Knife on the Bench

[MikeConner]

Just need to sharpen her up and mark her and she's off to her new owner.
6" overall length with CPM154 stainless and Cholla cactus scales.

[Gunnyart]

That is quite the polish!

[jefandaward]

Very nice, I dig the cholla, could you make pistol grips out of that?

[MikeConner]

Very nice, I dig the cholla, could you make pistol grips out of that?

I'm sure you could.

[Kevin Smith]

I like it!

[CADDOKILLER]

Beautiful knife mike!

[paintman]

awesome.what's your heat treat recipe for CPM 154

[MikeConner]

awesome.what's your heat treat recipe for CPM 154

I start with a cold oven and have the program in the oven set to ramp as fast as possible to 1100° and hold there for 5 minutes. Then it ramps to 1900° and holds for 15 minutes. Then I plate quench until cool and check the hardness. It's usually around 63 to 64 HRC. I temper twice for two hours each time at somewhere between 450° and 500° depending on how hard the blade was after the plate quench. The end result will be between 58 and 60 HRC after tempering.

[paintman]

cool thanks

[cruxhunter30]

sweet

[Mexico]

Very nice!