A maker friend on BCUSA wanted me to play along with him in a build along and his choice of pattern was the classic Dell Deweese knife.
Since Deweese designed this knife for processing North American big game I was intrigued in the pattern. I would of used 14C28N as I prefer a stainless knife for butchering but the cryo tank is empty so instead decided to use 52100.
Low alloy steels can be a pain at times as not only can the melt vary enough to effect heat treat and the micro structure can limit heat treat response. For this build I followed Larrin's protocol for thermal cycling 52100 and the results were awsome.
Since 52100 is a tough steel and I was planning on these knives to be thin and slicey I figured 52100 at 64.5 Rc would be just fine.
I made a batch of five. This is the first one I finished.
Since Deweese designed this knife for processing North American big game I was intrigued in the pattern. I would of used 14C28N as I prefer a stainless knife for butchering but the cryo tank is empty so instead decided to use 52100.
Low alloy steels can be a pain at times as not only can the melt vary enough to effect heat treat and the micro structure can limit heat treat response. For this build I followed Larrin's protocol for thermal cycling 52100 and the results were awsome.
Since 52100 is a tough steel and I was planning on these knives to be thin and slicey I figured 52100 at 64.5 Rc would be just fine.
I made a batch of five. This is the first one I finished.
