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David Jacobson · #1 07-06-2010, 10:32 AM

Heres one I just finished. It's forged from a 3" ball bearing.
Thanks for looking.

Daniel Houwer · #2 07-06-2010, 11:26 AM

Wauw, thats a great looking knife.
Never knew that you could use a ball bearing for knife material.
Can you tell me how you went about it?
Thanks,

Daniel

chujybear · #3 07-07-2010, 01:48 AM

dope..
that knife is badass!

gravalance · #4 07-07-2010, 04:07 AM

Very nice! Elegantly simple! I quite like the -don't know what to call it- "bend" at the beginning of the blade

David Jacobson · #5 07-07-2010, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel Houwer

Wauw, thats a great looking knife.
Never knew that you could use a ball bearing for knife material.
Can you tell me how you went about it?
Thanks,

Daniel

I had a 3" ball bearing (52100 steel), I etched it to see whitch way the grain of the steel is going. Then arc welded a steel bar for a handle at the end of the grain. Then I heated it in my forge for almost 2 hours before drawing it out in a power hammer. Once I got it to a manageable shape, I did the rest of the forging by hand. Once it was groung and sanded to 220 grit, I edge quenched it leaving the top half much softer than the cutting edge.

Daniel Houwer · #6 07-07-2010, 11:15 AM

Thanks for the explaination.
I was thinking, the round thing with the balls in the middle

I must say that I am looking differently at my 3.5#ball now.
Pitty I don't have a power hammer.
Thanks again and great work.

SeanPatrick · #7 07-19-2010, 04:10 PM

I really love the multiple disciplines in your knife. It's elegant yet rustic. Really inspirational. Thanks for showing it.