Wednesday, September 1, 2010

I'm quite lucky, I guess.

It's so easy for the quench to go wrong (especially since I've been forgetting to normalize the steel, first [bringing the steel to the upper critical temperature, and then letting it air cool],) and this is the second success I've had.
Hot out of the forge and into the oven!
I broke off the cement (which didn't pop off during the quench this time) using my horse nail clippers, while holding it with the pliers. Here's how it looked immediately after washing it off with some dawn:

After these pictures, I pulled out some 80 grit sand paper and gave it a quick rubdown before throwing it in the toaster oven at 450ºF:

lol dirty fingers
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18 comments:

  1. AquariusSeptember 1, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    lookin good!

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  2. BeKindPleaseSeptember 1, 2010 at 10:20 AM

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  3. Joenan the BarbarianSeptember 1, 2010 at 10:44 AM

    Thats comin along nicely... do you have a special oven or something to do this in?

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  4. SkyshockSeptember 1, 2010 at 11:42 AM

    thats awesome dude

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  5. poupsSeptember 1, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    still continu!!!

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  6. -September 1, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    That's a great great story. Thank you so much for sharing!

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  9. sod_roger001September 1, 2010 at 7:38 PM

    interesting, a little lost tho
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  11. VipermanSeptember 1, 2010 at 10:13 PM

    Wow its coming out great :D.

    Cant wait to see the finished product

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  12. girlsdancingtogrindcoreSeptember 1, 2010 at 11:13 PM

    i really like watching the evolution of the knife! very satisfying.

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  13. LifeHackerSeptember 1, 2010 at 11:38 PM

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  14. David DavidsonSeptember 1, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    That is pretty awesome, can't wait to see the finished product.

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  15. KC.September 2, 2010 at 2:50 AM

    Ah yes, not normalizing the steel, common mistake--could happen to anyone!

    Very white....hows about 'Metallic Blue'?

    Thought I would drop in and say thanks for your comments on my blog. I really appreciate them.

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  16. Okie Dokie BroskiSeptember 2, 2010 at 5:46 AM

    Yeah bro, looking cool so far.

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2010 at 10:34 AM

    I'm so amazed by this!

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  18. lemozSeptember 2, 2010 at 3:32 PM

    Cool, just showing my daily love. This was cool.

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