[TheForge] A not so spectacular failure

[Jerry Frost]

Well, when I let Lindsey attempt a knife I told her there was a chance it
would fail and the most likely time was during heat treating AFTER 90% of
the work was done.

She'd sweated her butt off all last weekend in rare Alaskan 90* heat. Spent
a solid 10 hours at the belt grinder and had a pretty nice looking belt
knife, especially for someone who'd never touched a grinder of any kind till
last weekend.

5160, new stock. Watching the temper colors run showed up a crack, through
and through about 80% of the width of the tang, 3/4" behind choil (sp?) and
just ahead of front rivet hole. Knife's a write off. <sigh>

She's going to finish the handle (fiddle back Myrtle) for the experience,
then we're breaking the tang off so it can't be used and she's going to
frame it.

Bummed.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.