52100 EDC

I just posted my first forged knife, so why not post the second one as well. This one was forged from the outer race of a large bearing. I have a whole new respect for bearing steel. It does not want to move move under a hammer unless it is almost white hot. Blade was tempered for two one hour cycles at 400* and will still skate my 60 HRC file. I swore I would never polish a blade to a mirror finish, but I did this one anyways. Handle scales are black walnut burl that I harvested, dried, and stabilized personally. Black G10 liners, brass pins, and some epoxy finish off the knife. I wanted to use larger, mosaic pins, but this steel destroyed my drill bits even after multiple attempts at annealing it. I will drift my holes next time I use 52100. Knife will live the remainder of its life in a 8 oz leather sheath wrapped in some 3 oz boa skin pattern leather. I welcome all feedback.

That mirror finish is amazing. Great job!

That looks to be a very nice knife.

First of all good job, I've used a lot of 52100 and it's so tricky without testing it it's hard to tell what the inside looks like. Look up some Ed Fowler videos, I think there are some on youtube. Ed is the master of 52100, he starts with a 2" ball bearing/ Ed heat treat three times with a 24 hour rest between heat treats putting in a freezer then the same for tempering. It takes him six days by the time he's finished with heat treat and tempering.

www.Edfowler.com

Outstanding! Really like the black walnut scales.

That is awesome work Sir. Great job

Nice. Forrest

nice!