New belt knife

[rhyfelwr]

I just recently made a new belt knife, I know I have never posted my hand forged stuff on here before so here goes.

 

I forged the blade from a tire crank off a truck, you know like you crank your spare down with.  I did almost all the finish work by hand (files, stones, and sandpaper). I added some cherry wood to the butt to round it out so it fits the hand better. Its glued and pinned on with bamboo.

 

 

 

 

 

[Spots]

Did that crank actually have enough carbon to harden? Water quench or oil? Looks pretty good man.

sent from the backwoods

[rhyfelwr]

I forged the blade a little while ago and ran across it last week in a box. The blade hold an edge but nowhere near something like 5160 or 1095 even.  Heat treat went like this:

 

3 times normalized

quenched in motor oil, no dice

quenched in water, worked

I did a very light temper at 375 for a bit.

 

It'll work for a use knife.

 

More of a practice in fit and finish, really.

[Spots]

I forged the blade a little while ago and ran across it last week in a box. The blade hold an edge but nowhere near something like 5160 or 1095 even. Heat treat went like this:

3 times normalized
quenched in motor oil, no dice
quenched in water, worked
I did a very light temper at 375 for a bit.

It'll work for a use knife.

More of a practice in fit and finish, really.

Gotcha. I was wondering why something like that would be any thing other than low carbon mild steel. Cool that it did harden in a water quench.

sent from the backwoods

[UncleJak]

I like it! I love antler handles, great work!

sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

[TrickyNicky]

Kudos to you sir, that looks great.

[Guest Broomhead]

Nice work! I like it alot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sent from behind...YOU!

[rhyfelwr]

Thanks everybody.

[whitewolf001]

Did you hollow out that stag or is that a cap on the base of the hilt?

[Randall53]

great looking knife for a practice piece, if'n you ask me!




Sent from my recliner whilst sipping a Margarita in my underwear.

[rhyfelwr]

The stag was drilled to accept the tang of the blade, the tang goes about half the length of the handle. It is cemented and the pin was a bit offset to drive it up tight. The butt cap is purely for look and feel, more to round the handle out than anything. I actually made the handle first, then I fit the blade to it.

Edited June 28, 2013 by rhyfelwr

[Viracnis]

I really like that cap.  The wood/stag combo is one I've always really enjoyed - and that cap is a really good execution of it!

[rhyfelwr]

Thanks!

[bigbabysweets]

Looks good! The best use of an extra tire crank I've seen!