Snappier spring
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Snappier spring
Would anyone here know of or care to speculate on a method for increasing the power of a spring from a 9" stiletto? I'm not sure I want to anneal it and re-temper it, but can't think of a better way. And I don't even know what alloy of steel it is anyway. The knife wasn't too hot to begin with, but in my lack of experience I've been working on the knife and now realize I should have picked a better one before investing the time to customize it.
Any suggestions would be welcome
TR
Any suggestions would be welcome
TR
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Thanks Vagrant,
I tend to agree with you. It's an (I think AB brand) from Tiny's. Don't know what type of steel they use, but may pick up a clue if I inquire.
I think making a spring would be the way to go though, that way I could have it the way I want, plus be able to say the knife is scratch built, except for the blade. Maybe a new blade would be possible too, if I get into this one. Already planning the next knife, many improvements occurred to me during the course of this project.
Do you know or know how I can find out how the tab on the spring is formed. I thought if I did one, I'd leave a bunch of metal there after it's cut out, and then forge the tab. Any ideas?
Regards,
TR
I tend to agree with you. It's an (I think AB brand) from Tiny's. Don't know what type of steel they use, but may pick up a clue if I inquire.
I think making a spring would be the way to go though, that way I could have it the way I want, plus be able to say the knife is scratch built, except for the blade. Maybe a new blade would be possible too, if I get into this one. Already planning the next knife, many improvements occurred to me during the course of this project.
Do you know or know how I can find out how the tab on the spring is formed. I thought if I did one, I'd leave a bunch of metal there after it's cut out, and then forge the tab. Any ideas?
Regards,
TR
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Vagrant wrote:I don't know how the tab is made but I'd forge it. .
I don't know how the old ones were made.... but these days almost everyone.... even the custom knife makers.... make the tab from the same thickness steel as the backspring.... then heat it up (locally) to enable it to be "twisted" through 90 degrees.
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Hardening in oil [especially O-1] does as well as water and is less likely to be brittle if you're off a little on the temperture you temper at. For any unknown steel, hardening in water with a layer of oil floating on it, is a great compromise. I have a real old time Blacksmith 2 miles from the house and sometimes we solve "what if" questions by trying something out
to see how it works. [The mistakes are forged into something else if possible].
to see how it works. [The mistakes are forged into something else if possible].
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