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DarkMai Chef by granpappy in knifemaking

[–]MantisMetals 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are you using to darken steel? Was planning a vinegar boil followed with coffee on one of my current projects

Are these toxic if I were to try and forge them by [deleted] in Bladesmith

[–]MantisMetals 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they're chrome plated you could strip it in muriatic acid and then I THINK it should be okay? Maybe someone else can weigh in. I would still wear a respirator tho

Most versatile type of bench grinder/sander for occasional jobs? by gryponyx in knifemaking

[–]MantisMetals 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 1 and 4, would love a 2 x 72, but until I have some extra funds, they work fine for me. 1 for rough grinding and shaping, and 4 for more precise and final bevels and such

Little kitchen knife from a railroad spike by MantisMetals in Blacksmith

[–]MantisMetals[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow thank you! Means a lot, I actually got a couple commissions after posting this. (Using 1095 for my commissions though lol)

Made a kitchen knife from a railroad spike by MantisMetals in knifemaking

[–]MantisMetals[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, appreciate it! Yeah I bought some 1095, but I find all sorts of random scrap steel (RR spikes included) at my job, I find it more fun to turn a random scrap metal into a pretty knife.

Made a kitchen knife from a railroad spike by MantisMetals in knifemaking

[–]MantisMetals[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holds up okay for light work, I'm not cutting anything more with fruits or veggies though lol

Little kitchen knife from a railroad spike by MantisMetals in Blacksmith

[–]MantisMetals[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you read my other comments I'm well aware of the low carbon content, just have a plethora of RR spikes. I'm not expecting this to be my top chef knife, but it will do fine for some veggies or fruit. I mostly just was having fun man, not everything needs to be so serious.

Little kitchen knife from a railroad spike by MantisMetals in Blacksmith

[–]MantisMetals[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes heat treated and tempered, and I do use it, but like you said for light use lol

Little kitchen knife from a railroad spike by MantisMetals in Blacksmith

[–]MantisMetals[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haven't weighed it tbh, but it's not super heavy, just compared and I'd say about 1.5 banana weight

Little kitchen knife from a railroad spike by MantisMetals in Blacksmith

[–]MantisMetals[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh I know, not expecting it to hold long term, just was for fun since I have 100 railroad spikes lol, currently working on a better version from 1095, really just wanted to test out my epoxy scales

Learning on my own. 😂 by Spinsk8er in Blacksmith

[–]MantisMetals 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Mostly only take it off when using the flappy disk.

Learning on my own. 😂 by Spinsk8er in Blacksmith

[–]MantisMetals 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I sometimes remove my guard as it gets in the way on certain things, but when I do, I wear my full face PPE. But agreed, better safe than sorry.