ditchman 2,843 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 after i post this thread you will all suddenly realise that i am a hopeless lost case...in short a muppet..........these sort of disasters really float my boat....the knife was and is very special to someone and they didnt want to throw it away...so they sent it to me for a larf.........................i will post later as i need to do some shoppin.............. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 cant quite get them in order....but you get the idea.....my mate dave sent me a bit of D2....which is nice to work ...nice and soft....and when you harden it you bring it to temperature and let air harden....you dont quench it in water or oil....you get very little wharp using that spec steel....then it was annealed later as i will show............ ditch 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,823 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 D2 needs a long soak at temp to dissolve carbides and distribute carbon. The carbides are big and spheroidized. Otherwise you get a weak and uneven structure. It needs 30-35 minutes at temp for the carbon to dissolve and even out. You don't need to worry about grain growth from a long soak in D2, there are so many things in there pinning grain boundaries you could soak it an hour and the only problem would be too much carbon in solution, not grain growth. Unless you have two ovens I suggest skipping the presoak (it doesn't do much for a knife) and going directly into an oven at full temp. This is because cheap knifemakers ovens tend to over heat areas in the oven and on the blade due to radiant heat from exposed coils so close to the work during an extended ramp up. A simple HT for D2 that works pretty reliably: Soak at 1880 30 min plate quench to under 400F Straighten any little bends with gloved hands while still hot if possible go directly into subzero temper twice in the range of 400-500. You can fixture to correct any bends during temper 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 cheers............it didnt get a soak............just into the forge long and slow...and air cooled...then annealed as i said.....which has worked out fine.......its had a years hard use since i finished it...no probs yet prefer to work with O1 tho...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 cut and shaped the blade on my old slow running 1930 linnisher...gave it a full scandi cut/grind both sides............and started to fit ebony scales to it.......... 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 What a wonderful project!!! A knife from the Golden age of Sheffield knifemaking that definetly deserves a new life. A pity you couldn't safe the stag scales but ebony is historic correct, too. Was this a rope knife or pruner? Or cotton knife? Regards Nicolas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) Btw. The brand seems to be W. SAYNOR SHEFFIELD W Saynor & Co., active 1858-1965 Edited April 21, 2020 by spsurfer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 36 minutes ago, spsurfer said: What a wonderful project!!! A knife from the Golden age of Sheffield knifemaking that definetly deserves a new life. A pity you couldn't safe the stag scales but ebony is historic correct, too. Was this a rope knife or pruner? Or cotton knife? Regards Nicolas it was used as a shepards knife paring hoofs ....as it is still being used for that purpose this very day....i rekon it must be nearly 100 years old......the horn was totally knackered as you can see.......... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 30 minutes ago, spsurfer said: Btw. The brand seems to be W. SAYNOR SHEFFIELD W Saynor & Co., active 1858-1965 now that is seriously interesting ...cheers for that ......... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 starting to "match" it together now...getting the metal to wood fit right...im using bronze pins for the scales and steel for the spring fulcrum point and the blade hinge........ 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Will be as good as new with added character. I would not polish out the rust pits in the bolsters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 minute ago, spsurfer said: Will be as good as new with added character. I would not polish out the rust pits in the bolsters. quite right............ive left the pitting in...and ontop of the spring.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 30,082 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 That’s a lovely job and a lovely project, nothing but respect for that level of detail 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Greyman said: That’s a lovely job and a lovely project, nothing but respect for that level of detail well you know what they say "idle hands will mistrief make "............. christ my eyes are going funny ...just got so many snaps of stuff ive done over the years.................... anyway thats how it ended up ... cheers for the comments Edited April 21, 2020 by ditchman 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J.R. 18 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 That is brilliant workmanship - you are very skilled - I love it! I would be absolutely delighted with that result if I was the owner of that knife....I'd love to see the expression on their face when you produce it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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