Very nice ToolAA but a bottle opener orifice would have been nice
What do you think that big curve is for at the top.
Very nice ToolAA but a bottle opener orifice would have been nice
Finally got the rough grind done. Going to heat treat tomorrow and start on the handle.
Do you mind me asking how much time you have into that blade so far? Will this be a display piece or will you actually put it to use? Very cool machete!
So I decided to try and to the heat treating today on my 3ft x 6ft back concrete pad. I made my own ad hoc forge with some fire bricks and used my propane brush burner to get it up to non-magnetic temp. Then oil quenched the blade. I’ll get all of the scale off tomorrow maybe and clean it up for tempering.
Do you know what temp you got it to?
So I decided to try and to the heat treating today on my 3ft x 6ft back concrete pad. I made my own ad hoc forge with some fire bricks and used my propane brush burner to get it up to non-magnetic temp. Then oil quenched the blade. I’ll get all of the scale off tomorrow maybe and clean it up for tempering.
Do you know what temp you got it to?
According to bladeforms.com steel looses it’s magnetic quality at around 1410° F. It may have been actually hotter than that as it was glowing red hot after just 3-4 min of me applying the heat.