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  • Silverlax

    Active Member
    Nov 13, 2014
    518
    Eastern Shore
    I just finished this one. I’m pretty tickled with how it turned out.
     

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    Jed195

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    Oct 19, 2011
    3,901
    MD.
    Don't own one yet but always wanted to get something from Zombie Tools...especially the Rat Bastard! It has a 13 inch blade.
     

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    Silverlax

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    Nov 13, 2014
    518
    Eastern Shore
    Is that the shadow making the two different shades, or is it two different metals.

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    That’s actually different hardness zones. The one closest to the blade is hardened while the spine is soft. The middle area is actually the Transitional zone between hard and soft areas within the knife. I’m able to show the variations in zones through etching the knife. The transitional zone is pretty neat. I attached a few photos of it enlarged to 40x and also the delineation line between that and the soft part of the knife. To me it looks like laminated steel in that small area, however it is a single piece of 1084.
     

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    Qbeam

    Ultimate Member
    Apr 16, 2008
    6,074
    Georgia
    Nice, so did you coat the spine while heating to keep it in a different temperature state while working the edge? I understand samurai katanas are done in a similar fashion. This is different than the san mai method of putting a soft core and wrapping a harder steel around it?

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    Silverlax

    Active Member
    Nov 13, 2014
    518
    Eastern Shore
    Nice, so did you coat the spine while heating to keep it in a different temperature state while working the edge? I understand samurai katanas are done in a similar fashion. This is different than the san mai method of putting a soft core and wrapping a harder steel around it?

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    I’ve tried a few different methods and still always testing, but yes. This one was coated with refractory cement on the faces and spine up from the edge a bit. In order to focus the heat on the edge I also used a torch to get it up to critical (at the edge) before quenching.
    This is definitely different as it’s only one piece of steel that was used and did not have to forge weld. I’ll be making some that are (forge welded or Damascus) in the near future.
     

    TheOriginalMexicanBob

    Ultimate Member
    Jul 2, 2017
    32,151
    Sun City West, AZ
    Dug this out of the gun safe...my dad made this knife during WWII. He worked at the Washington Navy Yard as a machinist in the "Big Gun" Shop...he worked on breech mechanisms. He made this out of scrap materials...the blade is made from a worn file. The parts to the handle are from bakelite, some wood and aluminum. He used to point which washer was made from what material. Since everyone was searched when leaving work every shift he didn't think he could get it out. He said his supervisor saw it and drove him out of the Navy Yard with it as he and his car weren't searched.

    My dad eventually gifted it to my older brother as he was the knife collector and after he passed away unexpectedly his wife gave it to me.
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