how to make a EDC..sorta.

[Wolfsongforge]

Ok here goes.
Justin Duncan(amongst others) wanted to trade a knife for a bow. so here is one of his, a small EDC( every day carry)

It is made from 1/4 L6 steel on of the best low alloy steels there is! well I missed a few steps before I grabed my camera. the steps I missed was cutting the shape into the bar of steel, and roughing in the bevels on one side. I did catch the camera in time for the rest. so here goes.

Here is the side I have got the bevels set and ground to 360 grit.

here is the other side roughed out useing the wheel on my belt grinder.

Then once the starting bevels are set, I "walk" the grind up the blade a lil bit at a time.

[Wolfsongforge]

Here is a shot of the bevel as I "walk" it a bit higher with each pass.

The here is the blade with the bevles almost matching the opposite side. As you can see from the other pictures the grind is alot higher than the initial roughing out, as well as being completly flat.
 Oh by the way the knife will be flat ground. I might hollow grind later if asked.

Here she is with the grind  where i want it and sanded to 360

in two days I wil heat treat and and finish it. I could do that now, but some lil SoB's came up and kicked my forge over and broke the lining in it. so forge build along tomorrow! also if any of you atlatl guys would do me a favor I was goofing off in the shop and made this out of a old Files that i use for practice,I thought it might look good on the tip of a spear.REALLY light(was a small file)

[Wolfsongforge]

here is the spear tip

also if any of you guys have a belt sander or grinder, these blets are the best I have ever bought! they NEVER WEAR OUT!
they are called trizact made by 3m, expensive but well worth it!

oh by the way, here is my grinder set up if anyone was interested.

[Stoker]

Coming along good. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
The blade from the file be a great boot knife
Thanks Leroy

[Wolfsongforge]

ok sorry it was so long between updates. I had a few other orders that had to forged or ground.
ok here are the knife plus afew other odds and ends.


this is after quenching the blades. sorry, i could not take pics of the process as it takes all my attention to do the quenching, as the varius blades neding different temps.



now it is time for tempering, I chose the varius steels that the knives are made of because they all temper at 350-375 degree's and i can get the rc i want.
the edc blade is L6 at this temp it has a rc of 58
the loveless hunter is 440c and will temper to a rc of 60
and the two points are L6 and will temper to 58
and the fillet is 15n20 and 1080 and will hit about 56-57 rc
here is my high tech tempering oven that i use and dont be surprised i know alot of well known knife makers that use the same one......

[Wolfsongforge]

Now it is time for the sanding!!!!!!!! I usually take my knives to a high polish before heat treat, that way if i use a reduceing flame  that is rich in fuel for my forge i dont get alot of decarburization and less work to ge it shiney again! here is my hand sanding set up. one pic from the top and one from straight on.

and the other

and here is the sandpaper, i like to use SC wet dry paper. i start useing 220, then work my way up to 800-1000 grit. less if they wanted a satin finish
and yes i do have a recliner in my shop(heated and massageing!) I have a neurelogical disease(MS) and it helps alot when a spasm hits.lol to much personal info i know but it is late!

well that does it for this scment of it, i will be doin g handles tomorrow.

God Bless
Kenneth

[cracker]

Great build along at what temp to you temper and for how long? Ron

[Wolfsongforge]

It all depends on the steel. the steels i listed in the pot above, all act different. but at 350 for 1 hour gets me the rc hardness i want for all of them. the stainless knife is tempered for one hour only. the L6 and 1080/15n20 knives are all tempered for 1 hour then cooled to room temp. i do that 3 times on those steels.

God Bless
Kenneth

[half eye]

hey Dan,
      The blades are very nice, but those arrowheads are terrific, at the hardness you stated they ought to shoot clean through most anything.
Rich

[Wolfsongforge]

here is a update of some of the items people either ordered or traded for.
first is rich(halfeye) dirk blade it is a biggy, then below it is his smaller norse seax.


then here is Aarons clovis point.



and here is samuraiwarriors small drop point hunter.


anf that is a  1 foot measure tape beside them.
God Bless
Kenneth

[docdredd]

 Quick question.

 How did you cut the fuller into the dirk?

Also I have found that if I spray my blades with layout fluid I have very little decard after quenching.

Peace
Jon "Doc"

[Wolfsongforge]

it is a scrapper, just a carbide bit set into a handle. i have a great one on order with a machinist friend.

and i use either a small ligh coat of satanite or pbc antiscale.

there is no decarb in the pictures. lol just my bad photo skills, and horrible lighting.

also what looks like carb on the last knife is rust from dunking the knife in water as i grind. I usually hand sand after about 320 grint on the belts. that small hinter is 120 on the blade and 60 on the handle , is why it rusted so easy.

[stickbender]

   Wow, Sharp!....Uh, I mean Cool!!  Very nice.  Thanks for sharing.

                                                   Wayne