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Like Slung Blade, I'm into blacksmithing. Unlike him, I don't have my own forge yet.  I did have a chance to do some forging this past weekend, however, at a class taught by J. Arthur Loose at Peter's Valley.The handle and bolster are still works in progress, and the blade still needs more polishing, but here's my very first knife!
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Slung Blade posted:
"1084," which apparently can mean just about anything - it's not actually manufactued to that specification, and anything labeled as such varies in actual carbon content. It is high carbon steel, I know that much. I wanted to try something with that Damascus billet I made last year, but I didn't have the time. Also I screwed up my first two attempts at forging a knife and wasn't feeling confident enough to risk my nice material! I might try to find some spare time later this summer for that. Slung Blade posted:gently caress, I wish there was a centre like that Peter's valley near me. Knifemaking, advanced blacksmithing, loving damascus classes by Don Fogg? Holy poo poo man, you lucky bastard. I'm already registered for two more classes this summer, one of which is Don Fogg's class. 
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Jun 19, 2008 11:57
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Slung Blade posted:Please post pictures when you get done with your other courses, I'd love to see them. You bet! RealKyleH posted:If it is 1080 steel (I couldn't find anything about 1084) its probably at 30+ Rockwell depending on how you quenched it. Very hard. If you know the approx temps and whether it was water cooled, oil cooled, etc you can look up its properties at http://www.matweb.com/. I'm not a chemist or a metallurgist or anything like that, so Rockwell numbers don't really mean much to me to be honest. If you're interested in looking for yourself, my knife was heated to about 1500 degrees and quenched in transmission fluid (I accidentally breathed a whiff of this stuff  ), then tempered by resting it on a hot iron bar - the spine was brought to about 550 degrees this way, and the point and edge to about 450.There was a brief explanation of how the steel transforms from pearlite to austerite to martensite, leaving it brittle, and then the tempering toughens (or softens, depending on how hot you get it) the material. I took notes, but I'd be lying if I claimed to really understand the chemistry behind it.
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Jun 20, 2008 00:12
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That cameragun is awesome. 
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