applepieforbreakfast
Senior Member
Lately, I’ve been wishing that a certain knife was a little bit taller and a little more stain resistant. I was going to profile a new knife by hand, but then I saw this thread, and I started thinking about outsourcing the profiling, as well as the HT.
I was just wondering if anyone else would like a profiled, heat treated blank as well? Maybe you’ve got a handle laying around, and haven’t found the knife for it? Maybe you just want something to play around with? Maybe you want to try out a new steel? I figure this would be a fairly inexpensive way to do any, or all, of those things.
Knife Blank Deets
Mono Laser Gyuto, Wa tang (I could go either way on a machi)
180x45, edge profile similar to Maz 180 petty.
Stock thickness:
0.080”-0.090” (2mm-2.3mm)
Steel choice:
D2: I’m not sure how well this would do in a mono laser with regards to toughness, but I really like SLD’s toothiness.
AEB-L: Always a popular choice, though I haven’t used it.
Z-Wear: Haven’t used this either. Looks like a middle ground, tougher than D2, but more slicing edge retention than AEB-L.
Profile will need to be cleaned up, and bevels ground.
Plasma cutting and heat treat from Jarod Todd (Knife heat treating services | JT Custom Knives)
What this is:
A group buy for a profiled, heat treated blank
What this is not:
A group buy for a complete knife.
I welcome any and all suggestions.
Mods:
If this isn’t cool, just let me know and we’ll go from there.
I was just wondering if anyone else would like a profiled, heat treated blank as well? Maybe you’ve got a handle laying around, and haven’t found the knife for it? Maybe you just want something to play around with? Maybe you want to try out a new steel? I figure this would be a fairly inexpensive way to do any, or all, of those things.
Knife Blank Deets
Mono Laser Gyuto, Wa tang (I could go either way on a machi)
180x45, edge profile similar to Maz 180 petty.
Stock thickness:
0.080”-0.090” (2mm-2.3mm)
Steel choice:
D2: I’m not sure how well this would do in a mono laser with regards to toughness, but I really like SLD’s toothiness.
AEB-L: Always a popular choice, though I haven’t used it.
Z-Wear: Haven’t used this either. Looks like a middle ground, tougher than D2, but more slicing edge retention than AEB-L.
Profile will need to be cleaned up, and bevels ground.
Plasma cutting and heat treat from Jarod Todd (Knife heat treating services | JT Custom Knives)
What this is:
A group buy for a profiled, heat treated blank
What this is not:
A group buy for a complete knife.
I welcome any and all suggestions.
Mods:
If this isn’t cool, just let me know and we’ll go from there.