Theodore An.

Some crazy hamon activity right here..What is this above the hamon line?Carbon banding?Alloy banding? The steel is a good old made in Usa Nikolshon file forged to shape...Water quenched and polish to 800 grit and quick etch with feriic chloride to see whats going on... IMG_20190516_100916 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr IMG_20190516_115128 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr IMG_20190516_115142 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr IMG_20190516_115205 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr

The knife was made by the very good friend George Plataniotis,a Farrier in real life.... He made it to honour all the farriers who work hard.. ""The five elements of farriery knife" Anvil - hammer - fire - rasp - horse all that stuf helps a farrier to make his living !!! Forged farrier rasp , brass shaped with file by hand. Plataniotis George All rights reserved" 10154952_724713490956251_8587702440613943480_n (1) by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr IMGP2759 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr IMGP2770 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr IMGP2789 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr IMGP2814 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr Thank you all for your patience and for viewing! Have a nice day from Greece

W2 from Aldo,water quenched following the recipe of John White (RIP Master John thank you so much for the knowledge you've shared over the years) IMG_20180718_214202 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr IMG_20180718_214240 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr

Mr.Gary i wanna thank you so much for sharing this beauty with us... Such a huge inspiration! Looking forward to the end!

Yes Jeff i have spot welded the two separate pieces ...

I have seen sooo many Jerry Fisk's Centeros lately...That big ricasso keep coming and coming in my dreams

A san mai hunter knife with 1095 core and old wrought iron sides.. Bolster is stainless nad haldle is African Blackwood with stainless pins... Also this is my very first attempt at complex handle (hidden to full tang..) 20180124_195221 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr DSC_0473 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr DSC_0475 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr DSC_0479 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr DSC_0480 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr DSC_0485 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr From sunny Greece thank you for watching!

Μr Jerrod Miller and Mr Wes Detrick,thank you for all the explanation! This forum is really a River of Knowledge!Thank you all.much appreciated!

Thank you Alan After forging did 4 stress releiving cycles from non magnetic to room temperature with my propane forge.. Next with my Eveheat kiln i heat to 1560F/850C hold for 10 min then cool to above 1000f in room air Heat to 1470F/800C hold for 10 min- cool below 1000F in room air Heat to 1380F/750C hold there for 10 min-cool to below 1000f again in air Heat again to 1290F/700C hold there for 10 min-cool to below 1000F in air and last cycle heat to 1200F/650C hold there for 1 hour then cool to room temprerature Grinds like butter with this process After grinding again i heat to 1200F for 1 hour and cool to room temperature That's my heat treating process pretty much for all my blades of all steels.. The same I did for these blades above Water temperature was about 170F/80C and the temperature of the edge was barely at...well maybe 50F above critical That's all my info I will put some handles on these blades and I will do some cutting tests.If they pass the tests i will do a bending test at a vise..Next I will break them to see the grain size...I will post a video for all of you to discuss Thank you all for all of these years of Knowledge...I've learned soooo much just reading you all you guys!

Inspired from the work of Mastersmith Jerry Fisk I tryed something new for me.. Differentially water quench 5160 and 52100 hand forged blades.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEsVS5kaHtU All went perfect ! Just after quench 20180129_194319 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr20180129_194401 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr After 1500 grit and a 1 minute in pcb.. 20180131_212748 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr20180131_212913 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr20180131_213005 by theodore Anastoulis, on Flickr Thank you all

Just...awesome!

Congrats Jake,mega-fan of your work here from Greece! What an amazing piece in every detail!

overheated??

My thoughts and prayers are with you Chris and I also wish the Sun of Our Lord's Love be shine above your lives again.. Theodore from Greece..

Well done Rob it's a fine axe!