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11-06-2014, 07:38 PM #711Str8Faced Gent.
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Thaeris,,, how do you do that intricate work? Is it chemical etch or dremel, or divine intervention??
I am intimidated by engraving a smiley face, your work just blows me away.
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11-06-2014, 07:47 PM #712
That turned out very nice!
Originally Posted by Thaeris
The first pair has been put on an "Acier Fondu n°1", tail-less.
There were a vintage chip on this side.
I'm quite satisfied of the result
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11-06-2014, 07:54 PM #713Compulsive frankensteinisator
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That's a vintage work ! I wish I was skilled enough to do it myself.
One day, maybe ! ^^
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11-06-2014, 08:09 PM #714
What are the scales made of? Originally Posted by Thaeris
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11-06-2014, 08:34 PM #715Compulsive frankensteinisator
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Lace of ivory from Dieppe, genuine tortoise, and silver pins.
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11-06-2014, 08:37 PM #716
I have never seen such beautiful work. Originally Posted by Thaeris
Lace of ivory from Dieppe, genuine tortoise, and silver pins.
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11-07-2014, 09:02 PM #717
This is an interesting custom project. the steel is SC145. Extremely pure steel with 1.45% carbon. It is very soft when annealed, and hard as glass when hardened. It's the same stuff that Ali uses. I bought it from Achim in Germany. My first blade with this I tried a clay coating, but I rushed the drying part and it fell off. I have to do some more experimenting with coatings. In the meantime, I wanted to have a differential heat treatment for this one, for 2 reasons: looks, and preventing warp.
This steel needs water quenching, and a full quench 'might' warp the blade some. I don't have much experience with water quenching yet so I wanted to play it safe. Instead of using a coating, I carefully dunked only about 3/8 of the blade in water to quench the edge. After 10 seconds or so, I pulled it out, and let the heat from the spine soak back in and temper the edge portion just right, and then I put it back in the water, but a little bit further.
I repeated this a couple of times. The result is clearly visible. Half the blade is hardened, and the spine is soft. And where the 2 meet each other, you can see the wavy, cloudy pattern. All in all I am very happy with how this turned out. I am really curious about what the hamon will look like and how visible it will be.
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11-07-2014, 10:15 PM #718Senior Member
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I like were your heading Bruno
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11-07-2014, 10:47 PM #719
Looks great Bruno. I wish I had that knowledge!
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11-11-2014, 02:25 PM #720Compulsive frankensteinisator
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Blade from around 1840 - 60, pieces of MOP from the early 1800.
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