2nd attempt at a knife

[laffingman67]

Wow! :hatsoff:

 

[Stophel]

Very cool! Did you forge the bevel/taper into the blade or is it all "Stock removal"?

I have the intentions to make myself a knife from 1095, and thinking of stock removal... :hmm:

 

[bkovire]

wow! wow! and wow! :hatsoff: :thumbsup: :bow:

 

[lonehunter]

Its all stock removal, grind, grind, and more grinding. I would like to give forging a try but the wife wont let me play with fire :haha: :v

 

[LRB]

Chris, try to get some 1080, or 1084. 1095 is not user friendly in heat treat, mostly due to the speed of quench it needs. 1095 has to drop in temp from 1475°/1500° to under 900° in .8 of one second to reach full hard and best structure. This requires a brine quench, or expensive commercial oil. You can squeak by with canola oil, but you will not achieve a really good heat treat. 1080/84 on the other hand can be easily HTed with simple equipment, and be expected to perform as good as poorly HTed 1095. HTing a 1095 frizzen is not as demanding as a blade. All you're looking for is hardness to throw sparks. With a blade you are after a good internal structure also, for strength and abrasion resistance.
Stock removal will produce as good of blade as forging. The steel does not care what method shapes it, but the HT is particular about how it is done.

 

[Stophel]

Thank you, I've seen 1084 listed here and there, and figured it would work just fine...I just need a piece wide enough.

 

[LRB]

Try Admiral Steel. They may have it. If I run across any, I'll let you know.

 

[LaBonte]

Admiral has 1075/1080 in 1/8" and 3/16" thick by up to 2" wide - based on a couple dozen tests of period knives, 1075/1080 is as close as you can get to the period steels from a current major supplier.
1084 is harder to find these days except for a couple of steel specialists - such as Aldo (don't have is contct) and Kelly Cupples (509-728-0057 or
[email protected]).
The overall difference in quality between 1075/1080 and 1084 is negligible for most uses - IF the heat treat is optimum for both than the 1084 be a bit better in holding and edge.
The above info is based on the fact I've used 1084 a lot over the years and when I went to 1075/1080 due to scarcity of the former I found no drastic change in quality.

 

[raszpla]

nice work. :wink:

 

[Stophel]

I keep coming back to look at it. It's pretty durn neat. :wink:

 

[lonehunter]

Thanks!
I will have more picts. in a couple of days, going to start ageing them now! i think they will look better. :v

 

[Stophel]

How did you go about hardening and tempering?

 

[lonehunter]

HT oven, heated to steel specs, quenched, then drawn back. If i remember it tested at 54-55 rockwell.

 

[LRB]

It tested out around 57/59 by my testing.

 

[lonehunter]

Well, that shows how much i pay attention.
I thought you said 54-55, guess thats what i get for thinking. :wink:
One of us is old, and the other is ignorant, let me know which one you are, so i know which one i am! :slap: