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come on guys these are great blanks , rob took the risk of getting a proper heat treatment on the damascus knives (dangerouse with the pakistani damascus ) and all the problems assosiated with that where sorted . any warps have been ground out and the one that did crack has been shortened so that what is left is strong and stable . we even reshaped the tangs to fit our larger hands (inians must have miniature hands) and the one i made with the "prawn" handle is a great knife only 3 ever made one i gave to my fatehr in law (a full time wholes sale butcher) who said it was the most comfortable k
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im on the paunchers today so you will see later what they are i dont know how to discribe them realy ? cleavers could do but im not sure there would be any advantage me making one unles you want something custom and unusual . iv got a big chopper i have anealed and cut out , not a cleaver more a blade sports cutter , there is a ton of work in the thing tho !! it took 4 days to make the 20 for the order !! not bad realy i thought . if i had to do them again i would do things a little differantly and maybe get there faster . iv still got one or two files left so will try to get some bushcraf
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hi , lots of questions !! folding knives , yeah i have plans for friction folders soon , i have some very nice damascus made of high end stainless steel (damasteel) i will probably have a go at them next week , they will be with solid burl oak or buffalo horn handles . blanks there will be loads soon , i just got caught up today with a my largest order to date .see below this lot are all made from army surplus , the handles are micarta made of army greens (trousers) the blades are files the sheaths are made of army boots !! there is 20 in total with 5 smaller neck knives . just
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hello guys im going to part with my carbolite ht oven . details as taken of the machine . volts 240 phase 1 amps 8.3 max temp 1000 has a funditor LTD london badge on the front and a carbolite on the side . out side dims are 16" wide 23" tall 15" deep inside dims are 9" deep 6" wide 3 1/4 high i fired it up yesterday to make sure it worked etc and it went to full temp no problem . i would like £300 for this collected cash on collectiong please . i live in nottinghamshire , this will fit in any car .pics of the oven inside when it was rising to max and one to show the temp gauge
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thank you ! please bear with me on the smaller knives i have an order of 20 to compleat first , 2 days into them so far and have 18 ground heat treated tempered and handled , gotta sheath them all yet !!
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very nice for you first attempt rob , how did you find working with files ?
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if you loose them , go with a stanley knife with retractable blade its what i used to use as a kid , butcher use them to for scring the rine on pork to make perfect cracling !! sorry guiys i just cant price match the cheap production knives !
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thanks less than 2 years iv been doing the knives consistantly , all thanks to the ressesion , i went bankrupt lost my busines and could not get work ! so instead of going mental i started to do this , iv been very lucky to find a good group of customers and admires to suport me and incorage me to keep going . im snowed under again with work although not made any dosh from it yet ! this time next year rodders ................ weel be milionaires !? all the best , matt
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later in the week , im hung ovber today but plugging away at them !!
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all now sold thank you guys
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thanks again guys , the big two are now sold ! got some neck knives and rabbit paunchers coming up next !
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thanks , its a downland engineering maxi grinder with every attachment they could provide ha ha , then ceramic belts from 36 to 240 grit then trizact from 400 to 2000 grit and eveery grade between ! its a big leap forward for me the machine . i can be alot more consistant with it . if its good enough for allen woods its got to be good enough for me
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the large blank with single edge is sold to scramble !
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thank you for the kind words guys . all pms replied to also
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well iv acid etched patterns into them now . same prices as before but look better now .
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still up for grabs this one ! thanks for the compliments .
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il do you something this week in carbon , see if i can better it , probably wont be pretty but will be sharp . be intresting to see what you think of it . all the best , matt
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sorry i just read that and came acros like a bloody tit . simple answer . carbons steels (non stainles) o1 w2 w1 (all files are made of this ) d2 they are all well trusted /tested blade quality and above ! stainles rw34 s12 24c vg10 and so on there all very high spec steels with equivelent price tags and for the super rich , you have damasteel which is stainles damascus steel made from the leading steels in the pwder steel group (iv got some of it ha ha ) all the best , matt
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wow thats a hard question to answer !! i think the best way to look at it is to look more at the heat treating and tempering , very fine edge (sharp) and edge retention (how long it lasts ) are assosiated with harder heat treating and tempering , tool steels . o1 o2 d2 w2 w1 . there all high carbon and allow you lots of controll when you temper the blade , that can allow you to add spring temper to one area and super hard temper for say the cutting edge . for heavy use out in the feilds you are gonna strugle to beat o1 and the other tool steels like w2 (thats what the above are ). in my opin
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lads because of the new equipment i can change these about a bit for you with in reason . i can shorten them what ever , i could do with hem gone so i can buy the next lot of steel really !
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a little something in damascus
midnight replied to midnight's topic in Countryside Skills, Craft & DIY
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sold thank you guys hello again this one i forged from my own damascus , its all parts of other billets making it "scrap damascus" so there is maybe 4 patterns all welded into one . as you can see from the pics it has 3 ways you can hold it but the one in the knuckle hold might get you in trouble . its small enough to be every day legal carry knife . that you can wear on your belt or if you put a paracord loop through the belt loop could be carried as a neck knife . both edges are sharp and has a lanyard hole for if you need it . its a hand made sheath made by me ! from very thick and q
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hello again this one i forged from my own damascus , its all parts of other billets making it "scrap damascus" so there is maybe 4 patterns all welded into one . as you can see from the pics it has 3 ways you can hold it but the one in the knuckle hold might get you in trouble . its small enough to be every day legal carry knife . that you can wear on your belt or if you put a paracord loop through the belt loop could be carried as a neck knife . both edges are sharp and has a lanyard hole for if you need it . its a hand made sheath made by me ! from very thick and quality leather . i h
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thanks kev be a shame if they sit in my conservator forever !! the one with the live faulse edge kev would make a great sticking knife , similar to what you where looking for a few months back . well any of the little two would and the one big bugger !
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thanks fellas , just need to get the 20 army surplus knives away then i can get my head down with some real nice finnished knives . got some of my damascus coming soon for sale to . all the best , matt
