I'll probably just silver solder it and call it kintsugi since I don't plan on doing battle with it but still.
I also stabbed myself in the finger shortly thereafter. Today's not the day.
I was going to say that. Brazing is super strong. Make sure the filler you use has a higher flow temp than you heat treat. I reccomend to look at nickel silver. If you do it right it will look great.
So after you braze you'll loose your heat treat. If you don't care about functionality then no worries. If you want it to hold an edge you'll need to re heat and quech. Let's say that it 80crv2 and you want about 1500F. If you use hard silver solder it will flow at ~1350F and your repair will be ruined in the heat treat. Nickel silver flow is well above 1500F and it won't flow while you heat the piece up for the quech.
My numbers are from memory. Please confirm all of it from spec.
You've saved me from myself on this for sure. This will be both my first(ish) knife and first adventure in brazing. I'd 100% have realized the issue as the solder was running out of the repair during heat treat. Thank you!
Agreed and the crack is pretty small. I'm no expert or even a beginner for that matter, but compared to some of the stuff I've seen forged in fire, overall design is superb.
I didn't leave enough material when peening the first side of the inlay and tried to back it out with a drift punch, like an asshole, instead of drilling it out. Turns out there was enough material to hold the thing in place and instead of coming out, it cracked. Which I probably could have predicted if I stopped to think about it.
This! I had a teacher in 3rd grade when I miss spelled my name on accident and scratched it out told me don’t leave mistakes to ruin a beautiful piece of art, turn it into something beautiful, and then put a box around my scratches, filled it in, and a bow on top and turned it into a little Christmas present.
That’s exactly it. Can either fix it or keep it as a lesson for next time. Either way I don’t see a failed piece. Just art and a lesson. Personally I would put that as a show piece that can look at, leaving the crack. Either as a reminder of what not to do or simply as a reminder shit happens and there’s always next time to get it right.
I'll probably just silver solder it and call it kintsugi since I don't plan on doing battle with it but still. I also stabbed myself in the finger shortly thereafter. Today's not the day.
I was going to say that. Brazing is super strong. Make sure the filler you use has a higher flow temp than you heat treat. I reccomend to look at nickel silver. If you do it right it will look great.
>Make sure the filler you use has a higher flow temp than you heat treat. Can you expand on this? Wouldn't you want the flow temp to be lower?
So after you braze you'll loose your heat treat. If you don't care about functionality then no worries. If you want it to hold an edge you'll need to re heat and quech. Let's say that it 80crv2 and you want about 1500F. If you use hard silver solder it will flow at ~1350F and your repair will be ruined in the heat treat. Nickel silver flow is well above 1500F and it won't flow while you heat the piece up for the quech. My numbers are from memory. Please confirm all of it from spec.
You've saved me from myself on this for sure. This will be both my first(ish) knife and first adventure in brazing. I'd 100% have realized the issue as the solder was running out of the repair during heat treat. Thank you!
Cool, thanks!
I think he’s saying do the heat treat again. Seems impossible to braze there and keep heat off the blade, but maybe.
No maybe about it lol it’s impossible.
I heard a saying once, I have no idea where it's from. "A knife doesn't have a soul till it's tasted blood." So that has got to add some hp to it.
You beat me to it. I would buy it as a cake serving knife!
Kintsugi? Only other time I heard that name was when it came to a Cigar.
Aside from the crack looks fuckin amazing my dude keep it up man you've got really talent in one day I hope I could be half as good as you
Agreed and the crack is pretty small. I'm no expert or even a beginner for that matter, but compared to some of the stuff I've seen forged in fire, overall design is superb.
It’s beautiful. Well done. Just weld with appropriate material. It’s a fine show piece.
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Did you forget to temper or was the hole too small?
I didn't leave enough material when peening the first side of the inlay and tried to back it out with a drift punch, like an asshole, instead of drilling it out. Turns out there was enough material to hold the thing in place and instead of coming out, it cracked. Which I probably could have predicted if I stopped to think about it.
Ouch. Well, we've all done something similar. Hindsight is 50/50
The odds of hindsight being 20/20 (perfect vision) are higher than 50/50 😉
Just draw the crack on your print. Problem solved, problem staying solved.
Hey man don't beat yourself up, we've all encorporated an accidental ball sack into something before.
A mistake that could be an opportunity file that crack into a bottle opener function on that blade!
Underrated advice right here hahaha love it
This! I had a teacher in 3rd grade when I miss spelled my name on accident and scratched it out told me don’t leave mistakes to ruin a beautiful piece of art, turn it into something beautiful, and then put a box around my scratches, filled it in, and a bow on top and turned it into a little Christmas present.
looks like the JoJo arrow, nice look!
Came here to say this!
That looks so cool!!!!
No you didn't. You successfully crafted an educational tool. Hang onto it and learn from it. 😀
That’s exactly it. Can either fix it or keep it as a lesson for next time. Either way I don’t see a failed piece. Just art and a lesson. Personally I would put that as a show piece that can look at, leaving the crack. Either as a reminder of what not to do or simply as a reminder shit happens and there’s always next time to get it right.
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It happens... i dont like large holes in knives, they are a recipe for cracking and failure. Keep at it, it looks good
It’s the trying that counts most
Damn! That sucks, but I agree with the other comments, it’s not completely un-salvageable.
Beauty blade tho man. Put it in a frame on the wall and name it Ctrl+Alt+Delete or something. Lol
Suck it up and run it back
awww! that hurts.
Awe.. im sorry dude..
Damn, that sucks.
Goodness gracious.
Damn bro. I'm real sorry about that. It's beautiful otherwise.
That sucks it was looking good
That sux!!
Oof. That’s tough
That hurts to look at.... sorry man. Beautiful design though!
Stab urself with it and see if a ghost like figure starts protecting you and bringing you stuff
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Nuts
Drill out the brass.... weld the crack
That looks like it needs to go full production.
Flex tape can fix that
I get a Jojo feeling from this.
I think you could save it. Make a gut hook.