It is as I suspected. The crack in the viking knife was most likely due to not enough heat. The piece of rebar is really an unknown quality of steel, and there is no way to know what the composition was/is. My little two-brick forge is great for small blades of known quality of steel, such as silver steel and 01. Certainly, nothing much bigger than 4" in length. As well, it didn't help that my bottle of gas started to run on empty...
So, not enough heat from lack of gas, the limitations of the forge, an unknown steel quality, all contributed to the failure of the steel. All good learning opportunities!
I'll still finish the knife, that is, if it does not break before the end of the process. It won't see much active service of course, but it might still be a useful addition to the kitchen!
No comments:
Post a Comment