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for quite some time i wanted to try some hss. but i also wanted it to be pushed to its absolute limits, otherwise it doesn't make sense to me, maximum amount of carbides, high temp tempering etc etc. you know, how hss is supposed to be done. and you never know what you gonna get with a mass produced "factory" HT/knife.
also i dont have a 240. my friend had a volvo 240 for a while though. in silver. i once had a hinoura 240. once. but i kinda chopped it up and turned it into a santoku with my angle grinder. its a really good santoku now
to my defense, i was left unsupervised.
so now i have a new project going. my very own 240x60 cow sword. in powder hss. i'm guessing its either uddeholm or erasteel, leaning on erasteel, one of their more bad ass hss types. but i dont know for sure. and i think dalman want to keep the steel secret. but in the end i dont reallly care what it is. i know its good.
dalman will be HT-ing this for me to his specs. so this will definitely be taken to the absolute limit of this steel. and i very much trust his knowledge. this will be very, very bad ass!
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today i just rough cut the steel and thinned it 1mm down to 3mm. i will probably have to make it more flat though on the stones since this will be plate quenched and you need parallel surfaces for that to work. also rounded and smoothed all sharp edges since this will be very problematic/impossible after its hardened.
and now, maybe tomorrow, if i'm not too hung over (not very likely i now realize) i will grind the bevels to 80-90% or so with my lidl "parkside" floorsander. the obvious choice for the pro knife maker.
now since this is special steel i needed to really make it look cool, and provocative. so i decieded to put in some lightening cuts. i mean its high speed steel right, high speed = lightness. all racers know this. add lightness, thats how you win.
for quite some time i wanted to try some hss. but i also wanted it to be pushed to its absolute limits, otherwise it doesn't make sense to me, maximum amount of carbides, high temp tempering etc etc. you know, how hss is supposed to be done. and you never know what you gonna get with a mass produced "factory" HT/knife.
also i dont have a 240. my friend had a volvo 240 for a while though. in silver. i once had a hinoura 240. once. but i kinda chopped it up and turned it into a santoku with my angle grinder. its a really good santoku now
to my defense, i was left unsupervised.
so now i have a new project going. my very own 240x60 cow sword. in powder hss. i'm guessing its either uddeholm or erasteel, leaning on erasteel, one of their more bad ass hss types. but i dont know for sure. and i think dalman want to keep the steel secret. but in the end i dont reallly care what it is. i know its good.
dalman will be HT-ing this for me to his specs. so this will definitely be taken to the absolute limit of this steel. and i very much trust his knowledge. this will be very, very bad ass!
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today i just rough cut the steel and thinned it 1mm down to 3mm. i will probably have to make it more flat though on the stones since this will be plate quenched and you need parallel surfaces for that to work. also rounded and smoothed all sharp edges since this will be very problematic/impossible after its hardened.
and now, maybe tomorrow, if i'm not too hung over (not very likely i now realize) i will grind the bevels to 80-90% or so with my lidl "parkside" floorsander. the obvious choice for the pro knife maker.
now since this is special steel i needed to really make it look cool, and provocative. so i decieded to put in some lightening cuts. i mean its high speed steel right, high speed = lightness. all racers know this. add lightness, thats how you win.
