james terrio
Sharpest Knife in the Light Socket
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Is it Wednesday yet?
Is this where the pics will be posted?
it's done man.
Mudbug -- Moose is right -- your knife was very comfortable in hand, did great with food prep, whittling/carving, etc... on Friday. As soon as the edge went wonky Saturday it was put away before it chipped out. It's probable that you can redo the edge and still have a salable knife.
I don't know what hardness you went with, but it would not have survived cutting notches in the bamboo - and the tip was thin enough I was not willing to try drilling with it.
Even though I don't have a dog in this hunt, I have to admire the hard work and creativity on the part of all the makers who competed. And, as I have often learned in my leather work, failure is the best teacher. I have kept most of my failures as a constant reminder of what not to do!
All the best
Balding
that gator skin wrap you sent matt, was off the chain.
Excellent work.
Moose
That gator skin wrap you sent Matt, was off the chain.
Excellent work.
Moose
Thanks a lot Moose! As I know that you are somewhat of a fellow leather mangler yourself!
Thanks Vik. I was shooting around the 62-63 rc range...give or take a few. Since this was my first 52100 blade, I'll more than likely snap it to see how refined the grain was.
That's always a good idea with a "new" alloy, but before you do that, resharpen it and test it some more. It wasn't that terrible; it could be that if you sharpen back past possibly-overheated steel at the edge, and/or at a less-acute final angle, it will hold up just fine. Compare it to the one tempered a little hotter. Gorgeous knife, BTW. I really liked how light and balanced it was :thumbup:
And yeah, BE's croc sheath was something to behold!