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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: kbaknife on October 25, 2024, 07:56:03 AM

Title: 80CrV2 hunters
Post by: kbaknife on October 25, 2024, 07:56:03 AM

Here are a couple new 80CrV2 hunters that will be in the woods this year.

(https://i.imgur.com/EiLw9sM.jpg)

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

(https://i.imgur.com/X7RqYra.jpg)

Title: Re: 80CrV2 hunters
Post by: tippit on October 27, 2024, 09:19:49 AM

Very Nice!

Title: Re: 80CrV2 hunters
Post by: cacciatore on November 02, 2024, 04:18:12 PM

Nice

Title: Re: 80CrV2 hunters
Post by: Sam Harper on November 09, 2024, 07:47:16 PM

Those look very nice. I especially like the spalted one (pecan or maple?).

Title: Re: 80CrV2 hunters
Post by: kbaknife on November 28, 2024, 08:47:03 AM

Quote from: Sam Harper on November 09, 2024, 07:47:16 PM

Those look very nice. I especially like the spalted one (pecan or maple?).

End grain maple.

Title: Re: 80CrV2 hunters
Post by: shag08 on December 03, 2024, 10:49:18 AM

Beautiful! What do you use to blacken the blades?

Title: Re: 80CrV2 hunters
Post by: kbaknife on December 03, 2024, 06:05:37 PM

Manganese phosphate Parkerizing works pretty good.

Quote from: shag08 on December 03, 2024, 10:49:18 AM

Beautiful! What do you use to blacken the blades?

Title: Re: 80CrV2 hunters
Post by: shag08 on December 03, 2024, 07:35:18 PM

I’ll have to look into that. Thanks! I’ve acid etched my cable Damascus. And tried quick gun blue for mono steel to darken them. But never was really happy with the results. So I’ve went the other direction as of late…sanding, buffing and polishing to a mirror finish.