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Skinner
05-04-2011, 10:48 AM
I Hade 4 Days Off from Work this Past Week So ,Between All the Other Stuff I Had On My To Do List I Made these .Also Started Doing a Better Hardning Job On Knives Now To.You'll See Some Weired Patterns I Got While Hardning Not Use How I Did It But I Went Back and Hardend some Knives I Had Made And After Pulling the Scales Off I Couldn't Get the Brass Pins Out So I Just Left them In the Blade .I later Drilled them Out But i got what you see On the Big Knife.
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Winter
05-04-2011, 11:30 AM
Personally, I like irregularities in the steel as long as they don't weaken it.
crashdive123
05-04-2011, 02:48 PM
What are you using for a quench medium? Are you pre-heating it? If dissimilar liquids or air bubbles end up in the quench liquid you sometimes get irregular patterns. Don't know how it affect the treatment, but can look kind of cool like yours do.
Ted
05-04-2011, 08:23 PM
I just read on a knife making forum recently those patterns are from decarbing.(From getting a little to hot I imagine) No biggy, it will polish out. I think it looks cool personally and try not to polish it out when I get it.

Oh, nice knife!
Rick
05-04-2011, 08:30 PM
I think it's called character and I do like it.
Skinner
05-05-2011, 12:34 AM
What are you using for a quench medium? Are you pre-heating it? If dissimilar liquids or air bubbles end up in the quench liquid you sometimes get irregular patterns. Don't know how it affect the treatment, but can look kind of cool like yours do.
I'm Useing Warmed Motor Oil as the Quenching Medium .All I Know Is or What I Think May have Happened I Took apart a Few Of the Knives I Made When I Was Just starting to Make Knives and 1 Knife I Couldn't Get the Copper Pins Out So Not Really thinking I Just Left them In and as you See this Was The End Result.
I'm Also Useing My Redneck Forge Old Small Gass Grill That I Removed the Burner and Connected a Pipe Off Of It for the Air(Hair Dryer).
I'll Try to Replacate It If I Can But Either Way I Like That Way It Came Out and it Just Looks Cool.
panch0
05-05-2011, 10:21 PM
Looks like it will serve you well.
oldtrap59
05-24-2011, 10:45 PM
Looks good to me. But then character always looks good to me. Good job.

Oldtrap