AARRRRGGHHHH

[Razor]

Been workin' on this fer a liddle bit..
Thought I heard  "tink" when I hardened the blade a couple nights ago.. 
Found a hairline crack in the spine while doin' a bit of polishing on the pewter ..'bout 3 fingers from the bolster.. 
made from an old worn out file...
13" overall...8.5 " blade ...blacktail antler...poured pewter bolster and cap.
Oh well...make a good shop knife 'til it breaks...
Next one won't be quite so big...mebbe a  4 or 5 " blade..

[hank-aye]

Well, by golly, that is one GOOOOOD lookin knife.
Sorry it went "tink". If ya were ta make a twin (without the 'tink'),
what might ya charge fer it?

[Razor]

Thanks for the kind words Bud... 

       Whatcha got fer trade ??   
devel

[hank-aye]

Don't have any trade goods as yet (gettin the Basics togather),...jest askin,
hard ta window shop here. Tryin ta get a feel fer what's what,
know what I mean...

[DandJofAZ]

First big knife I ever made went tink,tink,tink.  Still have it and it just won't break..big,heavy and handy to dig with when camping...may last a while yet... 

[Razor]

Figgere'd out whut I dun rong...
Had me a brainphart... 
Got the blade to a high yella an' quenched in near freezin' water...
(ain't moved my oil quench over yet )

Window shoppin' is fun...That's how we figger out what we want  NEED !!

Well, mebbe I'll finish sharpening her up and give her a try...   

[Thumper]

Razor, when you bring up the blade for hardening, just go to non-magnetic red, then quench....and yeah, warmer water will make a difference for sure. Then go in to the tempering stage. Merry Christmas....and a good lookin' blade to boot!!!

[Razor]

Thanks Thump.. 
I usually quench between a dark ~ nice cherry red...depending on the size/mat'l of the blade..
Then  temper...
I don't know what I was thinkin'   
Obviously wasn't....

[bull frog]

Sory to hear that Razor...sure is a nice looking blade, I like that style.

[shootrj2003]

could you maybe ,find the crack,grind it out and have it filled by a tig or mig welder and refinish?

[Razor]

 I t'ink mebbe it be less trouble an' more fun just to make 'nother knife...

[shootrj2003]

well yeah ! but the repair is fairly simple and you'd have two knives ,a welder wouldn't charge much to fill a notch.[or shouldn't]

[monkeywright]

yea a good tigger would be able to fix that in 10 mins or less damn shame your so far away or i would fix it for ya just for grins nice looking blade

[crazell]

that tis a mighty fine knife.