Bruce McLeish
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let me know if you have any questions.
What's going on in your shop?
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Jon Buescher
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Gonna have a go at making my first hidden tang knife and my first bowie. I ground the primary bevels into the blade then ran 3x normalizing cycles followed by quenching in 125 degree vegetable oil and then into a 400 degree oven. I will temper 2x at 400 degrees for two hours then final grind.
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Jon Buescher
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If I can get this blade finished without killing it I am hoping to do my first guard as well, thinking some brass and a piece of curly maple for a handle
Jon Buescher
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I killed it :/
Randy Lucius
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What happened Jon?
Jon Buescher
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Overheated the edge right when I switched to a 400 grit belt
Jon Buescher
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I set it on the bench, shut the machine off and called it a night. too many distractions today to focus on my work
chrisstaniar
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Triplets for Christmas!
Sean Jones
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Very nice!
JeremyBartlett
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Don't give up on it quite yet! How far up the bevel did it get hot, and what color did the steel turn. How much thickness do you still have at the edge? If you still have thickness it's possible to just heat it up to austenization temp and quench again. If not, you can always change the blade shape to work around the soft spot. Maybe a good time to practice your first recurve! There are never failures, usually just changes in plans
Casey Brown
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Working on a new sheath design. Kind of liking it. Added the lining on the lower picture. Still have to stitch it, finish the sides, and punch a hole for the retention strap.
Just finished this one.
Paper Mache (my made up name) Sanmai damascus blade, pocket clip and back bar Nitre blue salt colored
The core is 1084 the clad metals are: w1, a2, mild, 01 and nickel powder and foil.
High layer count damascus turned pivot collars and thumb stud Nitre blue salt colored
Engraved with gold inlay
File worked liners
Carbon Fiber Blue shred scales
Floating back bar
Anodized titanium pivot heads and screws
Paper Mache (my made up name) Sanmai damascus blade, pocket clip and back bar Nitre blue salt colored
The core is 1084 the clad metals are: w1, a2, mild, 01 and nickel powder and foil.
High layer count damascus turned pivot collars and thumb stud Nitre blue salt colored
Engraved with gold inlay
File worked liners
Carbon Fiber Blue shred scales
Floating back bar
Anodized titanium pivot heads and screws
Jon Buescher
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I’ll post a pic tonight, watching my boy wrestle a tourney today. It turned dycam blue, scary fast, I was trying to work the edge down gently. My grind lines were where I wanted and I needed to bring the edge down at least .030 still, I’m grinding 100% freehand so...Don't give up on it quite yet! How far up the bevel did it get hot, and what color did the steel turn. How much thickness do you still have at the edge? If you still have thickness it's possible to just heat it up to austenization temp and quench again. If not, you can always change the blade shape to work around the soft spot. Maybe a good time to practice your first recurve! There are never failures, usually just changes in plans
Randy Lucius
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Absolutely beautiful. Great job!
Sean Jones
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That's gorgeous!
bladegrinder
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That's a tricked out looking folder there Boss, well done!
John Wilson
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Really loving the engraving work and inlay!
Jon Buescher
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Don't give up on it quite yet! How far up the bevel did it get hot, and what color did the steel turn. How much thickness do you still have at the edge? If you still have thickness it's possible to just heat it up to austenization temp and quench again. If not, you can always change the blade shape to work around the soft spot. Maybe a good time to practice your first recurve! There are never failures, usually just changes in plans
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