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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:41 am
by Labtecpower
I'd like to see how you make it. I would also like to see a shot of your equipment :wink:

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:24 am
by jakethebeast
Lemaudit: you would love to see me hammerin hot steel??
you sick bastard :D

i might have time to forge tomorrow evening

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:28 am
by LeMaudit
Lemaudit: you would love to see me hammerin hot steel??
you sick bastard
Oh yes! hammering videos are so hot...

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:32 am
by jakethebeast
Oh yes! hammering videos are so hot...
:D

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:19 am
by mattyzip77
The last four posts before mine, hot hammering videos, one wanting to see shots of others equipment, sick puppies,lmao! :D

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:45 pm
by Labtecpower
It think I want to order a Finnish blade in a while :D

I want a design a bit like a leuku.

Made a quick sketch;
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A laminated blade is outside my budget. Will a non-laminated blade as in the drawing be strong enough to withstand light wood chopping?

Can you make a price indication? :)

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:57 pm
by jakethebeast
yes, it will hadle it, cause Leuku is ment for it :wink:

I would make it from 5160 springsteel, but, for chopping yms it needs to have atleast 6mm of thickness, to have heft and streng in it.

i would say hmmm.. 40euros is pretty close :)

EDIT: how wide is that blade? i would say 30-35mm...

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:12 pm
by Labtecpower
6 mm is no problem at all, I like thick knives.
I love 5160 steel. To what hardness will you harden it? can you do differential hardening?

I think 40 euros is a very nice price for a custom blade. Do you have autocad, so I can send you a more detailed design? otherwise i'll just draw it on paper and scan it.

It's better to spend my money on a blade than on beer :D

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:30 pm
by jakethebeast
Yeah, i have autocad, sen dme a photo. i want you to know, when making blades by hand, they look always a bit different than the desing. keep that in mind :wink:

lab: i ALWAYS do differential hardening, JSRs dagger blade was the first that wasnt differential hardened. im thinking about 55-57 HRC for leuku blade, cause it has to whitstand some impacts. For leuku blade the thick blade allows me to make pretty high grind angles so its tough

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:25 am
by Labtecpower
jakethebeast wrote:EDIT: how wide is that blade? i would say 30-35mm...
I think around 25 mm would be nice.
i want you to know, when making blades by hand, they look always a bit different than the desing. keep that in mind :wink:
No problem, as long as they look nice i'm happy :D
lab: i ALWAYS do differential hardening, JSRs dagger blade was the first that wasnt differential hardened. im thinking about 55-57 HRC for leuku blade, cause it has to whitstand some impacts. For leuku blade the thick blade allows me to make pretty high grind angles so its tough
I think it can be a bit harder, i'm not going to use it as a machete. Just some cutting work, and chopping <5 cm branches without too much force.
Do your blades have a hamon line? I like them :wink:

I have some problems with mommy about buying "another" knive. (last one was about 5 months ago :roll:) so it might have to wait until I convinced her :D

I'll send you an autocad drawing soon. You can find it in the inbox of the mail you use for spudfiles.

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:32 am
by jakethebeast
allright, well you just want a big puukko thats no problem :D. No, by blades doesnt have hamon line, cause i dont etch them, i just sand them with worn out 180 belt and buff, they come very sharp and shiny :wink:

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:26 am
by Labtecpower
Drawing is in your Gmail inbox :wink:

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:30 am
by jakethebeast
no, its not :D should come soon though...

EDIT: just finished forging the puukko blade, it came out almost 5" long! :D goign to upload some pictures about the prosess

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:12 pm
by jakethebeast
allright, heres todays prosess, almost 5" puukkoblade (and sry for double post, again :D)

so this is the forging prosess of puukko blade, pictures will, tell

1. so heres the starting point, 1/2" silversteel (böhler k460) bar.
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2. Heres the end flatened, this took me 2 heats. ready for starting the tang
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3. Tang forging started
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4. Forged the shoulder
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5. Started draving the tang of the blade
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6. Heres the finished tang
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7. Cutted the blade and started forging it
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8. Heres the rough blade forged
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9. Forged the blades back
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10. Heres the blade forged, and ready to rough sanding
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11. Here is the blade rough sanded
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:05 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
:shock:

Fantastic, it must be really satisfying hammering round bar into a blade!

Some day we need footage of the sparks flying though :)