spsurfer 891 Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Hello,I got back my hardened blades from 1.2442 tungsten tool steel, they're at about 61-62HRC Yesterday I prepared the guards, one from german silver, the other one from brass Blades wrapped in wet cloth to prevent excessive heat (anyway, solder melts at 230ºC and the anealing temp of the blades is at 230ºC, too). Here freshly soldered After the clean up of excessive solder, ready to shape the guard and fit the spacers Once finished, the soldered joint will get polished This bomb proof guard will stay in place, keeping humidity out of the handle for generations. Regards Nicolas Edited February 22, 2016 by spsurfer 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,852 Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Nice! 61hrc That will keep an edge! I made one from HSS tool steel wrapped in stainless and the HRC is thereabouts. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/338941-experimental-blade-carbonstainless-blade/page-3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Rodrigo from 2Gknives, who maked my hardening, tested some blades from 1.2442 steel at 61HRC, they will break at about 40º-45º! Not bad for a steel that hard! Regards Nicolas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Hello, some news from my workshop! Here I fitted the guard for a "Jäger" model, every corner is fitted to the shoulders of the tang / ricasso Fits and soldered prepared handles, washers, spacers etc and glued up Regards Nicolas 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HPR 1,160 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Be good to see them finished keep the pics coming Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted March 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Hello, the small one is nearly done, still in need of blade finish and some guard fine tuning Regards Nicolas 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HPR 1,160 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Coming on very nice 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hello,now they're nearly ready!Sharpening, sheath - done!Small "Wanderer" with 1.2442 and sambar, and big "Jäger" with 1.2510 (01) and raindeerHere with better bladefinish and a protective patinaRegardsNicolas 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HPR 1,160 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Don't know much about the making of knives . What dose a protective patina mean . Both look really nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hello, as this is a non stainless carbon steel, it will stain in contact with acids, blood etc. Once you got patina on the blade, it will protect agains rust. So a forced patina (put the blade in hot acid) will protect the blade. Regards Nicolas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HPR 1,160 Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Oh ok thanks for sharing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh_red 4,309 Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Some if the knives on here are beyond awesome . These are no exception . Really like the red spacer on one of them . Probably out of my price range but what do these go for ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
razorruddock 2 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 These knives look phenomenal. Is there any for sale? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,621 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Rodrigo from 2Gknives, who maked my hardening, tested some blades from 1.2442 steel at 61HRC, they will break at about 40º-45º! Not bad for a steel that hard! Regards Nicolas very nice nicholas i would like to see that bend to 45deg!. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted March 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Hello, he made a video, putting a blade in a press. I remember that it broke at over 2500kg, I'll look for the video! Regards Nicolas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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