My Latest Knife

[Jeff Lary]

Nice work Jeff! Its nice to see excellence in American craftsmanship.

Well I dont know about excellence but this was quite a bunch of work to be sure.That itself can be a problem for me as I have almost zero patience. But I have learned a lot doing this and no matter when you screw it up by hurrying, you have to remember there is probably a bunch of work to get to the point that you just screwed up. It's no fun to mess up 10 hours into a project.

 

[LD1]

Well I dont know about excellence but this was quite a bunch of work to be sure.That itself can be a problem for me as I have almost zero patience. But I have learned a lot doing this and no matter when you screw it up by hurrying, you have to remember there is probably a bunch of work to get to the point that you just screwed up. It's no fun to mess up 10 hours into a project.

Do you re-harden it after you have shaped/formed the blade?

 

[Jeff Lary]

No I do not with the saw steel I do not have to anneal it so no. The saw's have a rockwell hardness of 63.With the the bering race yes 500 degrees for 1 hr ,air hardening I think it is called ( no water or oil used)I let it cool in cat litter or just wait till it it cool enough to touch

 

[Army grunt]

>>>>>Jeff Lary<<<<
Great looking.
Here is one a fellow veteran made for me, its stone with a antler handel
Army Grunt

 

[Army grunt]

Here is the one.
Army Grunt

 

[Jeff Lary]

Thats quite a knife very crafty I must say good job

 

[WagonRanch]

Nice knife! Here's a Damascus blade that I made for a friend. The handle is not carved it just looks that way. Spalted Big Leaf Oregon Maple.

 

[Grayson Klassen]

Here is the one.
Army Grunt

That is a work of art, I am so impressed

 

[Grayson Klassen]

Nice,.
Kinda fun to do as well.
Last I made used an old metal file and shaped it into a general purpose/skinning blade.
We were able to quarter a large moose without honing the blade.
File steel sure keeps a good edge.

When you use an old file do you just slow grind it to keep the temper. ie. grind dip grind dip?

 

[dntfxr]

Wow nice work guys, the stone knife is really a piece of art! I too am an amature knife maker. I make mine from leaf spring steel and hammer forge them. I've only made 6, wish I had more time to do it. The details are very time consuming. This is knives #5 and #6, I made them for my best friends. They are both hunters, so I get plenty feedback on how they perform. The secret is is the heat treat as you all know, but these have cleaned 5-6 deer/hogs each and still shave! When we get moved out to our homestead I plan to set up a nice permanent forge. I plan to try a forge welded, or "Damascus" blade next.

Wagonranch, did you forge the blade yourself? Very nice by the way!