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Published: 2014-05-13 19:37:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 3687; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 17
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Made of a big old rusty file
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Nooooooo
An opal blade! Idk why, but it looks like valyrian steel, so bright, shining...
And it has dragon scales.
The only thing I don't like is the handle. Too modern.
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Yeah, this one is a bit unusual, since I rarely make such knives.
The handle was my dear customers request.
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A 'noob' question if you'll indulge me... Files are notoriously hard steel. Do you treat it to bring down the hardness?
Thanks & freak'n awesome work!
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Thanks!
Yes, they are re-heat treated. This also is a must, because in the course of grinding they soften out
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What Rockwell hardness do you typically treat to for a carbon steel? (not that I'd really know the difference)
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Not to hard, between 56-58. Except the swords, I leave them a lot softer
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Woooow 
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Yeah, it stands out a little from the rest of my stuff
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out of curiosity, is this forged at all or ground only?
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this one is ground only, forging it would have destroyed the files teeth, at that is the reason of the whole knife
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I hadn't considered how delicious the ridges would be on the unworked section. Very nice! And... still some workable file
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