Knife making

[H-A]

The silky handle thread, has made me dig out a couple of knives that I made.

 

Can't beat a bit of Burr.

 

H-A

[Dan Earp]

A couple of beauts there bud👍

[Farmerdowling]

Do you sell these beauties?

[H-A]

Do you sell these beauties?

 

No sorry, just make them for fun.

 

H-A

[Farmerdowling]

fancy giving one away for free then?

[Stompy]

Just out of interest where do you get the steel from for these?

[H-A]

Just out of interest where do you get the steel from for these?

 

The top one is 01 tool steel, available from most metal stockists.

 

The bottom one is a Lauri PT, zone tempered blades with a tempering line.

Very sharp, I like the traditional Scandinavian blade shape.

 

Lots of blades available from https://www.brisa.fi/portal/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1.

 

Worth a look.

 

H-A

[Stompy]

The top one is 01 tool steel, available from most metal stockists.

 

The bottom one is a Lauri PT, zone tempered blades with a tempering line.

Very sharp, I like the traditional Scandinavian blade shape.

 

Lots of blades available from https://www.brisa.fi/portal/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1.

 

Worth a look.

 

H-A

Nice one, cheers for that mate.

 

I've got loads of tooling steel kicking about, old woodworking machine blades and knives. I've cut some blade shapes out of circular saw blade plates before but never got any further with them......

 

Would the the blade or cutting edge need tempering after cutting them out???

[H-A]

 

Would the the blade or cutting edge need tempering after cutting them out???

 

Yes, I find it is easier if you anneal the steel first before cutting out, heat to red hot and allow to cool slowly.

 

Then when shaped, harden the blade, and temper to the required Rockwell number. 01 tool steel harden at 790-815 c, temper at about 200c, gives Rockwell 60-61.

 

H-A

[Stompy]

Yes, I find it is easier if you anneal the steel first before cutting out, heat to red hot and allow to cool slowly.

 

Then when shaped, harden the blade, and temper to the required Rockwell number. 01 tool steel harden at 790-815 c, temper at about 200c, gives Rockwell 60-61.

 

H-A

 

Ok..... I'll do a bit of reading up and see how I get on.... sounds complicated but I'm sure I can get my head round it.

 

Cheers for the advice