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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: scrub-buster on August 23, 2018, 11:35:43 AM

Title: Trade knife build
Post by: scrub-buster on August 23, 2018, 11:35:43 AM

I'm still a beginner.  This is my 6th knife.  All have been stock removal.  I'm making it for a knife trade on the primitive archer forum.  Any advice or tips would be appreciated.

I started out with an industrial cutting knife blade.  I'm not sure what kind of steel it is.  I annealed it in my fire pit.

(https://i.imgur.com/CkWyqTn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/L0usuZP.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1F6S7oO.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0didTAX.jpg)


I used my $10 auction find to grind the knife.

(https://i.imgur.com/vrybc0K.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mxZRyI0.jpg)


I want to build a better gas forge soon.

(https://i.imgur.com/C8vAgny.jpg)


I did 3 normalizing cycles before quenching.  A file would just barely catch the edge so I did a second heat and quench.  I got it a little hotter and that seemed to work.  A file will slide across it now.   That's as far as I got on it so far.  I will temper it tonight or tomorrow. 

(https://i.imgur.com/r8KCC9F.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/J1oGqNP.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1jMYeGJ.jpg)

Title: Re: Trade knife build
Post by: mahantango on August 25, 2018, 09:14:19 PM

Nice! You make it look easy.