Steven Sharpe 0 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Hi guys ! Thought i would share these pics... It's been a long time since my last login but it's good to see more and more have join... I have spent the last year getting better acquainted with bladesmithing and spending most of my spare time forging and also remaking a new burner for the forge which took too long to fix... but now it works My first hidden tang knife in life, a trade-off between camp/hunting knife for my next hunting season. The blade is 1095 carbon steel and is a hand rub to a 400 finish (this knife will be used...) so i have no need to get overwhelmed with polishing and buffing except for the guard and butt which are 316 stainless steel. The handle is Jatoba (Bresilian Cheerywood) and although it is a hardwood i found it is rather easy to work...which came handy for the tang hole... Here are a couple of pics from the little project: Making the handle The completed knife To my surprise i was just finishing the hand rub with 400 when light struck at angle on the blade and there it was.... a hamon ? looks like that to me !!! Steven Sharpe Link to post Share on other sites
Serge Panchenko 2 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Nice knife Steven, I like everything about it. Congrats on the hamon! SERGEKNIVES.COM Link to post Share on other sites
Brice 0 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I really like it too. I like Jatoba to work with too. It works easily and takes a nice polish. That looks like a good little user. What are the dimensions? Show me a blacksmith making a toilet, and I will show you a man forging ahead. Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Sharpe 0 Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 I really like it too. I like Jatoba to work with too. It works easily and takes a nice polish. That looks like a good little user. What are the dimensions? Blade length : 4.7 " Blade width : 1.4 " Thickness : .180 " Handle length (from wood to butt end): 4.7 " Thanks for asking Steven Sharpe Link to post Share on other sites
MJDForge 0 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 did you mean for that to happen? Matthew DempseyArchangel Bladesarchangel.knives@gmail.comIronworkCustom Knives https://www.facebook.com/archangel.blades Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Colwell 171 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 that is a great knife for actual using with game. nice work. makes me miss archery season. kevin please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Sharpe 0 Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 did you mean for that to happen? In fact, no. I didn't even think on putting a hamon on this blade. No clay and an oil quench, i guess things turned out better than i thought... Steven Sharpe Link to post Share on other sites
Sam Salvati 80 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 In fact, no. I didn't even think on putting a hamon on this blade. No clay and an oil quench, i guess things turned out better than i thought... To say the least! Nice work Stephen, solid put together knife. The Jatoba looks a bit like hickory, but richer and darker. Let not the swords of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots Link to post Share on other sites
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