Question on my latest knife.

[KSCATTRAPR]

Here is one I just finished up this weekend. Stag scales with red liners and 1084. The guard is scrap steel. Overall length is close to 9" if I remember right.

When I etched the blade, I noticed that some small circle blotches showed up on the blade, anyone have any clue as to what these are or how they got there? You can see them pretty clearly on the bottom 2 pictures. Any help as to what they are would be appreciated. I hope I didn't waste these scales.

 

 

 

[KillerBee]

I love your work bud!

[KSCATTRAPR]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[tippit]

I'm not sure I'm seeing this right...but sometimes those circular spots are from a blister on the surface of the steel formed while heating it to your desired quench temperature. Once you quench that blister blows off but leaves a colored spot. For me, they all come out with hand sanding/finshing the blade.

[KSCATTRAPR]

After quenching the blade I hand sanded it to 220 and thats when I could make them out. After tempering I then put the final sand on the blade and etched it, and of course they came through more pronounced. Like you said they normally come off with hand sanding but this time they stayed.

[Steve Nuckels]

Can't answer your question, but I love the knife!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Foundation
ABS AP

[tippit]

I guess I'd just call them beauty marks!

[KSCATTRAPR]

Lol. Kind of what I'm leaning towards!