Blue #2 Nakiri

Blue 2

After some heat treat testing. Im sure of one thing. This stuff will make a great knife!

So Here it is.

Nakiri with ironwood burl, and African Black woods. Copper and black accents and spacers. Copper pins and copper mosaic pins. Rounded spine and choil.

Thanks for looking, as always comments and critiques welcomed.

 

BOOM!
Another knockout!

 

x2. That looks great. Glad to see other makers stepping in to fill the Blue void left by Carter.

 

how long is this

 

185

 

Thanks guys.

The steel is awesome. and I am happy to have the chance to work with some. Heat treating was and is always the "fun" part of working with any new steels. There is not HT info I could find so I had to do some testing that allowed me to begin to figure out this steel. After talking top a friend and steeloligest about the specs and stuff for this material. I had a base line. or game plan. The results were good. But I felt I could make it better. so I tweaked the plan and tested again. and again. Until I achieved the desired results. Or at least till I felt the steel was at its "HAPPY PLACE"



One of the things I noted as I worked with the Blue 2. Was that it seemed to be a very abrasive resistant steel once heat treated and tempered. Which leads me to think its going to have a wear resistant edge. that should last longer at 80% then a 10XX High Carbon steel knife.


Thanks guys for the opportunity and knowledge that I have found here on KKF!! You all are the sharpest knife knuts I know!

Blessings
Randy

 

Looks beautiful, Randy!

 

I can't imagine you being able to keep these in supply.

 

HOLY SHET!!! Knockout Gorgeous. Stunning! Another master piece, brother Randy. You never cease to amaze.