I'm currently working on a custom in 10v for someone here, and they proposed possibly doing a passaround with it. I thought it was a great idea. Since I'm sure most here likely haven't tried this particular steel, and if they have they likely haven't tried it tempered in the lower range. Also, i think it's a great opportunity for people to try something I've made.
The knife is currently still being worked on, so i don't have the absolute final dimensions for it, but length is going to be around 220-230, around 50mm tall. Vintage micarta, and brass handle.
It will be full convex in the style I normally do that. Which is basically like the geometry of a wide bevel but then convexed over.
Hardness is 66.5 hrc.
The reason i mention the lower tempering range thing. Is because tempering in the 1000f+ range significantly effects the corrosion resistance. Because the chromium leaves solution (where it needs to be to help with corrosion) in the form of tempering carbides. Also, for steels like 10v, you get lower toughness for a given hardness when tempering higher. All this is to say, you get overall better properties tempering lower.
Since this is 10v, which has just under 10% vanadium, and roughly 17-18% carbide volume of vanadium carbide. I do think i should mention sharpening. I personally don't recommend using aluminum oxide abrasive for this. At the very least it will cut the steel very slowly. But in my own experience, the edge left by traditional stones feels smoothed over, and not sharp. And from the testing i've seen it leads to inferior edge behavior.
I will update this with specific dimensions, and pictures once i get it done. Currently I'm expecting to be able to get it finished in the next 1 or 2 weeks give or take. The expected beginning of the passaround will be updated closer to when it gets finished. But for now people have plenty of time to join in.
The passaround is united states only. At the end the knife will come back to me to repair any damage, thin it out again, and repolishing before it goes to the person buying it.
The limit on the number of people for it really will depend on how many people are interested in trying this out.
Sorry for this being long winded I might put a post below with just the details about the passaround, and the knife.
Passaround order:
@Godinlhi
@Gshep91
@Malcolm Johnson
@M1k3
@Barmoley
@mrmoves92
@timebard
@jedy617
@Justinv
@brimmergj
@nopomo
@kpham12
@Juna
@Jf1026
@SwampDonkey
The knife is currently still being worked on, so i don't have the absolute final dimensions for it, but length is going to be around 220-230, around 50mm tall. Vintage micarta, and brass handle.
It will be full convex in the style I normally do that. Which is basically like the geometry of a wide bevel but then convexed over.
Hardness is 66.5 hrc.
The reason i mention the lower tempering range thing. Is because tempering in the 1000f+ range significantly effects the corrosion resistance. Because the chromium leaves solution (where it needs to be to help with corrosion) in the form of tempering carbides. Also, for steels like 10v, you get lower toughness for a given hardness when tempering higher. All this is to say, you get overall better properties tempering lower.
Since this is 10v, which has just under 10% vanadium, and roughly 17-18% carbide volume of vanadium carbide. I do think i should mention sharpening. I personally don't recommend using aluminum oxide abrasive for this. At the very least it will cut the steel very slowly. But in my own experience, the edge left by traditional stones feels smoothed over, and not sharp. And from the testing i've seen it leads to inferior edge behavior.
I will update this with specific dimensions, and pictures once i get it done. Currently I'm expecting to be able to get it finished in the next 1 or 2 weeks give or take. The expected beginning of the passaround will be updated closer to when it gets finished. But for now people have plenty of time to join in.
The passaround is united states only. At the end the knife will come back to me to repair any damage, thin it out again, and repolishing before it goes to the person buying it.
The limit on the number of people for it really will depend on how many people are interested in trying this out.
Sorry for this being long winded I might put a post below with just the details about the passaround, and the knife.
Passaround order:
@Godinlhi
@Gshep91
@Malcolm Johnson
@M1k3
@Barmoley
@mrmoves92
@timebard
@jedy617
@Justinv
@brimmergj
@nopomo
@kpham12
@Juna
@Jf1026
@SwampDonkey
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