Summer project before and after

[Msturm]

Old File

 

Cut to shape

 

Paduk Handle aluminum pins after polishing

 
 

After a couple months in Hawaii and skinning/gutting/boning a couple goats.

   
 

Sheath is colored with teak oil and olive oil.

One of the goats
 

Question. there is a hairline crack across the top of the blade spine. Any ideas why?

Thanks.

[knockedup]

What did you quench it in?

[Msturm]

old motor oil

[Doug Campbell]

Nice, looks like it performed as planned.

Did you temper it after the heat treat?

[Msturm]

I did temper it. But I did all the heating in a fire pit in the back yard. It was a big spruce fire. It got plenty hot. My father guided me by color. He has done this a time or two, but we are both wondering about the hairline crack.

It was my first go at knife making