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Posted by Chilla on August 11, 2006, 8:02 pm
Please log in for more thread options I tried to send you an email off list with a couple of pics of a knife
I'm working on at the moment, but it came back rejected :-(
Guess I'll have to get that site up an running.
Regards Charles
Chilla wrote:
> Wow that is unusual, but looks very cool :-)
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> Hopefully I've fixed your link :-)
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> Regards Charles
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> Rust wrote:
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>> Strictly speaking this is off-topic since I used stock removal rather
>> than forging techniques to make this knife. On the other hand, the
>> blade started out straight and only took on its gentle curve upon
>> quenching - a pleasant surprise. It's made from a section of
>> non-carbide tipped circular saw blade, and the scales are hammered
>> sterling silver held on with five flush sterling silver rivets. The
>> temper is drawn to roughly spring hardness, and it feels surprisingly
>> supple - I don't care to try destructive testing on it to see how far
>> it bends though. It bends about 15 degrees anyways. A file still
>> skates off the edge pretty well. I'm happy to have gone from sad
>> failures to a relatively spectacular success.
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<http://www.bmts.com/~othrside/images/Knife%20with%20scale%20-%20circular%20saw%20and%20sterling.jpg>
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>> -Rust
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