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<blockquote data-quote="Dave King" data-source="post: 42738" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>I hardened it with a torch until it was cherry red (non-magnetic check) and quenched it in oil. I then used the kitchen oven and heated to 490 degrees, straw yellow. I then kept the blade surface cooled and heated the tang and back of the blade to gun metal blue with a torch.</p><p></p><p>The sheath is three layers of thick leather with a thick plastic layer for the one side of the blade. I hollowed out the middle piece of leather and inserted a strong flat magnet toward the bottom of the sheath to hold the blade when inserted in the sheath. I sewed the edged using a saddle stitch (double thread, one passing in each direction) and redoubling the ends and splices. I predrilled the sewing holes with a Dremel tool after they were marked with the spacing tool. (I forgot about the rivet size and they are a little too close to the blade but the sheath will eventually form fit to the blade and fix that problem).</p><p></p><p>I was fairly suprised how easy the project went, it's designed to replicate a fighting knife my father used in WWII (handmade by my uncle while stationed on USS ENTERPRISE and given to my father). I'm about to make another smaller knife just for kicks and experiment some more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave King, post: 42738, member: 3"] I hardened it with a torch until it was cherry red (non-magnetic check) and quenched it in oil. I then used the kitchen oven and heated to 490 degrees, straw yellow. I then kept the blade surface cooled and heated the tang and back of the blade to gun metal blue with a torch. The sheath is three layers of thick leather with a thick plastic layer for the one side of the blade. I hollowed out the middle piece of leather and inserted a strong flat magnet toward the bottom of the sheath to hold the blade when inserted in the sheath. I sewed the edged using a saddle stitch (double thread, one passing in each direction) and redoubling the ends and splices. I predrilled the sewing holes with a Dremel tool after they were marked with the spacing tool. (I forgot about the rivet size and they are a little too close to the blade but the sheath will eventually form fit to the blade and fix that problem). I was fairly suprised how easy the project went, it's designed to replicate a fighting knife my father used in WWII (handmade by my uncle while stationed on USS ENTERPRISE and given to my father). I'm about to make another smaller knife just for kicks and experiment some more. [/QUOTE]
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