[ARCHIVED THREAD] - First try

Posted: 7/2/2012 8:18:23 PM EDT

I asked a few weeks ago about some questions with heat treating cheap welding steel and I said I would post a pic of my first try when I got a chance to finish it.

The blade is from one of the cheap bars of steel you find at lowes and the handle is red oak with pine dowel. I know its not the best material but I learned a lot and plan on getting a piece of real steel soon to work on.

Thanks for taking a look.

EDIT–– for some reason I can't get the picture to load so here is the link.

http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/bklocksieben/

Posted: 7/2/2012 8:31:09 PM EDT

[#1]

Looks good. I used a file for my first but yours looks a lot better than mine did. Now, you need to buy some better stock and put your skills to work on some good steel.

Posted: 7/2/2012 8:46:49 PM EDT

[#2]

Nothing wrong with that.

Posted: 7/2/2012 8:50:22 PM EDT

[#3]

Looks much better than my first. Hope you don't mind here's the pic.

Posted: 7/2/2012 8:53:07 PM EDT

[#4]

Nothing wrong with it. If it cuts it's a knife. being made form mild steel the edge won't last long but you learned something. Keep at it and you will clean things up a bit little by little as you go along. Now you get into heat treating, another world entirely.

Posted: 7/3/2012 4:29:16 PM EDT

[#5]

That's a great first swing! Do you have any old files? Anneal those and use them for knives!

Posted: 7/10/2012 6:28:30 PM EDT

[#6]

Thanks for all the encouragement guys, it really means a lot.

After doing this on a bench grinder I can see why the sticky recommends a belt sander. I may have to keep my eyes open for a used one to grab.

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