Monday, November 21, 2011

Yet More Knifery ...


With a 320 grit, before annealing and tempering and like that. Handle samples TK ....

Ooh! Ooh!

5 comments:

  1. Nice. Is the steel wootz, pattern welded, or something else?

    (Anon since I can't log in through Wordpress)

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  2. The steel is random pattern damascus. :-)

    - Chuck

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  3. Yeah, I'll do finished pictures, maybe a short video, and the knife and maker will find themselves in a guest appearance in an upcoming novel -- I like to showcase my talented friends when I can.

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  4. From Chuck:
    The metals:

    5160 (spring steel)
    203E (low carbon high impact High nickel mild steel alloy)
    15N20 (band saw blade material)
    52100 (ball bearing steel, incredibly durable) 

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