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Rick Marchand:
Looks great. I like the flow and proportions. It's a real user.

It is still important to find out what steel you have there, though. I am not saying your knife will fail. You could very well(and most likely do) have a good tool steel... but... there are always buts... lol

Stainless will harden from red hot, in a water quench but it isn't the right kind of hard, if that makes sense. Unknown steel is always a gamble and often times it can fool you into thinking you've done everything right. They appear to have the same properties but that isn't the reality. Depending on how you use the knife, it might never show its true colors. Think of it like having a sports car with a rusted out chassis but no obvious way of knowing it. You could drive it conservatively for many more years without issue... or you could take it around a bend that pushes it past the limits of a compromised frame... not good. You aren't normally putting your life at risk with a knife, obviously... just making a point.

What sort of tests did you do to the edge? What did you quench the knife in?

Hawkdancer:
Even with the holes, it should make a nice draw knife or scraper set.
Hawkdancer

JW_Halverson:
Oh, Clint, THAT'S my fave design!  I have several in my stable with those lines and I love 'em all.

Danzn Bar:
Saw that one in person yesterday...….. and it "will cut" :)
I would be proud to own that one.
DBar

burchett.donald:
  Dam fine looking blade Clint...
                                                 Don

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