Bowl and Blade

[Will46r]

Gonna be a lonnngggg 2 days in the shop doing a rush order for a customer... starting the night off with a bowl of Stokkebye's Optimum in my Dr Grawbow Tru-Grain while I polish the blade.

[Lynn]

Gonna be a lonnngggg 2 days in the shop doing a rush order for a customer... starting the night off with a bowl of Stokkebye's Optimum in my Dr Grawbow Tru-Grain while I polish the blade.

whats the blade material?

[Will46r]

whats the blade material?

This is 1084, I'm a bladesmith so I mainly use high carbon steels that forge well.

[AndyCAYP]

Hmmm... Ever make a chef's knife?

[Lynn]

I used 1094 a few times, but found old files an leaf springs do better in the heat treatin..I use oil baths for temperin an water for the finish..you usin stones an paper for sharpin or the good ol file for personal gratification..

[Will46r]

I used 1094 a few times, but found old files an leaf springs do better in the heat treatin..I use oil baths for temperin an water for the finish..you usin stones an paper for sharpin or the good ol file for personal gratification..

Lynn, I used to use files and leaf springs, right up to when I wasted 20 hours of work on a boar hunting spear. Lots of microfractures in the steel I had. My father in law is a really good copper and blacksmith, he says I'm one of them sciencey bladesmiths. LOL I quench in Houghton K heat treat oil. They sent some to me and my buddies I guess to get some advertising against Parks 50 and AAA heat treat oils. I temper in a modified electric oven. I sharpen using my variable speed 2x72" grinder, take most knives to 2500 grit then strop on leather loaded with chromium. Now the rare occasions I have students they forge then draw file to make a knife. It's how I was taught, "5 good minutes with a hammer is an hour with a file." They learn to forge clean, I also don't have many students

Hmmm... Ever make a chef's knife?

Yeah, I've made some, my brother used to be a chef, now he's in restaurant management. Most chef knives are 1095 high carbon or AEB-L stainless. AEB-L is a Sandavic steel that's about as close as you can get to a carbon steel's carbides with stain resistance.

[Lynn]

I dont count mistakes an time I just like to play an ifin someone wants it I usually just give to them....I use a propane brick oven for heatin an files for shapin..dont like stones its like cheatin...manual labor for this country boy..like wood turnin I just like to play with steel or other metals...been smithin for yrs.. I do smithin at the Salem wv old days...nails, shoes, pins, collars an wheel rims...

[Lynn]

do you do long blades??? been wantin to try a long blade or sword.....checked profial no state listin..

[Will46r]

I used 1094 a few times, but found old files an leaf springs do better in the heat treatin..I use oil baths for temperin an water for the finish..you usin stones an paper for sharpin or the good ol file for personal gratification..

Hmmm... Ever make a chef's knife?

do you do long blades??? been wantin to try a long blade or sword.....checked profial no state listin..

Lynn, I'm down in Alabama. I was working on a 24" Gladius for a customer when this rush popped up. My father in law does French& Indian War and 1812 Reenacting. He does the blacksmithing demos. I tend to use power tools to allow me more time to do hand work. There's probably 30+ files hanging on my bench within easy reach. I normally forge to within 80% finish dimensionally, clean up on the grinder, heat treat and temper then hand rub the blades.

[Lynn]

Lynn, I'm down in Alabama. I was working on a 24" Gladius for a customer when this rush popped up. My father in law does French& Indian War and 1812 Reenacting. He does the blacksmithing demos. I tend to use power tools to allow me more time to do hand work. There's probably 30+ files hanging on my bench within easy reach. I normally forge to within 80% finish dimensionally, clean up on the grinder, heat treat and temper then hand rub the blades.

Im not that refined, just heat an beat, love makin the steel move...largest blade Ive done is 18" about worried myself to death tryin to make it look like others Id seen...got over that...can you post up pics?