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do you know how they make them? they "stamp"them out of allready heat treated plate, grind the angles fast and putse them into sale.

if i do a commercial talk now i dont make blades ass a mass produktion, i make them cause i enjoy making them. i do like 5-10 blades in a month, every one is made with care and precision, with blood and swet

I believe they "mass heat threat" them in a giant oven. I've seen the victorinox production lines, they work the same. I think heat treated band steel would put too much stress on the cutting tools.

I took a better picture to show the spacer:



I'll probably redo it with flat copper plates and better flux for a nicer result. This looks a bit bumpy and messy.

Your blades are also stronger I think, because they are differentially hardened. These blades are totally hardened I believe, making the tang more vulnerable to cracking or shattering.

jakethebeast wrote:still machining JSR?

Here you go

those baffles look nice, cant wait to get them to my 97k BL

There will still be a ruddy big spring twanging close to your ear, but ahead of the muzzle you should find it makes a significant difference

True. i might have time today to forge and sand the blade to heat treating condition

EDIT: damn, i dont have time today, but ill let you enjoy a new pic of the blade still needs some hammering, ill forge it little wider and finish the back, then i sand it to be almost finished, i hit my makers mark to it, heat treat it, ill try a double quench on this one, ill temper it 2 times, wirst at 175c for hour and then 100c for hour, makes it more durable. and then its final sanding and polishing. its about hmm 2 hours of more work plus the tempering

im going to kick up this topic again, bloody quiet finished the blde today, now it needs some bolsters. Made one "fail" when finishing the blade, i think you guys will spot it





here is the blade comparing to one of my drop point hunting blades

jakethebeast wrote:Made one "fail" when finishing the blade, i think you guys will spot it

Looks pretty damn good to me

but what is missing? what i forgot to do?

Hot stamp?

On the hunting blade it's on the right side, so I tought it would be the same for this one

yeah, the stamp is missing didint remember to hit it, oh well im not going to do it anymore

friend of mine told me that i should make something larger, ehat ya guys think?

Larger stamp or larger bade?

larger blade

Hehe, bigger is better!

Maybe a nice large chopper?

is it american made???