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Title: What I have been up to. Post by: Cajun on September 22, 2022, 07:56:31 pm The knife with the bone scales I made for my daughter’s birthday. She said she was going to put it in a drawer and just get it out to look at. Lol
The two integral knives with deer antler scales I made out of a coil spring. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220923/4e264e193541711eb0ab77d765f724ff.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220923/1d654f881f03d4d78fcb4d543d977bf9.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220923/b2e2e354c1ef9599b635640b2b8c9ceb.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220923/279e568f45f05df47045b0ec8a1769f2.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220923/d920b1d4c1d388917ab642b01c22a7ff.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: What I have been up to. Post by: t-dog on September 22, 2022, 09:17:39 pm Those look real nice. I’ve always thought the rasps made for a good looking blade. I don’t think I’ve used a blade made of coil springs. I assume that is a high carbon steel?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: What I have been up to. Post by: WayOutWest on September 22, 2022, 09:33:59 pm Springs are commonly made from 5160 carbon steel and will harden to a pretty good blade steel. There are other mixes of steel in many of the new springs tho. Those look real good Cajun!
Title: Re: What I have been up to. Post by: Shotgun66 on September 23, 2022, 04:25:36 am Very nice work Cajun. The handles on the bottom two are eye catching.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: What I have been up to. Post by: Reuben on September 23, 2022, 08:44:02 am Awesome looking knives…
Title: Re: What I have been up to. Post by: Cajun on September 23, 2022, 12:04:03 pm Thanks everybody. Like WOW said most coil springs and leaf springs are 5160 steel which works very well for knives. Quenched in Parks 50. Not every brand of horse rasps make good knife steel. A lot of them are just case hardened and to soft for knives. The heller red tang rasp quenched in a salt water brine (Super Quench) harden very well. It’s a shame because I have a ton of Belotta Rasps but could not get them to harden.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: What I have been up to. Post by: The Old Man on September 23, 2022, 08:06:59 pm Boy those look good Mike, professional grade. I don't go through many rasps these days but oddly enough I bought my first Heller Red Tang and really like it.
Title: Re: What I have been up to. Post by: t-dog on September 24, 2022, 12:50:28 am I like the Belotta rasps, especially for the money!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: What I have been up to. Post by: HIGHWATER KENNELS on September 26, 2022, 07:13:15 am FINE equipment,,,
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