my first project, almost finished

**Gunmen** · 21-04-04, 09:53 PM

Hi all,

Here is my almost finished blade. I just have to sand and polish the handle.

Look at my simple site for more info :
http://members.home.nl/gunmen/

**narsil** · 21-04-04, 09:57 PM

Looks good, what materials did you use? The blade looks very well finished.

**Gunmen** · 21-04-04, 10:02 PM

The blade is made out of RWL-34 steel, the guard is the same material.

The handle is made out of black micarta, and i am going to put 3 aluminium pipes through the handle. After that, sand it some more, and polish.

I am waiting for some kydex at the moment to make the sheath.

Gunmen.

**Danzo** · 21-04-04, 11:39 PM

That is a very nice knife Mr Shooter. Very elegant and slightly dangerous.

In our English pounds how much would you want for this knife?

Out of interest.

Danzo

**Kevin** · 21-04-04, 11:50 PM

Very, very, very good.

**Darren** · 22-04-04, 06:00 AM

Thats a kick butt knife if ever I saw one!!
Be sure to get some pictures when it's finished.

Darren

**JohanB** · 22-04-04, 07:20 AM

A "Work of art

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**Dave Barker** · 22-04-04, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by Danzo

That is a very nice knife Mr Shooter. Very elegant and slightly dangerous.

In our English pounds how much would you want for this knife?

Out of interest.

Danzo

Danzo cheque book itch!

Danzo want more pointy things...

Danzo have ( at the moment ) wife.......

Breath danzo .... put the pen down,,,,,, you can't have em all!!!!

**stonehard** · 22-04-04, 10:35 AM

Ok this is where I look really dumb. looking at your site I see that you cut the knife from the RWL34 with a saw of some sort. filed the edges ground and polished it. am I to assume that it has been heat treated and you never said or it is to be heat treated ( I thought that would kill the polish) or RWL34 is a bit like wootz and can be used fresh.
pretty dumb question I know but I'm just a little confused as to how you can cut out hardend blade steel if it was pre-treated

**Gunmen** · 22-04-04, 07:47 PM

Stonehard,

The RWL34 was not hardend before i cut it.

After sawing it in to shape, and filing, i sanded the blade to a 2400 grit (by hand). After that, i polished it on my buffing wheel.

After this i did the heat treatment. The polish does get killed, but it is much easier to polish it again. The coating (hmm... wrong word, but i can't find another) after heat treatment comes off really easy if you polish it before the HT.

You are right, i didn't mention it on my little site.

http://members.home.nl/gunmen/

**Gunmen** · 22-04-04, 07:49 PM

Danzo,

Becouse this is my first knife i made, it is not for sale.

Greetz,

Sander

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