I've been working on a relatively close copy of the governor Bowie for an order. Here are some pics of the process.
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I don't know anything about making knives, so forgive my ignorance, but what's all over the blade in the 2nd pic? -
Looking good!Comment
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What kind of steel are you using?Comment
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Originally posted by BURTONboy View Post
It’s a clay that prevents the heat from penetrating the metal as deeply versus the bare metal. It makes the spine softer and edge harder which makes an awesome knife!
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Looking great Jason!Originally posted by sierracharlie338 View Post
Yes, It keeps the sine softer and "receives" a blow better. The orginial Bowies had a brass or soft casing over the spine for fighting so if you blocked a blow, it wouldn't break your blade. Hence, the hand guards as well.
This will be nice Jason, looking forward to seeing! I made one years back out of Damascus, brass guards and ironwood handles - this gives me the itch to put one in the works!Comment
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Just WD 40 and grit slurry. Tried to make hand sanding interesting in a pictureOriginally posted by BURTONboy View Post
I've got a nice video of the final hand sanded blade, just need to upload it.
Steel is W2. There's a decent hamon in this blade, about 1/3 of the way from the spine, about 6" down the blade. Haven't etched it out yet. Still at least 2 more days worth of work on this knife, maybe 3.
Handle fittings are 1872 railroad rail wrought iron. There will be an 1836 silver half dollar in between, when I get to it. Fittings will be fluted and blued.Comment
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It should be extraordinary. Are you making this for somebody in particular?Comment
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Originally posted by Jason Fry View PostJust WD 40 and grit slurry. Tried to make hand sanding interesting in a picture I've got a nice video of the final hand sanded blade, just need to upload it.
Steel is W2. There's a decent hamon in this blade, about 1/3 of the way from the spine, about 6" down the blade. Haven't etched it out yet. Still at least 2 more days worth of work on this knife, maybe 3.
Handle fittings are 1872 railroad rail wrought iron. There will be an 1836 silver half dollar in between, when I get to it. Fittings will be fluted and blued.
Sounds bad @$$ Jason. Wish I was on you level!
Sierracharlie out…Comment
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Yes, a customer of mine. I showed him the two blades before they were even heat treated, and he wanted the second one just like the governor's.Originally posted by SamHarper View PostComment
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Now that's a knife!Comment
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https://youtu.be/GOx3-RTk_IA
See what that'll do.
I buggered the replies up the page. The others are correct, pic #2 is clay to induce the hamon, as they described. The picture I commented about wasn't the one that was asked about. Long Monday, lol.Comment
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Looking good as always Jason. Tell that slouchy Travis he needs more shop time and produce some knives.
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Travis is in the middle of tearing his shop down. They close on selling their Katy house at the end of January. They're moving to Austin area, and haven't found a house up there yet. I bet it'll be a while before he's back up and running, considering that he doesn't yet know exactly where he's going to end up.Originally posted by Tx_Wader View PostLooking good as always Jason. Tell that slouchy Travis he needs more shop time and produce some knives.Comment
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Originally posted by Jason Fry View Post
If he wants to get some shop time he can spend time in my meek “shop” I’d be glad for the lessons [emoji16]
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