stereo.pete
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This one started off as a complete mess. Both handle slabs were loose on the handle, which allowed heavy corrosion on the tang, the tip was missing and heavy pitting all along the blade face. If that wasn't bad enough, she was incredibly thick behind the edge.
I started off by attempting to flatten the tang on my 9" disc grinder and was able to fix most of the corrosion issues. Next up was thinning the bevels on my belt grinder and finally hand sanding. I'm awaiting some special tools to be delivered this week so I can begin working on the handle. Handle will be white spacers with natural micarta, which I think will be a classy look.
One thing that is bothering me is that I drilled a 1/4" hole in the tang to make hand sanding easier and the drill literally went in like butter, very different than the annealed O1 I am used to working with. Any ideas? Do you think the heat treat is jacked on this knife or do they have soft tangs via differential heat treat?
Regards,
Pete