I've been reading up on bladesmithing for awhile now and was wondering if anybody here has ever owned or made a knife that would past the Journymens Bladesmith Test for holding an edge.
It must cut clean though a free hanging 1" rope in 2 strokes or less, twice. Then chop a pine 2x4 in half, twice, and still shave the hair off your arm! Now thats a knife!
Well I traded the gut hook skinner with the walnut scales I posted in me WIP thread to a guy for 20 plus Nicholson files. 6 of them are over a foot long. Sooooo, I'm goin to give it a try.
If anybody has had such a knife , store bought or made yourself I would love to know the brand you bought or the steel you used to make it. Not to mention quenchent, temper temp, ect.
Come to think of it, how do you makers test your blades. I get mine shaving sharp then chop, wittle and basicly abuse it on a 2" pine dowel rod, and then check to see if the edge rolled or chipped. I must be doing something right because they never do. But it certainly won't shave without hitting the ol' wet stone a few times.
