Before I joined knifedogs, I had already made a few knives out of random scrap yard steel, primarily sawblades. The ones from that turned out pretty well, but my very first one was from rolled flat stock, unknown metal. This was my first knife, a camp knife with 10" blade and a 1/4" spine, used to chop wood with out in the bush. I had my buddy oil quench and temper it.
I went out camping over the weekend, tarp, sleeping mat, sleeping bag, and some bushcraft, and after building my lean to out of poplar saplings (cut with my knife) i came across some ironwood that I wanted to take home with me for knife handles, provided I could get it to stabilize.
Since my edge was still sharp after cutting a good 30 saplings down, I decided to go after the ironwood.
Needless to say, ironwood won. Folded my edge over in 2 spots.
Since I've got a lot of ironwood on my property (I had no idea until I started looking for it) I'll be testing all of my choppers against it before completion.
Sad to see such a beautiful blade go to waste. I've told myself I'll never replicate the same blade twice for anybody, but this one is an exception. This was my blade, and I loved that thing. I'll be remaking it out of 01 I think next time, and not random steel.
I went out camping over the weekend, tarp, sleeping mat, sleeping bag, and some bushcraft, and after building my lean to out of poplar saplings (cut with my knife) i came across some ironwood that I wanted to take home with me for knife handles, provided I could get it to stabilize.
Since my edge was still sharp after cutting a good 30 saplings down, I decided to go after the ironwood.
Needless to say, ironwood won. Folded my edge over in 2 spots.
Since I've got a lot of ironwood on my property (I had no idea until I started looking for it) I'll be testing all of my choppers against it before completion.
Sad to see such a beautiful blade go to waste. I've told myself I'll never replicate the same blade twice for anybody, but this one is an exception. This was my blade, and I loved that thing. I'll be remaking it out of 01 I think next time, and not random steel.