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Post by Fergus on Jun 11, 2020 2:27:44 GMT -8
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Post by leffemonster on Jun 11, 2020 2:42:22 GMT -8
Beautiful craftsmanship there Don  |
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Post by small on Jun 11, 2020 4:12:19 GMT -8
Wow! I'm going to take a stab and say this isn't the first knife you've made...incredible skills going on there...
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Post by Fergus on Jun 11, 2020 5:43:25 GMT -8
Thanks and yes it is the very first attempt at knife manufacture.
I have only ever sharpened our kitchen, Opinel and Case knives.
If you Google hand made knife and watch some of the YT vids most, if not all, use power tools, belt/discsanders, linishers, band saws etc. That to me is not hand made. I used hack saws plus hand and flat files. Only a pillar drill for the holes.
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Post by pip on Jun 11, 2020 7:55:47 GMT -8
Awesome work Don. How does it feel to use?
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Post by saul on Jun 11, 2020 8:19:53 GMT -8
Beautiful work. I had never thought about non-forged knives. Does 316L SS hold an edge?
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Post by nordlys on Jun 11, 2020 9:16:41 GMT -8
Beautiful work. I had never thought about non-forged knives. Does 316L SS hold an edge? Was wondering this myself. The steel snobs on knife forums would probably poo poo the use of 316L in a knife blade, but in real-world scenarios I wonder if anyone would be able to tell the difference. Obviously 316L would not hold an edge as long as something like CPM-S90V... But how much of a difference would it really make for a vegetable knife? |
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Post by Fergus on Jun 11, 2020 9:58:53 GMT -8
I have not used it....  As for 316 as a blade, clearly it would dull much quicker than a hardening St/st but as my intention was to make a knife from spare materials in my workshop (no outlay other than 2 new Bahco files) and that its use was for veg (my kitchen task) it got selected for the job. In reality the shell case brass used for the liners was exceedingly hard, almost along the lines of the 316, so I could probably have used it. Now that would have made some knife and definitely got poo poo'd by the eggspurts. What I have done is make the main taper 15 degrees over 15mm then put the razor edge at about 12 degrees over 2 to 3mm. You can just make it out in the second to last pic. Surprisingly it's balance is right at the first loveless screw. The 3 large holes, chamfered either side, were an afterthought. I wanted the epoxy to flow from one side liner to the other thus linking all parts together for added strength. |
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Post by pip on Jun 12, 2020 2:35:00 GMT -8
Surprisingly it's balance is right at the first loveless screw. That brings back dim and distant memories...! |
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Post by Fergus on Jun 12, 2020 3:05:24 GMT -8
Surprisingly it's balance is right at the first loveless screw. That brings back dim and distant memories...! Ahhh, perhaps I should have worded it differently. |
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