haha: ). This protects the annealed surface of the knife. If you dont do that, you get very very fine pitting in the steel. That looks great if you want something more antique. I am still looking at doing that with a knife which will be more PC. :grin:
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