so this is half way dressed up being that its a belt finished blade not hand sanded but its has all the other nice bits. the blade is cpm154 and is 3/32 thick at the spine witha slight taper to the tip. as i said its belt finished and is 12 inch of blade length. the handle has hammer finished...
i made 3 of the butchers (dad wanted one and it got maple burl ) and maybe the 3rd will get full dress (hand sanded and dovetailed ironwood in black canvas micarta )
all 3 blades are cpm154 and 3/32 thick
cocobolo chef 240mm blade over all 360mm and 58mm tall edge to spine
olivewood 235mm blade over all length is 355mm and edge to spine is 66mm
the ironwood butchers pattern has a 7 inch blade and over all is 11.75 inch
thanks guys
so far a edge holding i have been usigna CPM154 blade fo ovr a year now and it holds up as well if not better then plain carbon blades (might give jsut a hair up on smoothness vs carbon steels but i ll take that trade any time
BTW the cts-xhp should be every bit as smooth as...
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all are one piece 5400 year old bog oak
all are 1/4 inch thick cpm154 and have bamboo like spine work and round points
the main difference is the grind one wedge (ground one 10 inch wheel) one part hollow (10 inch + extra grind time on the 5 inch wheel ) and one full hollow...
kind of said it all i think my probe is getting a bit off so its time to replace it but i have no clue where to get one (or what grades they might come in.
i have an even heat 18 ich kiln and am moving it to my neww shop so its gettign over hauled (i have a backup element and might just get a...
the sheet i got was right from car tec. SB metals is still tring to get the stock sizes they want instock so far thats about the bigest problem with the steel
i am all out of the sheets i got so i will soon be bugging people looking to speed up the rolling prosess (i think the steel is that...
doing a nice little dressed up veg knife in CTS XHP
the blade is 60mm tall and 3/32 thick at the spine the edge is 165mm but its 190mm to the front of the handle over all the knife is 350mm long
the handle treatment is copper hammered finished guard African black wood then copper spacer...
it has the same alloys as 52100 its jsut the cleanest most refined you can get (i have been told its liek getting a SS alloy done in PM style )
i pay extra for PM grades of steel cause they work better and cut smoother so the testing of ESR high carbon steels to see if they too are worth the...
it has the same alloys as 52100 its jsut the cleanest most refined you can get (i have been told its liek getting a SS alloy done in PM style )
i pay extra for PM grades of steel cause they work better and cut smoother so the testing of ESR high carbon steels to see if they too are worth the...