1095 Hunter

[Crosche]

Made this hunting / caping knife over the Christmas holidays while I was stuck in quarantine. The blade is 1095 and the handle is black micarta with red micarta liners and stainless steel pins.
The sheath was quite fun since I don't have a lot of experience in leather work.

 

[6.5 Fan]

Looks good.

 

[PeterT]

Nice. Maybe I asked already, do you do your own heat treating?

 

[Johnwa]

Looks good. How long does it take to shape a blade like that?

 

[Crosche]

Nice. Maybe I asked already, do you do your own heat treating?

Yes, my technique is a bit crude for 1095 though since I simply use a magnet to test the steel.
My new forge will have a digital temperature display and at some point I am going to build a heat treating oven.

 

[Crosche]

Looks good. How long does it take to shape a blade like that?

To cut and shape the blade takes about 3 hours time. The total build time for the Knife is probably around 8 ~ 10 hours.

 

[francist]

That is remarkably fast. I think it would be more 8 — 10 days for me, and most of that would be fretting over the design. I toy with the notion of making a folder or two, or actually just a custom built box cutter for working, but it’s questionable whether I’ll ever get around to it. Nice hunter.

-frank

 

[PeterT]

Yes, my technique is a bit crude for 1095 though since I simply use a magnet to test the steel.

How did you temper it?

 

[DPittman]

Made this hunting / caping knife over the Christmas holidays while I was stuck in quarantine. The blade is 1095 and the handle is black micarta with red micarta liners and stainless steel pins.
The sheath was quite fun since I don't have a lot of experience in leather work.

Looks very nice. Good design of knofe and sheath.

Have you ever used those temperature stick crayons? I have used them in heat treating knifes and thought they provided some added precision over color judgement.