Thanks for the comments everyone! Much appreciated.
To answer your questions:
Looks great, what is the handle made of?
Jim
The handle is white corian. I wanted to use a synthetic, but something that would look a little classier than micarta.
Ernie Swanson said:
also how is the edge holding capabilities?
The core is 1095 hardened to 61-62 RC, so I think it'll hold it's edge pretty well. 2thumbs
LR Adkins said:
Looks real good Phillip.
Could you give us the specs. on the knife and the process used to laminate the blade?
Larry
The blade is 7-3/4", long, 2" at the widest, and the total length is 12-1/4".
The blade is about 5/32" at the ricasso, and tapers to the tip.
The process I used for this billet was as described by Burt Foster in a WIP thread he did recently at bladeforums. Which is, basically, take one piece of carbon steel, and sandwich it between 2 pieces of 416 or other stainless, making sure that the surfaces are as clean and flat as possible.
Then clamp them together and arc weld all the seams closed. Then arc weld a handle on, and cook at a welding heat for 10 minutes or so, then hammer or press it together. The draw it out to the thickness you want.
Make sure you grind off the weld beads before hammering it edge on, otherwise you'll just force the filler into the billet and it'll make a mess.
The contrast is produced by etching, just like damascus.
Dan Pierson said:
Look great! Was that your first attempt at welding a billet of this composite?
Yep, first try. It didn't come out quite perfect, which is why this one is staying home. There's a cold shut/inclusion on the spine.
